MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The state Department of Natural Resources' board has expanded the list of projects that don't require an environmental analysis. The board voted unanimously during a meeting in Horicon on Wednesday to grow the list of so-called minor actions that don't require an analysis of environmental effects. The list includes construction and renewal permits for minor air pollution sources, construction plans for wastewater treatment plants and dam […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Wisconsin Taxpayers Alliance says property values statewide have risen for a second year. The report released Wednesday shows values of all taxable property increased 2.4 percent in 2015. Values went up 2.6 percent in 2014 after five years of decline. The Taxpayers Alliance says the total value of property at just under $491 billion is still about $25 billion below the 2008 peak. Of the […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Kraft Heinz's plan to cut hundreds of jobs includes dozens of nonunion positions in Madison. The company has notified state labor officials that 165 jobs will be eliminated at the Oscar Mayer plant. Kraft Heinz said Wednesday it's cutting about 2,500 jobs as part of its plan to slash costs after the food companies combined. About 700 of the cuts will be in Northfield, Illinois, where […]
Three people have been charged in cconnection with a gas station convenience store robbery south of Fond du Lac last month. Thirty one year old Shawn Eubanks, and 23 year old Barbara Abernathy both of Fond du lac and 31 year old Ronald Loving of Milwaukee are charged with party to the crime of armed robbery. Loving and Eubanks are being held in the Fond du lac County Jail on […]
A Brownsville man has been placed on probation for a robbery of a Brownsville gas station. Judge Steve Bauer placed 18 year old Alec Ryan, on probation for five years with six months’ conditional jail time. Ryan was convicted of a reduced charge of Robbery with Threat of Force for an incident that occurred at Cole’s BP in Brownsville on November 17, 2014. Dodge County District Attorney Kurt Klomberg argued […]
SHEBOYGAN, Wis. (AP) — Authorities say a police dog assigned to the PGA Championship at Whistling Straits died after the air conditioner failed in his partner's squad car. The K-9 named Wix was a 3-year-old male Belgian Malinois trained in explosives detection and tracking. Wix and his handler, Brown County Deputy Austin Lemberger, were assisting with security at the tournament, and the dog was left in the squad car with […]
Candy Fields of Mt. Calvary, Lisa Olson of Hartford and Bur Zeratsky of Green Lake were sworn in as the newest members of the Moraine Park Technical College District Board recently. Fields will serve as an employee member representative for the eastern portion of the Moraine Park District, and Zeratsky will represent the western portion of the District as an employer member. Olson will serve as a school district administrator member. […]
A missing Saukville woman has been found safe in Dodge County. At about 8pm Wednesday a sheriff’s deputy found Shannon Cox in a vehicle in a parking lot of the Wild Goose state hiking trail on Highway 60 near Junction Road. The Sheriff’s Office says Cox is being evaluated and the circumstances surrounding her disappearance are under investigation.
A town of Empire man convicted of sexually assaulting a teenage girl may end up spending the rest of his life in prison. Calling the crime despicable Fond du Lac Judge Gary Sharpe sentenced Jeffrey MacMillan to 39 years in prison and 24 years extended supervision. "You deserve this punishment and probably deserve more," Judge Sharpe told MacMillan. Prosecuting attorney Dennis Krueger told WFDL news the sentence is appropriate. "This […]