Month: May 2019

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Public records show that Wisconsin's Democratic Lt. Gov. Mandela Barnes has received far more security protection than his Republican predecessor.  The online publication WisPolitics.com first reported Tuesday that the State Patrol's Dignitary Protection Unit spent nine times as many hours protecting Barnes over a two-month period as it did his predecessor, Rebecca Kleefisch, in all of 2018.  Barnes is the state's first African American lieutenant governor. […]

Fond  du Lac Republican state representative Jeremy Thiesfeldt says he supports the so called “Born Alive” abortion bill.  The bill would require providers care for babies born alive during abortions or face up to six years in prison.  Providers who kill babies born alive during abortions would face life.   Thiesfeldt says he will vote  in favor of the bill.  "We had this doctor in Pennsylvania who was getting away with […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Wisconsin Republican Party has released a report detailing internal operational problems during the 2018 campaign.  The 15-page report released Monday faulted the party for outsourcing too much work to consultants and ignoring the grassroots.  The report was conducted by U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson and other top Republicans. Johnson plans to discuss its findings at the state party convention this weekend.  Johnson says in a cover […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — More people are dying in Wisconsin, but the state's growing elderly population is living longer.  Those are two findings of the annual death report from the Wisconsin Department of Health Services. The latest report released Monday looks at deaths in 2017.  It found that deaths were up 15% compared with a decade ago. But the death rate for people age 65 and older decreased by 10% […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin Republican Assembly Speaker Robin Vos has appealed a ruling that would force him to be questioned by attorneys representing Democratic voters in a federal redistricting lawsuit.  Vos on Friday appealed to the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.   A three-judge panel on May 3 ruled that Vos is subject to questioning and must turn over documents as part of the lawsuit alleging the Republican-drawn maps […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A software company is trying to persuade the state Claims Board to hand over $14.3 million for work building a new system tracking retirement benefits.  The Department of Employee Trust Funds entered into a $27.1 million contract with Vitech Systems Group, Inc., in 2014. The company claims the agency owes it $14.3 million for work to make changes the agency wanted after the contract was finalized.  […]

The Dodge County Sheriff’s Office has identified the victim of a fatal traffic crash last week that claimed the life of a Mayville man.  Dodge County Sheriff Dale Schmidt says 18 year old Alex Nortman was killed when the car he was a passenger in failed to stop for a stop sign and collided with a pick-up truck.  Schmidt says the crash happened near a construction zone off State Highway […]

Construction gets underway Monday on the long-awaited Highway 23 expansion project between Plymouth and Fond du Lac.  State senator Dan Feyen of Fond du Lac says its great news for motorists’ safety and the economy.  "Here we are, starting a three year process of getting this road completely four lanes between here (Fond du Lac)  and Sheboygan,"  Feyen told WFDL news.  The project was put on hold four years ago […]