A California-based sports production company is suing a Fond du Lac restaurant for airing a boxing match without paying the required fees. The lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court in Milwaukee alleges Sombrero’s Restaurant showed a fight between Manny Pacquiao and Timothy Bradley in April 2014 without paying a fee in violation of the Federal Communications Act. The violation carries a potential fine of up to $170,000.
A Fond du Lac judge has ordered a competency exam for a Ripon man accused of hiding his brother’s body. Investigators say Robert Diamentis placed the body of his 45 year old brother in a barrell at a residence on Olden Road after his brother died back in February. The body was discovered in May when sheriff’s deputies made a welfare check. According to a criminal complaint Diamentis told detectives […]
Two Fond du lac men convicted of sexually assaulting children are going to prison. Fond du Lac judge Richard Nuss sentenced Anthony Tennis to ten years in prison and ten years extended supervision. Tennis was convicted of sexually assaulting a child several years ago. The victim who is now an adult says Tennis sexually assaulted her when she was a young child. Fond du Lac judge Robert Wirtz sentenced Shaun […]
Fond du Lac County officials are starting over in the construction of a UW-Fond du Lac student housing project. County executive Al Buechel says a second Request for Proposals is being issued after the developer said they were unable to proceed at this time. Earlier this year the developer asked for a delay in the project. "They (developer) had financing for the project and because of all the controversy it […]
Republican congressman Glenn Grothman says he’s pleased that Deputy VA Inspector General Richard Griffin is stepping down. Griffin announced his retirement Wednesday amid an investigation of over prescription of opiates at the Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Tomah. "Its a good thing he's leaving," Grothamn told AM 1170 WFDL's Between the Lines program. "To be honest one of the problems we have in all government agencies is that its very, […]
More than half of Wisconsin schools will see a decline in general aid in the next school year, according to estimates from the state Department of Public Instruction. The state budget not yet finalized would keep general school aid flat at almost $4.5 billion. But DPI says diversions of money to the Milwaukee voucher program and charter schools drop that closer to $4.3 billion. DPI says 55 percent of schools […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Republicans who control the state Assembly plan to vote on the state budget next week along with a bill that would repeal prevailing wage requirements for local governments. Republicans who control the Assembly and Senate announced Wednesday they've reached a road-funding plan that will allow the Legislature's finance committee to sign off on the spending plan and set up floor votes. Assembly Speaker Robin Vos says […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Wisconsin Senate's Republican leader says he plans to vote on a bill to fund a new Milwaukee Bucks arena next week. The deal lays out a $500 million financing plan for the arena that includes $250 million from taxpayers. Financing for the new arena was originally part of the state budget. Republicans decided to drop it from the spending plan and take it up as […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Republican lawmakers have a plan to fund road work, clearing the way for the Legislature's finance committee to finish up the state budget. Work on the budget has been at a standstill for more than a month, partly because legislators were struggling to find a way to reduce Gov. Scott Walker's proposal to borrow $1.3 billion for roads. Assembly and Senate leaders told reporters Wednesday they've […]