Month: May 2019

Republican lawmakers defended their bill that would require abortion providers to care for babies who survive abortion attempts or face prison, telling the Assembly Health Committee on Tuesday that the measure would uphold the sanctity of life. Assembly Majority Leader Jim Steineke and Senate President Roger Roth say it would leave no doubt that health care providers must do everything they can to keep babies alive if they are born […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Wisconsin Senate's elections committee has voted unanimously to recommend confirmation of Meagan Wolfe as leader of the state Elections Commission, more than a year after she started the job.  Wolfe has been serving in the position since March 2018 after the Republican-controlled Senate rejected confirmation of her predecessor Mike Haas. Senate Republicans rejected Haas amid concerns about his role in an investigation into alleged campaign […]

MILWAUKEE (AP) — The city of Milwaukee will pay $2 million to the family of a man who died in the back of a police squad car in 2011.  The family of Derek Williams agreed to settle its civil lawsuit, with the money going to Williams' three children.  Jon Safran, an attorney for the family, says the settlement means the city is being held accountable for Williams' death.  The 22-year-old […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin voters could legally take selfies with their marked election ballot under a proposal in the state Legislature.  The Senate elections committee held a hearing Tuesday on the measure that would make it legal for voters to show their marked ballot. Wisconsin is one of 18 states that has a law barring the showing of a completed ballot, but it is rarely enforced.  Bill sponsor Republican […]

OSHKOSH, Wis. (AP) — An Oshkosh bar has been destroyed by an early morning fire.  Firefighters responded to Mabel Murphy's bar about 1:45 a.m. Tuesday but couldn't save the building.  Authorities are still investigating the cause of the fire but believe it might have started in a neighboring apartment building. The apartment residents got out safely.

A Suamico man escaped serious injury when he was forced to make an emergency plane landing in Fond du Lac County  Monday afternoon.  The Sheriff’s Office says it  happened  near the area of Triangle Road and CTH M in the Township of Rosendale.   The pilot was able to get out of airplane on his own with minor injuries.   There were no other occupants of the airplane.  The Fond du Lac […]

The Fond du Lac County Health Department is warning families who might have been exposed to mumps.  The agency sent a letter to families, encouraging everyone to get the mumps vaccine so they're better protected against the disease.  Public Health Officer Kim Mueller says the Health Department confirmed its first mumps case a little more than a week ago.  Mumps symptoms include muscle aches, tiredness and a sore salivary gland […]

The assistant Fond du Lac police chief says he hopes the conviction of a Romanian immigrant in a statewide credit card skimming scheme sends a strong message.   Catalin Capanu faces more than 20 years in prison when he is sentenced in July for wire fraud and theft from a financial institution.  Assistant police chief Steve Klein says Capanu and an accomplice were arrested last summer after a Fond du Lac […]