MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Vice President Mike Pence plans to join Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker on Thursday to tour a Milwaukee-area business and talk about tax reform with local leaders. The event at Weldall Manufacturing in Waukesha comes before Pence is scheduled to host a fundraiser in Milwaukee. The White House said Wednesday that Pence and Walker will meet with local business leaders, community officials and Wisconsin families to talk […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The state Department of Justice has set up a public website that tracks the agency's efforts to test hundreds of untested sexual assault evidence kits. The kits have gone unexamined for a variety of reasons. Prosecutors may have decided the case was too weak, a defendant pleaded guilty or victims decided not to cooperate. None are connected to open cases. The DOJ has been working to […]
Fond du Lac police say they are following up on tips as they continue to search for a suspect in the murder of a Fond du lac man. Assistant police chief Steve Klein says 30 year old Logan Foster was killed sometime between midnight and 2am last Saturday after leaving the Press Box tavern on Forest Avenue. Klein would not confirm or deny reports that Foster was shot twice […]
An architect is beginning the process of studying Fond du Lac School District facilities that could lead to a referendum. Superintendent Dr. Jim Sebert says representatives of Bray Architects and CD Smith Construction started touring district buildings last week. "They walked through four of the buildings last week and that process will continue on through the fall," Sebert told WFDL news. Sebert says while school district buildings have been well […]
The latest Wisconsin Farm Bureau Marketbasket survey shows food prices are up slightly in Wisconsin. Farm Bureau spokeswoman Amy Eckelberg says the survey that tracks the average price of 16 food items found the average cost at just under $50. Eight of eight of the 16 items increased in price, including bacon. A year ago one pound of bacon averaged $4.22. This year’s survey shows the price at $4.81. The […]
The executive director of the League of Wisconsin Conservation Voters says she is hopeful the new DNR secretary will be more independent of Governor Scott Walker. Walker announced this week the appointment of former Republican state representative Dan Meyer to the post. League of Wisconsin Conservation Voters director Kerry Schumann says Meyer’s environmental record in the legislature was mixed. "He didn't vote very well on the environment, he actually […]
MINOCQUA, Wis. (AP) — The state Department of Natural Resources' new leader is presiding over his first board meeting. Gov. Scott Walker announced Monday that former state Rep. Dan Meyer will serve as the agency's secretary. He replaces Cathy Stepp, who left in August to join the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. The DNR's board met Wednesday in Minocqua. Meyer briefly addressed the board before it began its work, pointing out […]
KENOSHA, Wis. (AP) — The former dog racing track in Kenosha that's been vacant for nearly a decade has been sold to a developer. Rime Investments plans to turn the 225-acre site into an industrial and mixed-use business park. The Kenosha News says the purchase price was not disclosed, but the site's 2017 assessment was $17 million. That's less than half its value in 2008 when the dog track was […]
ASHWAUBENON, Wis. (AP) — Village officials in Ashwaubenon are upset short-term rentals are now legal in Wisconsin. The change in state law was inserted into the state budget last week. The change supersedes an ordinance the Green Bay area village adopted a year ago that limited short-term rentals to only 22 properties in the immediate vicinity of Lambeau Field. Owners of those properties also were required to get a permit […]