EAU CLAIRE, Wis. (AP) — The University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire has suspended five football players after racist messages were shared on Snapchat. The messages in the Snapchat string included a picture of a cross burning at a Ku Klux Klan rally. The messages referred to the Black Male Empowerment group on campus. The user wrote, “For all who can’t make the BME meeting, (we) are holding WME tonight at 7,” […]
MARINETTE, Wis. (AP) — Vice President Mike Pence is telling workers at a Wisconsin shipyard that President Donald Trump is working to increase military spending while Democrats are spending all their time on impeaching him. Pence visited Marinette Marine on Wednesday. He said the president is trying to create a 350-ship Navy and the company will play a role in building it. But he says Democrats are spending all their time […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Gov. Tony Evers has signed into law a measure that changes how electric bikes, or e-bikes, are regulated in a move designed to increase rider safety. The bikes with small rechargeable electric motors are gaining in popularity, creating some conflicts because current law treats them the same as old-fashioned gas-powered motor bikes. Under current law, e-bikes are banned from bike paths and operators must carry a […]
The Fond du Lac County Sheriff’s Office is still looking for the driver of a pickup truck involved in a short high speed chase in the city of Fond du Lac. The chase started shortly before 9:30pm Tuesday when a sheriff’s deputy attempted to stop a Ford F350 pickup truck that was driving recklessly while traveling east on W. Scott St near N. Brooke St. in the City of Fond du Lac. The pickup driver […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Republican co-chair of the Legislature’s budget committee has filed a lawsuit seeking to force Gov. Tony Evers to release records related to the funding of farmer mental health programs. Rep. John Nygren, of Marinette, filed the lawsuit Tuesday in Dane County Circuit Court. Evers’ spokeswoman Melissa Baldauff declined immediate comment because the governor had not yet been served with the lawsuit. The lawsuit continues a […]
The Fond du Lac Public Works director says clean-up of a contaminated property along the east branch of the Fond du Lac River could begin next fall. A new report shows that clean-up of the former QuicFrez site is estimated at $1.3 million. Public Works director Jordan Skiff says the remedial action report recommends removal of contaminated materials and planting of trees to draw contaminants out of the soil. Skiff says […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin Supreme Court challenger Jill Karofsky suggested Tuesday that Justice Daniel Kelly is corrupt because he repeatedly rules in favor of conservative groups, saying it makes no sense that the law could be on their side all the time. Karofsky made the remarks at the candidates’ first debate. Karofsky and Kelly used the opportunity to paint each other as partisan and the third candidate, Ed Fallone, […]
A Dodge County man convicted of physically assaulting his wife and threatening law enforcement officers is going to prison. Dodge County Circuit judge Steven Bauer sentenced 35 year old Darren Kemppainen to three years in prison and eight months of extended supervision. He also received a three-year term of probation. Kemppainen was arrested in November 2018 following a domestic incident at a Clyman residence. According to a criminal complaint Kemppainen's wife had visible bruising and […]
A water boil advisory has been lifted in the village of St. Cloud. Village trustee Dan Dreifuerst says a water main leak was repaired Monday afternoon and village officials got the all clear early Tuesday afternoon to lift the advisory. Dreifuerst says settling in the ground apparently took its toll causing the water main to crack. The advisory was issued early Monday morning due to low water pressure in the system.