Eau Claire police say an officer has fatally shot a 59-year-old man after he fired a shotgun at authorities. Police chief Jerry Staniszewski said Sunday that the department received a request the night before to check the welfare of the man, who made “homicidal and suicidal” comments to an acquaintance. Staniszewski says officers found the man standing outside with a handgun when they arrived at his residence. Staniszewski says the […]
Employees of a school district in southern Wisconsin will no longer be allowed to use their personal social media accounts to engage students. The Portage Community School District will now require staff members to create a separate social media account that’s open to the general public in order to communicate with students. The policy prohibits staff from friending or directly communicating with students and from identifying students in photos or […]
An aviation tradition is underway in Oshkosh. E-A-A’s AirVenture is in its 65th year in Oshkosh, and spokesman Dick Knapinski says there’s plenty to see through Sunday, including numerous air shows, the Blue Angels and more than 300 warbirds – including two B-29 Bombers. Eight of the 15 living Apollo astronauts will also being doing a reunion next weekend on July 28th. Knapinski says it’s been about a half century […]
No one is injured after a plane crash in Green Lake County. The incident happened Saturday afternoon around 3:30 pm in a field on Phelps Road in the Town of Green Lake. Investigation shows while the pilot was in a holding pattern to land at the EAA the plane suddenly stopped making power and he was force to land in the field. Both the 61-year-old male pilot and nine year […]
A Madison teenager has received a lengthy prison sentence for shooting an assistant manager at the Beaver Dam Fleet Farm store two years ago. Nineteen year old Jared Spencer was sentenced Friday in Dodge County Court to 15 years in prison followed by 20 years of extended supervision in connection with the shooting of Andrew Kruse in July 2015. Dodge County District Attorney Kurt Klomberg says Spencer shot Kruse […]
Republican state senator Dan Feyen says a Senate Republican budget proposal cuts taxes and pays for roads and public education . The senate plan calls for an additional $712 million in additional borrowing to pay for roads. Assembly Republicans said last week they agreed to an offer from the governor to use $200 million originally planned for an income tax cut to pay for roads. But senate majority leader Scott […]
Starting Monday Rogersville Road at Military Road is closed for a construction project. The closure will allow crews to work on a gas main on the Military Road and Pioneer Road Project. The road is expected to remain closed for 10 days.
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Democratic state Superintendent Tony Evers has filed paperwork to set up a run for governor. Evers said Friday that creating a campaign committee is the next logical step to take, but he expects to make a final decision on whether to get into the race "in the near future." Evers becomes the seventh Democrat to create a committee for a potential run against Republican Gov. Scott […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin police officers now are able to test unidentified powders at the state crime lab after concerns were raised about exposure to a lethal drug called fentanyl. State Attorney General Brad Schimel has allowed officers to use facilities in Madison, Milwaukee and Wausau, which are equipped with fume hoods and emergency doses of an overdose reversal drug. Schimel says most large police departments have similar equipment, […]