GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — Green Bay Packers President Mark Murphy says the team is in talks to play a preseason game in Canada. Murphy says it would likely be the Oakland Raiders home game that would be played in either Saskatchewan or Winnipeg. Green Bay is the only team in the NFL that hasn't played an international game. Murphy talked about the Canadian game following the NFL owners meeting […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — An appeals court says the state can involuntarily medicate prisoners even if they don't pose a threat. According to court documents, a defendant identified as C.S. was convicted of mayhem in 2005 and sentenced to 20 years in prison. A jury in 2015 found C.S. was mentally ill and a judge ordered involuntarily medication. C.S. argued involuntary medication statutes are unconstitutional because they don't require a […]
A Wisconsin man has pleaded guilty to kidnapping 13-year-old Jayme Closs and killing her parents. Twenty-one-year-old Jake Patterson pleaded guilty Wednesday to two counts of intentional homicide and one count of kidnapping. A count of armed burglary was dropped. The intentional homicide counts carry a sentence of life in prison. Patterson admitted to kidnapping Jayme after killing her parents, James and Denise Closs, at the family's home on Oct. 15. […]
JUNEAU, Wis. (AP) — Prosecutors in Wisconsin have charged a 31-year-old man with fatally shooting his ex-wife who was a prosecutor in Illinois. Cash bail was set at $2 million Tuesday for Ulisses Medina Espinosa of Beaver Dam. The prosecution had requested bail of $5 million. Espinosa is charged with first-degree intentional homicide in the death of 30-year-old Stacia Hollinshead, of Sycamore, Illinois. Prosecutors say the domestic violence was spurred […]
A six day jury trial has been pushed back for one of two men charged in the murder of a Fond du Lac man. Devon Neuman was initially scheduled to go on trial in April on a charge of first degree intentional homicide in the September 2017 shooting death of Logan Foster. The trial has been rescheduled for the week of July 29. Jesse Schultz is also charged with first […]
Less than a week to go before the April 2 election and Fond du Lac school officials continue to get the word out on a major building referendum. Superintendent Dr. Jim Sebert says voters are being asked two questions, for permission to spend $91.5 million for building upgrades at all schools, and another $7 million to make sure all schools in the district have air conditioning. Sebert says the timing […]
The Fond du Lac County Emergency Management director says she does not expect Fond du Lac County will receive any federal disaster assistance for this month’s severe flooding. Emergency management director Bobbie Hicken says at this point the state has not met the necessary damage threshold to qualify for federal money. Meanwhile Hicken says significant cleanup work has been done. Hicken says 330 Fond du lac residents called 211 to […]
Gov. Tony Evers has announced the appointment of Dr. John Willett as the new Green Lake County Coroner. Willet replaces Amanda Thoma who resigned effective March 4. “Dr. Willett will be an excellent Coroner and will serve the people of Green Lake County well,” Gov. Evers said. “Through his experiences as an emergency room physician, paramedic trainer, and hospital director, Dr. Willet possesses both the medical expertise and the […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Democratic Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers says a second court ruling in a week against laws passed by Republicans during a lame-duck legislative session is "an important victory for the people of Wisconsin and our constitution." Evers issued a statement Tuesday reacting to the ruling. Dane County Circuit Judge Frank Remington blocked portions of the laws from being in effect. Another judge last week stopped all of […]