KINGSTON, Mo. (AP) — Northwest Missouri authorities say human remains found in Missouri and Nebraska are those of two missing brothers from Wisconsin. Caldwell County Sheriff Jerry Galloway announced in a news release Friday that remains found Monday in a livestock trailer in Lincoln County, Nebraska, are those of 24-year-old Justin Diemel, and remains recovered from a farm in Caldwell County, Missouri, are those of 35-year-old Nicholas Diemel. The brothers, […]
MADISON- Today, Senator Feyen (R-Fond du Lac) and Representative Schraa (R-Oshkosh) released the following statements on Governor Evers’ veto of SB 60. “Governor Evers seems more than happy to continue the practice of placing sexually violent offenders from Milwaukee and Dane Counties into the 18th Senate District and other rural areas of Wisconsin. This is yet another instance of the governor placing the needs of those two counties above the […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Gov. Tony Evers has vetoed a bill that would have allowed violent sex offenders to live within 1,500 feet of schools and other places where children are likely to be present. Former Gov. Scott Walker vetoed the same law change in 2018. The intention was to give counties more flexibility in where to place sexually violent people who are placed on supervised release. Evers says in his veto message […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Gov. Tony Evers has signed into law a bill designed to make it easier for people with disabilities to vote. The bipartisan measure Evers signed Friday creates accommodations for people who have disabilities that make it difficult for them to communicate verbally. Under the new law, those who have physical disabilities affecting verbal speech or those who communicate non-verbally will no longer have to state their name and […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Gov. Tony Evers has vetoed a bill that would have allowed public schools to release the names of students' parents and guardians in student directories. Evers vetoed the measure Thursday, citing privacy concerns. Opponents had argued that allowing people to obtain the names of students’ parents was an invasion of privacy that could lead to unintended consequences. Supporters argued it was a minor change and it […]
MILWAUKEE (AP) — Milwaukee Bucks star Giannis Antetokounmpo is suing a home remodeling contractor he says failed to perform the work for which he was hired. The lawsuit says Antetokounmpo hired David Gonzalez, of Cedarburg, to do some remodeling work at his suburban Milwaukee home. The work included painting, installing new countertops, flooring, landscaping and fencing. Gonzalez, doing business as DIG Enterprises, did not immediately respond to an email for comment and […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin wildlife officials say hunters killed 10 elk in Wisconsin’s second elk season. The Department of Natural Resources set a 10-bull limit for the season, which ran from Oct. 12 to Nov. 10 in Ashland, Bayfield, Price and Sawyer counties. The department says hunters authorized by the state killed five bulls. Ojibwe tribal hunters killed five. More than 23,000 Wisconsin residents submitted a $10 application in hopes of winning […]
The Fond du Lac Saint Mary’s Springs Ledgers have won their third straight high school football championship. The Ledgers defeated Eau Claire Regis 7-0 at Camp Randall stadium in Madison Thursday in the Division 6 championship game for their ninth WIAA title.
A Wisconsin Appeals Court has ruled that a convicted child sex offender from Racine County cannot be placed in Fond du Lac County. The District Two Court of Appeals determined that Preston Rintamaki’s petition for supervised release was still pending prior to a Racine judge’s order to place Rintamaki at a town of Eldorado residence in November 2018. District Attorney Eric Toney says the effect of the decision is that Wisconsin Act 184 applies to Rintamaki, […]