The mother of a Fond du Lac girl murdered on Halloween 44 years ago has launched an online petition to keep her daughter’s killer behind bars. Maryann Gehring is the mother of Lisa French. The nine year old girl disappeared while trick or treating in Fond du Lac in 1973. Her body was found a few days later in a ditch on McCabe Road just northeast of the city. Her […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Brown County Circuit Judge Kendall Kelley has been assigned to review whether to pursue contempt findings against nine people involved with a now-closed investigation into Gov. Scott Walker. Kelley was assigned Monday to replace Jefferson County Circuit Judge William Hue. He removed himself from the case because he had posted comments on Twitter about the investigation before it was assigned to him. Kelley was assigned to […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Gov. Scott Walker has signed a bill lifting Wisconsin's moratorium on gold and silver mining. Walker voted to impose the moratorium when he was in the state Assembly in 1998. He signed the Republican legislation Monday anyway. His spokesman, Tom Evenson, has said Walker believes mining can be done without harming the environment. Under current state law, sulfide mining applicants had to prove that similar mines […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Two legislative committees have scheduled a joint hearing on a Republican bill that would allow developers to build on state wetlands without a permit. The Senate Committee on Natural Resources and the Assembly Committee on Regulatory Licensing Reform have scheduled the hearing for Dec. 21 in the state Capitol. The bill, authored by Sen. Roger Roth and Assembly Majority Leader Jim Steineke, would eliminate the Department […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Gov. Scott Walker has appointed a new state Medicaid director. Heather Smith will take over for Michael Heifetz, who is leaving Walker's administration to work in the private sector. Smith has been working for Walker as the deputy chief of staff for budget, legislative and intergovernmental affairs. Walker has also made a number of other staff moves. He promoted communications director Jack Jablonski to deputy chief […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A bill circulating in the Legislature would create a new state-certified Wisconsin beer label. To get the special designation, the beer would have to include a certain percentage of hops grown in Wisconsin. The measure comes from Republican Rep. Scott Krug, of Nekoosa. He says in a memo seeking co-sponsors that the bill is in recognition of the state's growing hops industry. Initially, to get the […]
Riverside Elementary School's fifth grader Dominic Russo-Mapes recently completed the Cardinal 100, a challenge to run 100 miles. Dominic is a two-time recipient of this honor having also accomplished this feat as a third grader. He worked hard to accomplish this goal by participating in Riverside's Cardinal 100 program before school and during recess, and running with other students to accomplish their individual goals. These students are truly embracing the Riverside motto: […]
Fond du Lac High School officials and school resource officers are investigating after a student reported feeling sick after drinking from her water bottle. High School prinicipal Matt Steinbarth sent a letter to parents on Friday stating that on Thursday a student told the school nurse she did not “feel right” after drinking from her water bottle and expressed concern that something may have been put into her water without […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A Wisconsin milling company will challenge at least some of the citations federal regulators filed against it following a fatal plant explosion earlier this year. The Didion Milling Co. corn processing plant in Cambria blew up on May 31, killing five workers and injuring 12 more. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration issued 19 citations for safety violations against the company last month and have proposed […]