MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The state Senate has passed a bill that would impose tougher penalties on repeat drunken drivers. The proposal would make a fourth offense a felony punishable by up to three years in prison regardless of when the charge is filed. Right now, a fourth offense is a felony only if it's committed within five years of a third offense. Maximum prison sentences for fifth and sixth […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The state Senate has approved a bill that would expand situations where authorities could conduct strip searches. Right now, anyone arrested or detained on suspicion of a crime that isn't a felony can be strip-searched only if he will be held in a jail or prison with other people for at least 12 hours. The Republican bill would remove the 12-hour requirement. The Senate passed the […]
St. Mary’s Springs Academy staff is learning more about a frosty image that is on display this week in a new tower on the school expansion project construction site. Academy president Kelly Norton says on Wednesday a staff membertook pictures of the image which looks like the Virgin Mary. Norton says closer inspection shows the image is a thin layer of frost and dust that has formed on plastic backing in the tower window. […]
MILWAUKEE (AP) — Catcher Jonathan Lucroy says the Milwaukee Brewers should trade him as the team begins a rebuilding program. The 29-year-old Lucroy says he wants to win, to go to a World Series, and that's not going to happen with the Brewers in the foreseeable future. Lucroy also says he hasn't demanded a trade and wouldn't show up at spring training with a bad attitude.
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Gov. Scott Walker focused, in part, on education and job training during his sixth State of the State address Tuesday night. The governor told a joint session of the Legislature he will focus on getting people, even teens, trained for jobs. The governor said he also plans to visit every part of the state this year to hear what residents have to say about Wisconsin's future. Walker's address […]
BRILLION, Wis. (AP) — A Wisconsin manufacturer says it won't back away from a policy change that doesn't allow special prayer breaks for Muslim employees, despite an American-Islamic group's call for a compromise. Fifty-three employees at Ariens Co. have left their jobs in protest after the Brillion manufacturer decided to enforce a policy of two 10-minute breaks per work shift. Ariens had previously allowed Muslim employees to leave their work […]
A new study shows an increase in the number and growth of businesses in the Fond du lac metro area employing high technology in their operations. FCEDC president Steve Jenkins says the Milken Institute, a nonpartisan economic thinktank, ranks Fond du Lac 8th out of 201 small metros for five year growth of high technology gross domestic product. Jenkins says it’s a trend that’s been occurring since the great recession. So what does this mean […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The state Assembly has approved a bipartisan bill that would require child protective agencies adopt formal procedures for investigating reports of abuse and neglect of disabled children. The measure directs the state Department of Children and Families to develop a model procedure that agencies must adopt by mid-2017. The bill requires DCF to consider including provisions mandating that whoever takes a call reporting a crime against […]
A 22-year-old Fond du Lac man has been arrested after threatening his girlfriend with a knife. Bail was set at $500 cash for Eddrick Washington on charges of second-degree recklessly endangering safety, intimidation of a victim, battery and disorderly conduct with use of a dangerous weapon. The woman told police that Washington held a knife to her throat. Washington says he handed the knife to his girlfriend and said she should kill him. A preliminary hearing is […]