A Republican state senator from Fond du Lac is defending the troubled Wisconsin Economic Development Agency. State senator Rick Gudex serves on the WEDC board and says he supports the election of Ariens Company president Dan Ariens as the new board chairman. The agency has been plagued by mismanagement and questions about handing out loans without properly vetting recipients. But Gudex says he believes that is now in the […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) Gov. Scott Walker's top adviser says he welcomes the growing Republican presidential field and feels good about the money Walker has raised so far, even though it trails others. Walker adviser Rick Wiley spoke Tuesday at a noontime luncheon organized by the political website Wispolitics.com. His speech came on the same day that groups supporting Walker reported raising $32 million so far this year. Wiley says […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) Groups supporting Scott Walker's run for president have raised $32 million to help the Republican Wisconsin governor's campaign. The largest haul reported Tuesday came from the Unintimidated super PAC run by close Walker advisers. It says it raised $20 million in its first three months of operation, before Walker formally entered the race last week. Walker's state committee, which financed his runs for governor and paid […]
EPHRAIM, Wis. (AP) Door County investigators say the attorney for the wife of a missing Grand Chute doctor has denied their request to search the family home. Chief Deputy Pat McCarty tells Post-Crescent Media Tuesday that consent to search the home was denied and that without evidence of a crime, investigators cannot get a search warrant. Dr. Jeffrey Whiteside was last seen at the Ephraim Yacht Harbor Marina three […]
MILWAUKEE (AP) Two Wisconsin sausage companies are battling in court over who can use the term "backyard brat." Klement Sausage Co. is suing Johnsonville Sausage in federal court for trademark infringement. The Milwaukee company says it trademarked "backyard bratwurst" in 2009 and that Johnsonville's attempt to trademark "backyard grilled brat" was rejected by federal regulators. Klement claims the Sheboygan Falls company is violating federal and state law. The […]
Denise Tauscheck of Campbellsport is the lucky winner of the $126,000 jackpot from the Sunday, July 12 Badger 5 drawing. Badger 5 is a daily lotto game available only in Wisconsin. Tauscheck purchased her ticket at Kewaskum Mobil, which is on 1149 Fond Du Lac Avenue in Kewaskum. Tauscheck's winning ticket matched the winning numbers of 5, 6, 18, 24, and 31. Winners at all prize levels have 180 days […]
A man accused of running a marijuana grow operation in Green Lake County has been killed in Illinois. Sixty year old William Carlson of Green Lake county has been identified as the victim of a homicide Sunday in River Forest, Illinois. Nearly a week earlier Green Lake County authorities had seized marijuana from the garage of his home. Green Lake County Sheriff’s chief deputy Mark Putzke says the sheriff’s […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker is calling for the dismantling of an independent state agency that oversees elections and that authorized an investigation into his 2012 recall campaign. Walker on Monday told reporters that he wanted to scrap the Government Accountability Board and replace it with "something completely new that is truly accountable to the people of the state of Wisconsin." His comments come a week into […]
Hundreds of aircraft from around the world have landed in Oshkosh for the annual gathering of aviation enthusiasts. EAA spokesman Dick Knapinski says the Fond du lac airport is used as a Satellite airport when Whittman Regional Airport fills up. The Experimental Aircraft Association's AirVenture draws hundreds of thousands of people to Oshkosh for the 7-day convention. Daily airshows, military aircraft, the historic warbirds and the latest in aviation technology […]