MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A Wisconsin state appeals court has ruled that Attorney General Brad Schimel must release two training videos that he wanted to keep secret, saying there is no reason to withhold them. The 2nd District Court of Appeals ruled unanimously Wednesday that Schimel must release the videos made when he was Waukesha County district attorney in 2009 and 2013. The court affirms a ruling made last year […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Wisconsin state Assembly plans to vote next week on bills dissolving the nonpartisan state elections board to create a partisan commission and prohibiting the use of secret John Doe investigations into political crimes. The Assembly plans to take them up on Tuesday along with a bill rewriting the state's campaign finance laws to double the amount of contributions candidates can receive. All three bills are […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Wisconsin Department of Justice is reviewing a complaint filed by nine Republican lawmakers alleging that the state elections board routinely violated the open meetings law. The lawmakers sent Attorney General Brad Schimel a letter Wednesday alleging that testimony by Government Accountability Board Chairman Gerald Nichol "raised serious questions" about whether the law was violated. DOJ spokeswoman Anne Schwartz says the letter is under review.
The City of Fond du Lac Water Utility has scheduled bi-annual citywide unidirectional water main flushing to begin on Monday, October 19th in the northeast section of the city. Flushing will continue in the southeast neighborhood on Tuesday, the southwest area on Wednesday morning and finish in the northwest quadrant Wednesday afternoon, October 21st. Flushing operations will take place each day between the hours of 7:00 AM and 5:00 PM. […]
A jury trial date has been scheduled for an over the road trucker from Kenosha charged in the cold case murder of a Sturdevant teenager in Fond du lac. Dennis Branter is scheduled to go on trial beginning June 6th on charges of first degree murder. Judge Gary Sharpe will preside over the trial which is scheduled to last a month. Motion hearings have been scheduled for January 14th and […]
A Reeseville man faces the possibility of spending the rest of his life in prison after being convicted of possession of child pornography. Thirty four year old Adam Rogers was convicted of 20 counts of Possession of Child Pornography after a two-day jury trial in Dodge County. A Wisconsin Department of Justice analyst testified that the defendant had approximately 40,000 provocative images of children, the majority of which met the […]
Oshkosh police are investigating an overnight shooting that critically injured a man. Police say the 47 year old man was found in a car with a gunshot wound to the head. He was transported to the hospital with life-threatening injuries.
Law enforcement is still looking for two inmates who escaped from the Winnebago County Correctional Center Friday evening. Oshkosh police say the suspects are 21-year-old Austin W. Reynolds and 21-year-old Leland C. Larock. Reynolds and Larock escaped about 6:15 p.m. Friday, according to police. They left the facility on foot. Reynolds is from Menasha. Police say Larock may travel to the Green Bay area.
The Fond du Lac County Public Health Department is encouraging residents to get their flu shots now. Public Health Officer Kim Mueller says the Health Department is holding flu clinics throughout the county at a cost of $30 a dose. Mueller says the flu vaccine will be offered until the supply is exhausted. "The flu vaccine in general is made for everybody six months and older," Mueller told AM 1170 […]