MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The state Justice Department is investigating allegations that excessive force was used against inmates at the state's youth prison. Corrections Secretary Ed Wall wrote to his administrators on Thursday informing them the probe at Lincoln Hills School north of Wausau has been ongoing since January. He noted in the letter there was an incident as recently as the last weekend of November and DOC has appointed […]
The Fond du lac School District and St. Mary’s Springs Academy of Fond du Lac have a new app designed to enhance communication during crisis lockdown situations. Both schools kicked off the school year with a series of drills to prepare teachers, staff and students for a variety of potential safety incidents. A portion of the training featured what’s called Roomsponder, a locally developed Online tool built to enhance communication […]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Lawmakers in 10 states say they're launching a legislative push intended to make debt-free public college a priority of the 2016 election. In a teleconference Monday, the group of Democrats announced plans to introduce resolutions in the early primary states of New Hampshire, Iowa and South Carolina, the political battleground state of Ohio and in Illinois, Massachusetts, Wisconsin, Missouri, South Dakota and Hawaii. The lawmakers said […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The state board that oversees for-profit colleges says hundreds of students who enrolled at four Wisconsin schools can get some of their loans forgiven. The U.S. Justice Department in November reached a $95.5 million settlement with Education Management Corporation, a Pittsburgh firm that runs for-profit schools, to resolve allegations of deceptive recruiting. The Wisconsin Education Approval Board announced Monday that 933 adult students who enrolled at […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A report from Gov. Scott Walker's administration shows overall state contracting increased during the last fiscal year. The Department of Administration delivered a report to the Legislature's chief clerks and the Legislative Fiscal Bureau on Friday that found overall contracting increased 7.5 percent during the year that ended June 30, from $565 million to $607 million. University of Wisconsin System contracting increased by 8.6 percent, from […]
Van Dyne area residents packed the Eldorado Town Hall Monday night to voice their opposition to the planned placement of a convicted violent sex offender in their community. A planned supervised release calls for Clint Rhymes to be placed at a residence on Nitschke Road in the town of Eldorado. Residents in attendance at the information meeting want to know why someone from Milwaukee County would be relocated here. Town […]
Governor Scott Walker attended a Pearl Harbor Remembrance Ceremony today at the Wisconsin Veterans Home at King. To remember those who lost their lives during this tragic event, Governor Scott Walker issued Executive Order #182 ordering the Flag of the United States and the Flag of the State of Wisconsin be flown at half-staff in observance of National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day. "On the anniversary of the Pearl Harbor attack, […]
A Fond du Lac man who spent a long time in prison for sexual assault will remain in custody. Following a two day trial a Fond du lac County jury found 55 year old Donald Anderson to be a sexually violent person. Anderson will be committed to the Sand Ridge Treatment Center in Mauston. In 1994 Anderson was convicted in Fond du Lac County Circuit Court of first degree sexual […]
TOWN OF PLYMOUTH, Wis. (AP) — A 56-year-old pedestrian has died after she was struck by a sport utility vehicle that lost control on a frost-covered road in eastern Wisconsin. The Sheboygan County Sheriff's Department says the crash was reported just before 7 a.m. Saturday on state Highway 23 in the Town of Plymouth. A 2002 Ford Explorer was westbound when it started to slide onto the shoulder, where the […]