Month: January 2018

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The state Assembly has passed a bill that would re-establish the Wisconsin Conservation Corps.  Democratic Gov. Jim Doyle and GOP lawmakers eliminated the corps in 2003. Republican Rep. Jeff Mursau's bill calls for the state Department of Administration to shift $400,000 from other state agencies to fund grants for organizations looking to complete conservation projects on public or tribal land.  Workers would have to be between […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Wisconsin Assembly has approved a bill that would legalize children's lemonade stands. The Republican bill would allow a minor to operate a temporary food stand without a local permit or license or a state food processing or retail food establishment license. The stand can't generate more than $1,000 in annual sales, however, and must be operated on a temporary basis on private property.

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Wisconsin Senate voted Tuesday to oust leaders of the bipartisan state agencies charged with running elections and overseeing ethics laws. Critics say its the latest move by Republicans to exact revenge on anyone connected with a now-closed investigation into Gov. Scott Walker and other conservatives.  The highly unusual Senate vote was designed to force out two former employees of the now-shuttered agency that approved the Walker […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The state Assembly is poised to consider a bill that would allow dozens of southeastern Wisconsin school districts to teach less if they perform well.  The Republican proposal would create a pilot program in which school districts that earn "significantly exceeds expectations" or "exceeds expectations" ratings on annual school report cards wouldn't have to follow state mandates for minimum hours of direct student instruction.  Forty school […]

April Flores is confident there will be justice  for her son.   Flores’ son Logan Foster was shot and killed September 23  in the parking lot across the street from the Press Box tavern and two men were charged Monday in connection with the murder.    Bail was set at $1 million cash for both Devon Neuman and Jesse Schultz.   They are charged with first degree intentional homicide and robbery.  Flores […]

A Fond du Lac County Sheriff’s K9 officer was busy assisting other agencies over the weekend in making several drug-related arrests.   Sheriff’s captain Ryan Waldschmidt says deputy Justin Weisbecker and his K9 partner Koda helped with a couple of drug busts on Saturday.  "Their first traffic stop they made a marijuana arrest and a little later in the day Saturday the State Patrol asked for a K9 to assist on […]

The Fond du Lac County Sheriff’s Office is looking for a hit and run driver.  Sheriff’s captain Ryan Waldschmidt says the crash happened Friday night on Highway 151 near Highway WH.  Waldschmidt says one vehicle pulled over to the side of the road to avoid hitting a deer when it was struck by another vehicle that fled the scene.  Waldschmidt says the hit and run vehicle was described as an […]

Waupun police are investigating the death of a Waupun woman over the weekend.  Deputy Police chief  Jeremy Raasch says the body of a 46 year old woman was found in a  residence in the 200 block of W Franklin St  Friday.  Raasch says  foul play is not suspected but the exact cause of death has not been determined pending an autopsy and toxicology tests.