Month: April 2019

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The state Assembly is set to take up a bill next week that would allow hunters to move deer carcasses across county lines.  The Department of Natural Resources adopted rules in August that prohibited hunters from moving carcasses out of counties infected with chronic wasting disease or counties adjacent to counties with an infection.  Republicans on the Legislature's rules committee suspended the regulations in October, saying […]

MILWAUKEE (AP) — Steelworkers at Harley-Davidson have overwhelmingly rejected a new contract offer, while machinists have accepted a deal.  United Steelworkers Local 2209 in the Milwaukee area and Local 460 in Tomahawk rejected the new deal Monday.   The current contract between steelworkers and Harley took effect in 2012 and was set to expire Monday. But, the union will continue to work under the old contract.   Harley-Davidson executives say they are […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Authorities say an armed robber was foiled at a Madison, Wisconsin, convenience store when he cut the clerk's finger and her blood made it impossible to open the cash drawer with the register's computer screen.  The robbery occurred around 9:25 p.m. Monday at a 7-Eleven. Police say a masked suspect was armed with a box cutter and sliced the woman's finger when he charged at her.  […]

A 23-year-old Beaver Dam man died early Tuesday morning when an SUV he was a passenger in drove off a bridge and landed upside down in the Beaver Dam River in downtown Beaver Dam.   The Beaver Dam Fire Department says Jared H. Frakes was pronounced dead at  Beaver Dam Community Hospital.   A woman driving the vehicle was extricated from the vehicle and received non life-threatening injuries.  Police say a two […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A new analysis shows Democratic Gov. Tony Evers would face a nearly $2 billion shortfall heading into his second budget.  The Legislative Fiscal Bureau released an analysis Monday that shows the state would face a $1.9 billion imbalance in the general fund heading into the 2021-23 fiscal year if the state maintains all the spending commitments in current law, such as honoring tax credits for Foxconn […]

The Fond du Lac County Clerk is predicting an average voter turnout in Tuesday's spring election with higher turnout in areas where there are referendums or contested races.  Freiberg says there are a handful of town and village races that are generating local interest including in the town of Calumet.    "The town chair and both supervisors chose not to run,"  Freiberg said.  She says there are two people running […]

For the first time since the Lakeside Municipal Court was created there is a contested race for the office.  Ripon attorney Doug Iverson is challenging incumbent municipal court judge Jerry Jaye in Tuesday’s election.  Iverson lives in Ripon with his wife and three children.   He works as an attorney with an emphasis on elder law and special needs planning.  He has previously worked as a volunteer special  prosecutor in Green […]

One of the big races locally is for Fond du Lac School Board where four candidates are running for three open seats.   Incumbents Peggy Breister and Mark Jurgella are running for re-election along with challengers Richard Gedemer and Nick Tiefke. Jurgella says he’s running for another term because he likes the direction the board is headed with the district.  "Over the last number of years most people in the District […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Wisconsin Supreme Court race to be decided Tuesday won't have an immediate impact on control of the state's highest court, but it could position liberals to take over in 2020.  Liberal-backed Lisa Neubauer faces fellow appeals court judge Brian Hagedorn, the favorite of conservatives.  The winner will serve a 10-year term.  Conservatives have a 4-3 majority. A Neubauer win wouldn't change that, but it would […]