Month: August 2019

The director of the Wisconsin Conservation Voters applauds Governor Tony Evers for creating a new state government position to coordinate the state’s efforts at combating lead in drinking water.  The governor signed the order creating the position within the state Department of Health Services.  Conservation Voters director Kerry Schumann says the coordinator will be in charge of the  state’s efforts to address lead poisoning prevention, treatment, removal, abatement and surveillance.  "Especially when children are exposed […]

SHAWANO, Wis. (AP) — Authorities say human remains have been found on a northwest Missouri farm that has been the focus of a search for two missing Wisconsin brothers.  Clinton County Sheriff Larry Fish announced Wednesday the remains were found on a farm near Braymer.  He says the remains have not been officially identified. No cause of death has been determined.  Authorities have been searching a farm near Braymer for 35-year-old Nicholas Diemel […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Charges have been filed against nine people so far as a result of the Wisconsin Department of Justice's work to test thousands of kits containing evidence collected from sexual assault victims.  Democratic Attorney General Josh Kaul said in an interview Wednesday he expects that number to increase as more tests are completed and prosecutors review evidence. Thirty five cases have been referred for charging decisions to date.  There […]

SCHOFIELD, Wis. (AP) — A father has been arrested after he was accused of leaving his 2-year-old child alone in a car for 10 hours in Schofield.  Everest Metro police say the toddler is hospitalized after being left in the vehicle from 2 a.m. to 12 p.m. Sunday. Police responded to a 911 call from a man requesting an ambulance and found the child's mother holding the toddler when they arrived.  […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A conservative law firm is asking the Wisconsin Supreme Court to dramatically scale back the ability of governors to change the intent of lawmakers through partial budget vetoes.  If successful, the move would reverse more than four decades of precedent.  The Wisconsin Institute for Law and Liberty filed the lawsuit Wednesday on behalf of three taxpayers. It is the most aggressive challenge yet to Democratic Gov. Tony Evers […]