Month: April 2018

MENOMONIE, Wis. (AP) — A Wisconsin jury has convicted a Minneapolis man of battery in the death of a Wisconsin college student from Saudi Arabia but acquitted him on a more serious murder charge.  Cullen M. Osburn awaits sentencing July 13 for a potential maximum of eight years in the death of Hussain Saeed Alnahdi, a junior majoring in business administration at the University of Wisconsin-Stout.  The Dunn County jury […]

MILWAUKEE (AP) — Civil rights pioneer Vel Phillips, who helped lead open housing marches in Milwaukee in the 1960s and was the first black person elected to statewide office in Wisconsin, has died.  Her son, Michael Phillips, says his mother passed away in hospice care Tuesday. She was 94.  Phillips was the first black woman to graduate from the University of Wisconsin law school. She was the first woman and […]

Karen Merkel  has been re-elected to another term as Fond du lac  city council president.   The council  voted  Merkel  for president at their organizational  meeting Tuesday night.  Councilmember Catherine Block was elected vice president.  Merkel,  Kay Miller and newcomers Ben Giles and Donna Richards were sworn into office.  Fond du Lac County Board chairman Marty Farrell has been re-elected to the post.  Supervisor, Sam Kaufman was elected First Vice Chair […]

Marquette-Green Lake-Fond Du Lac-Sheboygan-Columbia-Dodge- Washington-Ozaukee-Jefferson-Waukesha-Milwaukee-Walworth-Racine- Kenosha- ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 4 AM CDT THURSDAY... * WHAT...Snow expected. Total snow accumulations of 2 to 5 inches are expected. * WHERE...Portions of east central, south central and southeast Wisconsin. * WHEN...From 1 PM this afternoon to 4 AM CDT Thursday. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Plan on slippery road conditions, including during the evening commute. Bands of […]

Gov. Scott Walker expanded an election year $137 million tax cut Tuesday, using his partial veto powers to lengthen a sales tax holiday from two to five days in August and ensure that a $100 per-child rebate will go to any family with dependent children. The bill Walker signed into law will result in families who apply for the $100 per-child rebate receiving the payment by Sept. 1, timing Democrats […]

A Fond du Lac County Board supervisor has made the official announcement that he is a candidate for the state assembly.  Ken Depperman is running as a Republican for the 59th Assembly District seat, which covers portions of  Fond du Lac, Sheboygan, Calumet and Washington counties.  Depperman says his main issues of concern are transportation, education and human services.  Depperman says if elected he would work to maximize the quality […]

Republican U.S. Senator Ron Johnson doesn’t think the state’s  voter ID law is the reason he was re-elected in 2016.  On AM 1170s Between the Lines program Johnson was asked for his reaction to Attorney General Brad Schimel's suggestion that Wisconsin's voter ID law enabled Johnson  to win re-election and President Donald Trump to capture the state in 2016.  "I have no basis for confirming that or denying it.  I […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin election officials have identified immediate security concerns they want to use a $7 million federal grant to address before the upcoming fall elections.  That includes bolstering security of Wisconsin's voter registration system and computer servers, hiring additional informational technology contractors and paying for more security training for local clerks.  The Wisconsin Elections Commission is also considering using the money to hire up to six additional […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Candidates are filing their nomination papers to run for two vacant legislative seats.  The 1st Senate District and the 42nd Assembly District have been vacant since December when Gov. Scott Walker appointed the Republican incumbents, Frank Lasee and Keith Ripp, to positions in his administration. Walker last month set special elections to fill the spots, with primaries on May 15 and the general elections on June […]