The Fond du Lac Public Works director says he hopes a new material used to patch potholes will last longer and save the city money in the long run. As winter turns into spring, public works crews are beginning the process of repairing potholes that have developed as the frozen ground thaws. Public Works director Jordan Skiff says anechdotal reports of larger potholes this spring may be due in part […]
A new AAA survey shows 60 percent of Wisconsin residents rate Wisconsin roads as being in fair or poor condition. State AAA spokesman Nick Jarmuscz also says over 60 percent of Wisconsinites believe that current transportation funding is not adequate to maintain roads in their current condition. Jarmuscz says funding for roadways is nearing a crisis. He says AAA supports raising the federal fuel tax as the most viable short-term […]
An Eden man is charged in an alleged pull tab scam at several bars in the Madison area. Police say Charles Percy is charged in Dane County with forgery and bail jumping. He is accused of using counterfeit pull tabs at several bars in Monona and Sun Prairie. According to a criminal complaint Percy cashed in pull tabs that had been falsified by placing stickers over losing rows on the […]
GRAND CHUTE, Wis. (AP) — Police say a 17-year-old Wisconsin boy fatally shot his grandparents and was planning to cause harm at his high school. Police found the elderly couple in their home in Grand Chute on Sunday morning. Investigators say Alexander M. Kraus of nearby Neenah was arrested at the home. They say he acknowledged shooting the couple and said he had a plan to cause harm at Neenah […]
A deferred judgement agreement has been reached in the case of a former Fond du lac police officer who intentionally shot himself following a domestic incident. Fifty three year old Dennis Sabel pleaded no contest to operating a firearm while intoxicated, and disorderly conduct, both misdemeanors. As part of the agreement the court withholds a finding of guilt and if Sabel satisfies terms of the agreement for one year the […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Democratic Attorney General Josh Kaul has successfully withdrawn Wisconsin from a multistate lawsuit challenging a federal rule regulating certain air pollutants, including mercury. The states are challenging a U.S. Environmental Protection Agency analysis that found regulation the pollutants would be reasonable because the costs of implementing new control technology wouldn't raise retail electricity costs beyond historical ranges. Kaul announced Monday that the U.S. Court of Appeals […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The leader of a Wisconsin immigrant rights group is dismissing President Donald Trump's proposal to send detained migrants to "sanctuary cities." Milwaukee County along with the cities of Madison and Racine are generally considered to be sanctuaries in Wisconsin. That's defined as areas that don't allow local law enforcement to share information with federal immigration authorities about those in their custody. Voces de la Frontera executive […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Former Gov. Scott Walker's fellow Republicans barred him from attending an event after his criticism of a GOP senator who opposed President Donald Trump's emergency border declaration annoyed U.S. Rep. Jim Sensenbrenner. The congressman said that the GOP's 5th District Congressional Caucus chairwoman rescinded Walker's invitation to a meeting last month. Sensenbrenner said she made the decision but he supported it. Sensenbrenner said he's upset over […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Former Gov. Scott Walker is joining the Wisconsin-based Institute for Reforming Government as an honorary chairman. The group announced Walker's appointment on Monday, the latest in a series of positions Walker has taken since he lost re-election. Walker is serving as fundraising chairman for the National Republican Redistricting Trust, a conservative group focused on redistricting after the 2020 Census. And he's also leading the national effort […]