Month: March 2016

A Milwaukee woman charged in the heroin overdose death of a Fond du lac woman has been found competent to stand trial.  At a competency hearing Fond du Lac judge Richard Nuss found 53 year old Andrea Griffin competent to go to trial on charges of first degree reckless homicide and manufacture-delivery of heroin.    Griffin is accused of supplying heroin that led to the death of Carolyn Tries at a Sheboygan Street residence […]

MILWAUKEE (AP) — Ohio Gov. John Kasich plans to campaign in Wisconsin next week, the first announced event from a presidential candidate as the state's April 5 primary nears.  Kasich announced Friday that he will hold a town hall in Wauwatosa on Wednesday over the noon hour. The appearance is the first announced campaign stop in Wisconsin for any of the three Republican or two Democrats candidates still in the […]

The Fond du Lac County executive says a UW-FDL student housing project is still on hold and won’t be ready for next school year.  The project has already been delayed twice and county executive Al Buechel says the county is currently in negotiations with a Madison firm to own and maintain the facility.  "We are talking to them.  We had to forego the possibility of opening student housing this fall, we're now looking […]

The Fond du Lac Animal Shelter is caring for three puppies found in a trash can in Milwaukee.  The Pit Bull-mix puppies were found by a passerby and taken to a Milwaukee Animal Shelter and later transferred to Fond du Lac.  Fond du lac Animal Shelter manager, Renee Webb, says Badger Rescue Animal Transport Services or BRATS brought the newborn pups to Fond du Lac.  A spokesperson for BRATS says the service was started to reduce […]

A second person has been charged in connection with the heroin overdose death of a Fond du Lac County man.  Javon Wilson of Milwaukee made his initial Fond du Lac court appearance Thursday on charges of reckless homicide and manufacture-delivery of heroin.  Bail was set at $50,000 cash.  A preliminary hearing is scheduled for March 25th.   Last week, 23 year old Angelique Kannenberg , was charged with the same offenses.  Wilson is accused of […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Additional deaths have been linked to an outbreak of a bloodstream infection as the number of cases grows in Wisconsin.  The state Department of Health Services says 17 people with infections caused by Elizabethkingia bacteria have died since the outbreak began in November. That's an increase of two deaths since last week. The number of cases in 12 Wisconsin counties has also grown, from 48 to […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Gov. Scott Walker plans to sign a package of bills aimed at curbing opiate abuse.  The governor planned to sign the bills during visits Thursday to hospitals and medical centers around the state.  The package includes measures that would increase funding for treatment programs; criminalize the use of masking agents in drug tests; require health care providers to consult a database of prescription drug users before […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — House Speaker Paul Ryan has a message to everyone in the political chattering class who's speculating that he might emerge as the Republican nominee from a contested convention and save the party from front-runner Donald Trump: "Knock it off."  The Wisconsin Republican, thrust into the speakership after John Boehner was squeezed out, says he is not interested in being the savior of a GOP establishment appalled by […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — If there is a fight at the Republican Party convention this summer over who will be the presidential nominee, delegates from Wisconsin may find themselves on the sidelines.  That's because unlike in other states, Wisconsin Republican Party rules make it difficult for the 42 delegates to break from supporting the candidate they are pledged to back.  Wisconsin is likely to become a focus for the three […]