WAUKESHA, Wis. (AP) — A detective who interviewed a 12-year-old girl stabbed repeatedly in a Wisconsin park in 2014 has testified that one of two classmates accused of attacking her had been scaring her with stories about the fictional horror character Slender Man before the attack. It was Slender Man that authorities say motivated the two sixth-grade classmates to stab Payton Leutner 19 times in a Waukesha park. Waukesha Police […]
WISCONSIN RAPIDS, Wis. (AP) — A Wisconsin man is suspected of cutting off three of his own fingertips in an attempt to frame another man during a post-breakup altercation. Wood County police say the 21-year-old broke into his ex-boyfriend's home in Marshfield on Saturday to discuss their relationship. Court records say the intruder tried to light his ex's bedsheets on fire and cut him with a knife. The man then […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker says "the issue of North Korea is on the minds of just about everyone we talk to" on a trade mission he's leading to Japan and South Korea. Walker held a conference call with reporters on Wednesday from South Korea. He says business and government leaders he's spoken with in both countries view North Korea as an "existential threat." Walker says he […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Gov. Scott Walker says he is fine with two changes Republicans made to the $3 billion Foxconn Technology Group incentive package before passing it. Walker told reporters Wednesday on a conference call that the changes made were "good" and he looks forward to signing the bill. It passed the Senate 20-13 and the Assembly was slated to approve it on Thursday. One change made by the […]
One lucky player matched all five numbers in the Badger 5 drawing on Monday, September 11 to win the night's $140,000 jackpot. The lucky winner purchased their ticket at Condon Oil at 163 East Main Street in Omro (Winnebago County). Monday's winning Badger 5 numbers were 10, 11, 20, 21 and 23. Badger 5 is a daily lotto game available only in Wisconsin. All lottery winners have 180 […]
The Fond du Lac Police Department says a controlled detonation took place at about 7:45p.m. Tuesday evening at Lake Side Park West off of U.S. HWY45. The controlled detonation was carried out by EOD members from the 115 Air National Guard Unit out of Madison and the ATF. The items detonated were old live military ordnance found inside a residence in the City of Fond du Lac. Police say there was […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Republican Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald says he doesn't have the 17 votes required yet to pass the state budget. Fitzgerald said Tuesday he thinks there are at least 15 senators who will vote for the $76 billion budget. Republicans control the Senate 20-13. Fitzgerald says he hopes to have the votes needed to take up the budget on Friday. The Assembly is voting on the […]
The Wisconsin Senate has approved nearly $3 billion in cash payments for Taiwan-based Foxconn Technology Group. Foxconn plans to construct a massive flat-screen production factory in the state. The Republican-controlled Senate on Tuesday discounted Democratic concerns about the unprecedented $3 billion incentive package and passed the bill on a 20-13 vote. The proposal now heads to the Wisconsin Assembly for a final vote Thursday. Democrats argue there aren't enough protections […]
A former Fond du Lac school board member has been killed and her husband, a Fond du Lac attorney, was critically injured in a rollover crash in Montana. Seventy three year old Mimi Sager died Monday afternoon following the crash on Interstate 94 in Montana. Her husband, 73 year old Steve Sager, was transported to the hospital with serious injuries. According to the Montana Highway Patrol Mimi Sager was […]