MILWAUKEE (AP) — The Pentagon says it has identified a missing WWII serviceman from Wisconsin and he's being returned to his family for burial with full military honors. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency announced Friday that Army Pfc. Lloyd J. Lobdell will be buried Feb. 2 in the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific in Honolulu. The Pentagon says the 23-year-old from Elkhorn died Nov. 19, 1942 at the Cabanatuan […]
Fond du Lac police were called after a suspicious person walked onto the playground at a Fond du Lac elementary school Friday. School District Health and Safety coordinator Marian Sheridan says a young adult male walked onto the Rosenow Elementary School playground acting and speaking inappropriately. Sheridan told WFDL news school staff quickly brought students inside. Sheridan says at no time were students in any danger and school was conducted […]
The Wisconsin attorney general is asking a judge to halt the February release from prison of convicted murderer Gerald Turner. Turner was convicted in the murder of nine year old Lisa French in Fond du Lac on Halloween, 1973. He is due to be released February 1. A petition alleging Turner is a sexually violent person was filed Friday in Fond du Lac County Circuit Circuit. The petition requests Turner be […]
A new AAA survey shows that more Americans are beginning to embrace self-driving vehicles. The annual survey shows 63 percent of drivers report they are afraid to ride in a fully self-driving car, a significant decrease from the year before. State AAA spokesman Nick Jarmuscz says the survey also found a gender and age gap when asked that question. Women are more likely to be afraid then men and millennials […]
A new tobacco control report card shows Wisconsin is falling behind in efforts to reduce tobacco use. The American Lung Association’s 2018 “State of Tobacco Control” report gave Wisconsin an A in only one category…smokefree workplace laws. But Donna Wininsky with the Lung Association in Wisconsin says the state received a D and three Fs in the other categories. Wisconsin received a D grade for the level of tobacco taxes, […]
A Republican lawmaker from Beaver Dam says he supports governor Scott Walker’s child tax credit proposal. The governor proposed a tax credit of $100 per child in his state of the state address. State representative Mark Born says he is in favor of that. "I like that it focuses on families. I think thats a good thing to do," Born told WFDL news. Meanwhile Born says he expects to […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Republican enthusiasm for Gov. Scott Walker's proposed $122 million child rebate appears to be cooling. Walker proposed Wednesday giving every family $100 for each child living at home under age 18. Republican Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald said Thursday it will take some time to see if senators want to pass it. He says the proposal needs to "sit in the sun for a couple of […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Republican Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker's embracing of Democratic ideas and proposals as he mounts his re-election campaign is generating some blowback from conservatives. And Walker's longtime political foes are cautioning that voters should focus on his record, not his promises. Walker's so-called "Ambitious Agenda" for his eighth year in office includes long-held Democratic initiatives such as removing juvenile offenders from the troubled Lincoln Hills prison.
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The state Ethics Commission has decided to hold off on addressing whether to reappoint its leader after the state Senate refused to confirm him. The Ethics Commission voted 5-1 Thursday to leave Brian Bell's position open and readdress things at its Feb. 21 meeting. The commission has 45 days to fill the post. If it doesn't meet that deadline, the Legislature can pick a new administrator.