Month: June 2015

In a deal which would affect millions of Wisconsinites, and one in every six American households, Charter Communications is proposing an acquisition of Time-Warner Cable. Nationally recognized telecommunications expert Barry Orton, a UW-Madison professor, says this is bad news for consumers. While the companies involved say it will mean rates will be lower, Orton says that has never happened, and in fact the additional debt taken on by the new […]

AAA says after a steady increase since mid-April, it is possible that pump prices  in Wisconsin may have reached a  seasonal peak.  Gas prices surged this spring due to a rally in crude oil prices from multi-year lows, seasonal refinery maintenance, the changeover to summer-blend gasoline and domestic refinery issues  that have impacted regional production.  State AAA spokesman Nick Jarmuscz says today’s statewide average of $2.72 per gallon is the […]

A Milwaukee woman accused of killing a Town of Fox Lake man last August is scheduled later this month to enter a plea to a charge of second degree intentional homicide.   31 year old Kriscilla McHenry appeared in Dodge County Circuit Court Monday for a status conference. Online court records indicate that McHenry’s defense counsel and District Attorney Kurt Klomberg representing the state have reached an agreement on the […]

An arraignment hearing  for a Kenosha man charged in the cold case slaying of a Sturdevant teenager in Fond du Lac County has been rescheduled for Friday   The hearing was postponed last month  after the attorney for Dennis Brantner requested a judge substitution.  The case was being heard by circuit  judge Richard Nuss.  The rescheduled  hearing will be held Friday in Judge Gary Sharpe’s court.   Brantner is charged with […]

A Waupun Correctional Institution inmate has made his initial Dodge County Circuit Court appearance on attempted homicide and battery charges after he allegedly tried to kill another inmate and injured a correctional officer. 28 year old Eric Conner is charged with attempted first degree intentional homicide and battery by prisoners. Conner is accused of making a shank and attacking the 27 year old inmate. Following the stabbing, correctional officers spotted […]

The Department of Public Works would like to notify pedestrian traffic of the sidewalk closure in the downtown area. The north sidewalk between the Macy Street Parking Ramp and the Marian Plaza on Main Street will be closed due to roofing work occurring at 30 S. Main Street. The closure will begin Thursday, June 4th at 7:00 A.M. and is expected to re-open at the end of the day Wednesday, […]

Construction will begin Thursday on a small stretch of Highway 151 in Fond du Lac.   Gov. Scott Walker has approved $625,000 for reconstruction of  point two miles of 151 near the Ducharme Parkway intersection.  Construction will begin Thursday and finish in August.  The project will involve adding the east leg of Ducharme Parkway to the existing three-legged intersection; and installing slotted left-turn lanes on 151.  Left turns and through […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A white Wisconsin police officer has been cleared of wrongdoing in an internal investigation of his fatal shooting of an unarmed 19-year-old biracial man.  The Madison Police Department on Wednesday issued a summary of its finding that Officer Matt Kenny did not violate its deadly force policies in the March 6 shooting death of 19-year-old Tony Robinson.  The internal decision follows one last month by Dane […]

OSHKOSH, Wis. (AP) €” An aircraft manufacturer says the company's chief executive and a mechanic were killed in a crash in one of its planes in eastern Wisconsin.  Sonex Aircraft says CEO Jeremy Monnett and assembly mechanic Mike Clark died Tuesday when their single-engine plane crashed near Wittman Regional Airport in Oshkosh, about 90 miles northwest of Milwaukee.  Forty-year-old Jeremy Monnett is the son of Sonex founder, John Monnett, who […]