MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Republican lawmakers say they're still looking to build new state facilities to house juvenile offenders after Wisconsin's youth prison closes. A 2018 state law requires the prison outside Irma to close by 2021. Offenders would move to new state and county facilities. The bill authorized $25 million in borrowing for new state facilities. Gov. Tony Evers created an additional $90 million in bonding for the centers in his […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Wisconsin Supreme Court has reinstated almost all of the laws that Republicans passed during a December lame-duck legislative session that limited the powers of the incoming Democratic governor and attorney general. The actions in Wisconsin mirror Republican moves after losing control of the governor's office in Michigan this past November and in North Carolina in 2016. Democrats have decried the tactics as brazen attempts to […]
The Fond du Lac County District Attorney says a legislative proposal to add prosecutors and boost pay for prosecutors and public defenders is a mixed bag. The Joint Finance Committee approved adding 26.5 positions in district attorney offices across the state, which would result in an additional assistant DA in Fond du Lac County. DA Eric Toney says he doesn’t believe the package goes far enough when it comes to salaries for prosecutors. […]
A Republican member of the legislature’s Jt. Finance committee says a package to boost pay for prosecutors and public defenders while adding assistant district attorneys is a step in the right direction. The committee recently approved $38.4 million in general purpose revenue to boost pay, while adding 26.5 positions in DA offices across the state. State representative Mark Born of Beaver Dam says the reimbursement rate for private attorneys who act as public […]
The University of Wisconsin-Fond du Lac, a UW Oshkosh campus, will host a Campus Preview for prospective students and their families, 2-3:30 p.m. on Wednesday, June 26, in the University Center, 400 University Drive, Fond du Lac. Attendees will tour campus and hear from current students, faculty and staff during a panel discussion. Representatives from athletics and on-campus student housing will be available during the event. Campus Preview will feature […]
A Beaver Dam man was sentenced to 10 years in prison Tuesday for causing the 2017 overdose death of a Juneau man. Twenty nine year old Brian Larson II was convicted of reckless homicide and bail jumping on Feb. 28.. He is accused of providing the drugs that led to the overdose death of 25 year old Dakoda Kline.
The Fond du Lac County Veteran Service Officer says it may take several weeks or longer to work out the bugs following the rollout last Thursday of the much anticipated Mission Act for veterans. The Act, signed by president Trump a year ago, is designed to expand access to private health care paid for by the Department of Veterans Affairs under new rules targeting prolonged wait times and poor quality at […]
Republicans on the Legislature's finance committee have decided to spend about $615 million less on building projects around the state than Gov. Tony Evers wants. Evers' state budget proposal called for spending $2.5 billion, including $1.1 billion for University of Wisconsin System construction projects. Republican state representative Mark Born of Beaver Dam says the amount of money that would go toward those projects is still significant. "Its going to be the […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin voters who appear to have moved within the state will have up to two years to update their voter registration, rather than be deactivated within a month. The Wisconsin Elections Commission voted Tuesday to make the change. Voters who appear to have moved will still receive a postcard, likely in late August, saying that state records indicate they have moved. In 2018, when the mailings were first […]