Month: April 2018

OSHKOSH, Wis. (AP) — The financial troubles that have landed the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh Foundation in Chapter 11 bankruptcy are leading to changes at similar nonprofit foundations associated with UW campuses.  The Legislative Audit Bureau has recommended more stringent accountability rules for the organizations. Officials say university campuses should have chancellors file annual financial statements and foundation reports should be independently reviewed by certified public accountants.  UW System spokeswoman Stephanie […]

For the third time in recent years the town of Eldorado is fighting to prevent the placement of an out of county sex offender in their community.   A closed door town board meeting is scheduled for Wednesday to discuss a Marinette County Circuit judge’s decision to place Jeffrey Butler at a residence on Nitschke Road near Van Dyne.  Butler was convicted of sexually assaulting a child in Marinette County.  The […]

The Dodge County Sheriff's Office says the crossing gate arms were down and the lights were flashing when a truck driver crashed into an Amtrak passenger train in south-central Wisconsin.  None of the 300 passengers and 11 crew members on the Chicago-bound Empire Builder was hurt, but the truck driver was taken to a hospital. His condition hasn't been released. The crash happened about five miles east of the Amtrak […]

OSHKOSH, Wis. (AP) — Police say one person is dead and another seriously injured in a stabbing in Oshkosh.  Authorities say an 18-year-old Oshkosh man died about 2 a.m. Friday at the scene of the stabbing. Another 18-year-old man was taken to the hospital with multiple stab wounds. He's in intensive care.  Police say they believe the suspect and victims knew each other.

A rollover crash in Dodge County seriously injured the driver.  The crash happened Friday morning on Highway 151 south of Bethel Road.   A preliminary investigation shows that a pickup was traveling south on US 151 when it began to spin, sliding through the median and through both northbound traffic lanes.  The truck slid into the east ditch and overturned.  The driver was flown from the scene by Med Flight helicopter […]

A judge has moved commitment proceedings for a man dubbed the "Halloween Killer" from Fond du Lac County to Dane County.  Gerald Turner was sentenced to more than 38 years in prison for the death of 9-year-old Lisa Ann French, who was killed on Halloween night in Fond du Lac in 1973. Authorities say she died of shock after Turner raped her.  The 68-year-old Turner's scheduled release date was Feb. […]

The chairman of the Democratic National Committee says a state Supreme Court race this week was a referendum on Republican Governor Scott Walker.  DNC chair Tom Perez says Rebecca Dallet’s Victory is a harbinger of things to come.  "This was a spectacular victory,"  Perez told AM 1170s Between the Lines program.  "People are sick and tired of this."   Perez  says the DNC will also be closely watching two special elections […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The blowout win by Rebecca Dallet makes Wisconsin's Supreme Court the nation's highest in percentage of women justices and also serves as the latest example of the strength of liberal, female candidates in the year of the #MeToo movement. Dallet made advocating for women's rights a centerpiece of her winning campaign over a conservative, male opponent. Dallet won the endorsement of Planned Parenthood and a host […]