Month: February 2016

Two corrections officers were injured after they were attacked by an inmate at the Columbia Correctional Institution at Portage.  The incident was reported Thursday. Sources told WFDL news the inmate, Larry Harris, attacked two prison workers.  Both officers were treated at an area hospital.  One officer remains hospitalized with injuries to his face.   Harris has been transferred to another prison.  He is serving a life sentence after a 1996 murder conviction in Milwaukee.  

Hundreds of Latinos and immigrants from around the state, including Beaver Dam, demonstrated outside the Capitol in Madison Thursday against state legislation they say is divisive.  The demonstrators chanted and held signs on the square outside the Capitol Thursday morning where temperatures are below freezing.  One sign read "All We Want is Equity."   Executive director of Voces de la Frontera, Christine Neumann-Ortiz says one Assembly bill  would lead police to investigate a person's […]

A former Fond du Lac city councilmember accused of writing a forged check has been bound over for trial.  James Nagle has waived his preliminary hearing on charges of forgery and uttering.  He is accused of writing a forged check at The Goldsmith jewelry store in Fond du lac.    Nagle is free on a $1,000 signature bond with orders to have no contact with The Goldsmith.  Nagle had taken out papers to run […]

A Fond du Lac woman accused of stealing thousands of dollars from her employer has been bound over for trial.  Tammy Anderson waived her preliminary hearing in Fond du Lac county circuit court on a charge of theft in a business setting.  She is accused of stealing money from Gold Coach Tours bus tour company in Fond du Lac.  She is free on a $20,000 signature bond. 

A Ripon man who was already found guilty in Federal Court of heroin charges is now facing charges in Waushara County for another heroin offense. Sheriff Jeffrey Nett says in February, the Waushara County Sheriff’s Office initiated a Felony Heroin delivery investigation involving 28-year-old Christopher Malzhan. Authorities were able to buy heroin from Malzhan at a location in Waushara County and later in the City of Berlin. Nett says following […]

MILWAUKEE (AP) — Republican Gov. Scott Walker has signed legislation that would cut millions of taxpayer dollars for Planned Parenthood in Wisconsin.  Walker signed the two bills Thursday at Life's Connection, a clinic in Waukesha that counsels in abortion alternatives.  One bill restricts how much Planned Parenthood can be reimbursed for prescription drugs. The change is estimated to cost the agency about $4.5 million annually.  The other bill prevents the […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The state Assembly has approved a package of legislation designed to help people cope with Alzheimer's disease and dementia.  The 10-bill package includes proposals to spend $50,000 for virtual dementia tours, in which participants wear goggles to simulate dementia effects, and give the University of Wisconsin-Madison an additional $50,000 for Alzheimer's research.  The package also include bills to create a dementia specialist certification and a pilot […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Wisconsin Assembly has finished the Legislature's work on a bill that would expand property owners' rights.  The bill would prohibit counties from imposing development moratoriums, forbid municipalities from blocking property owners' attempts to sell or transfer their land and bar counties from regulating repairs on structures in shore land setback areas.  The proposal also would require judges to resolve questions about zoning ordinances in favor […]

Longtime Rosendale Brandon school superintendent Gary Hansen is retiring.  Hansen will be stepping down at the end of the school year after more than 40 years in education.  Laconia/Cirrus School principal, Wayne Weber, has been selected to replace Hansen.