Fond du Lac police are investigating an armed robbery at The Other Place strip club in Fond du Lac. Police say two black males entered the bar shortly after midnight Monday brandishing handguns demanding money. They fled with an undisclosed amount of cash. No patrons were inside at the time and no one was injured. Anyone with information is asked to call police. The suspect’s were described as the following: […]
Authorities continue to investigate a fuel spill on interstate 41 south of Fond du Lac Monday that sent multiple vehicles sliding into the ditch. Fond du lac County Sheriff’s captain Ryan Waldschmidt says the oil spill occurred in the southbound lanes of 41 from Fond du Lac to near the Dodge County line. Waldschmidt says a few cars slid into the ditch and others pulled off to the side of […]
Political observers have mixed review on president Donald Trump’s first 100 days in office. Supporters point to the confirmation of Supreme Court nominee Neil Gorsuch, and surprise military strikes in Syria and Afghanistan. "His missle attack on Syria and the big bomb in Afghanistan, strategically they may not have made that much difference, but they were cathartic for the American people," retired Ripon College political science professor Marty Farrell told […]
A Republican lawmaker from Oshkosh is circulating a bill requiring voter approval before counties and cities can impose local wheel taxes. State representative Michael Schraa says taxpayers should have a voice in the process when local governments levy a wheel tax to pay for their transportation needs. Schraa says the wheel tax can be hard on working families, especially those with teen drivers. Schraa says the wheel tax is a […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Republican co-chair of the Legislature's budget committee says the Assembly is close to presenting a detailed alternative to Gov. Scott Walker's road-funding plan. Rep. John Nygren said Monday that Walker has been briefed on the plan but hasn't committed to anything. Nygren also declined to comment on the plan's details. Assembly Republicans have said they would propose $300 million in tax and fee increases, with […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — One of the chief authors of a Republican bill that calls for the University of Wisconsin System to suspend or expel student hecklers who disrupt speeches says the measure's language is too vague and may be unconstitutional. Rep. Jesse Kremer's bill would require that students who engage twice in "violent, abusive, indecent, profane, boisterous, obscene, unreasonably loud, or other disorderly conduct" that interferes with someone's free […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A federal judge has struck down a Wisconsin law that allowed the state to detain pregnant women suspected of drug or alcohol abuse. U.S. District Judge James Peterson declared that the law is "void for vagueness." In his ruling Friday, he said the amount of drug use by pregnant women that should prompt state action and the risks to fetuses are unclear. The case involves a […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A Madison attorney and first-time candidate who has been a longtime Democratic donor is running for the state Supreme Court. Tim Burns said Monday that he will challenge conservative incumbent Justice Michael Gableman in the April 2018 election. Gableman wrote the majority opinion in 2014 upholding Gov. Scott Walker's Act 10 law that took away union power in Wisconsin. Burns' announcement is unusually early and comes […]
ARLINGTON, Va. (AP) — A new monument at Arlington National Cemetery, near the U.S. capital, will honor American helicopter crews who flew during the Vietnam War. The Military Times reports Congress has approved the monument, which will be near the Tomb of the Unknowns. Spearheading the memorial campaign is retired Air Force Lt. Col. Bob Hesselbein, who flew AH-1 Cobra gunships in Vietnam. Hesselbein says Arlington has the greatest […]