MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Vice President Mike Pence has canceled his visit to Wisconsin because he's been dispatched to Turkey to try and reach a ceasefire deal. Pence was scheduled to visit Uline in Pleasant Prairie on Thursday to advocate for passing President Donald Trump's trade agreement with Mexico and Canada. Instead, Pence will lead a delegation to Turkey to meet with the Turkish leader. Trump has demanded an immediate end to […]
The Fond du Lac School Board wants to know how much it might cost to build a new artificial turf football stadium and indoor athletic complex at Fond du lac High School. Athletic director David Michalkiewicz and Superintendent Dr. Jim Sebert along with a handful of residents spoke in favor of the idea at last night’s school board meeting. Michalkiewicz says it would be great for the district. "We […]
The Fond du Lac school board has accepted the surprise resignation of the school district curriculum director. Danica Lewis is stepping down effective November 1 after eight years with the district. Superintendent Dr. Jim Sebert says Lewis is leaving to do “turnaround work” with Milwaukee Public Schools and curriculum alignment work with Chicago Public Schools through the consulting firm First Educational Resources. While working as curriculum director, Lewis was also employed with First […]
The Assembly Democratic leader says he hopes a medical marijuana bill at the very least gets a legislative hearing. The measure was introduced last month by two Democratic and one Republican state lawmaker. Assembly minority leader Gordon Hintz of Oshkosh told WFDL news he doubts the bill will pass the legislature, given that senate majority leader Scott Fitzgerald is opposed. But Hintz says he believes the bill should at the very least […]
OSHKOSH, Wis. (AP) — Police say the deaths of two people in Oshkosh last week is a murder-suicide. Authorities say the investigation shows 55-year-old Paul Guerrero shot 46-year-old Peggy Carpenter multiple times before turning the gun on himself. The bodies of the two were found Thursday night at an Oshkosh home.
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — An attorney for a man whose criminal case was featured in the Netflix series "Making a Murderer" is seeking a new trial or evidentiary hearing. Steven Avery is serving a life sentence for the 2005 killing of photographer Teresa Halbach. A circuit judge denied his request for a new trial in August. Attorney Kathleen Zellner had promised an appeal and filed a 150-page document Monday asking the Wisconsin […]
BARRON, Wis. (AP) — The Wisconsin girl whose parents were fatally shot before she was kidnapped and held captive for 88 days before escaping from her abductor said she's feeling stronger every day and is thankful for the kindness and concern expressed to her from people all over the country in the year after the crime. Jayme Closs issued a statement Monday, a day before the one-year anniversary of the fatal […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Wisconsin Department of Corrections has released details about a violent weekend at the state's juvenile prison in northern Wisconsin that left one guard with a broken nose. The state says 26 inmates were involved in a string of disturbances Sept. 28 and 29 at Lincoln Hills School for Boys. The Journal Sentinel says in one case a juvenile is facing charges for trying to choke […]
An Abilene, Texas man accused of killing his girlfriend, a Waupun native, and their infant daughter says “God told him to do it.” Thirty four year old Cody Edmund Dixon is charged in Abilene with capital murder in the deaths of 22 year old Alia Rae Hutchison and nine month old Aria Ellen Dixon. Their bodies were found Saturday evening. The Sheriff’s Office has not said how the two were killed. Hutchison […]