Month: February 2019

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Gov. Tony Evers says Wisconsin could join a multistate lawsuit challenging President Donald Trump's emergency declaration to pay for a U.S.-Mexico border wall.  California and 15 other states are parties to a federal lawsuit filed Monday alleging the declaration is unconstitutional.  Evers said in an interview Tuesday at the Marquette University Law School that he was "exploring" joining the lawsuit, saying people understand there is no […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — Officials in Houston, Miami and Milwaukee are scrambling to lure the Democratic National Convention in 2020, but each city has something left to prove.  Democratic National Committee Chairman Tom Perez says he will choose the site by the end of this month.  Houston is trying to show it can collect the private funding without leaning on the oil and gas industry. Miami has traffic concerns. Milwaukee is […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin Supreme Court candidate and current state Appeals Court Judge Lisa Neubauer stopped making public a list of customers for her husband's cleaning supply business on disclosure forms a decade ago.  Neubauer faces fellow Appeals Court Judge Brian Hagedorn in the April 2 election. She is backed by liberals, while Hagedorn is supported by conservatives in the officially nonpartisan race.    Hagedorn campaign adviser Stephan Thompson […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — State Department of Natural Resources officials plan to ask their board next week for permission to spend nearly $5 million to purchase an easement on 14,350 acres in Iron County.  The deal calls for the DNR to spend $4.8 million on the easement from Keweenaw Land Association Ltd., with $400,000 going into an endowment for road maintenance. The money would come from the DNR's land stewardship […]

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 6 PM CST WEDNESDAY... * WHAT...Snow and mixed precipitation expected. Total snow  accumulations of 2 to 4 inches expected and ice accumulations up  to one tenth of an inch possible. * WHERE...Portions of east central, south central and southeast  Wisconsin including Fond du Lac and Dodge counties. * WHEN...From 6 AM to 6 PM CST Wednesday. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Plan on slippery […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Republicans in Wisconsin's state Assembly are supporting raising the pay for attorneys who represent poor defendants, as the state faces a class-action lawsuit over the issue.   Assembly Republicans also are backing the hiring of 61 more assistant district attorneys and raising pay for prosecutors, public defenders and correctional officers.  Republican Rep. Mark Born says the plan would cost about $50 million over two years. State Supreme Court […]

ALMA, Wis. (AP) — No one was hurt in a weekend fire that destroyed the rural Alma home of former Wisconsin state senator and gubernatorial candidate Kathleen Vinehout.   The Buffalo County Sheriff's Office says Vinehout and her husband, Douglas Kane, were awakened by fire alarms about 1 a.m. Saturday. They were the only ones in the house and got out safely.  They told law officers that the fire might have […]

Fond du lac city officials are looking for new avenues to help homeowners continue to replace lead service lines.   The city has been using Safe Drinking Water loans to assist homeowners with the cost of replacing the portion of the pipe that runs from the street to the home.  Public Works director Jordan Skiff says the city council will be asked to amend the City’s ordinance to allow water utility […]

The Fond du Lac County Sheriff  is continuing its investigation into a  crash involving a milk tanker plunging off a bridge onto a set of railroad tracks.  Sheriff Ryan Waldschmidt says investigators are trying to determine if  the driver, Paul Hebert, may have suffered a medical condition before the crash Friday night on Highway F  in the town of Byron.  Waldschmidt says Hebert is fortunate to be alive after the […]