A state appeals court will stay out of a closely watched Wisconsin case over the purging of up to 209,000 registered voters in the battleground state. The District 4 appeals court in Madison said in a ruling Tuesday it won't take the case until the state Supreme Court decides whether it will handle it. An Ozaukee County judge last month ordered the state Elections Commission to purge people who may […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin says she'll vote for President Donald Trump's revamped North American free trade agreement. Baldwin said in a statement Tuesday that Trump's version of new U.S.-Mexico-Canada agreement fell short but she supports improvements House Democrats made to the pact and she can now vote for it. She said the deal increases market access for Wisconsin dairy farmers and cheesemakers and called it a […]
MILWAUKEE (AP) — The leader of the Democratic National Convention promises that the event in Milwaukee this summer will be focused more on substance than spectacle as part of a strategy to be more successful in key states like Wisconsin. Joe Solmonese spoke about plans for the convention during a media event Tuesday. He says Democrats failed in 2016 to communicate as effectively as they could have in key states […]
There will be a handful of contested races for local office in the spring election. Incumbents Kay Miller, Donna Richards and Ben Giles are running for re-election to the Fond du lac city council along with challenger Arletta Allen. Council president Karyn Merkel cannot run because of term limits. In Waupun Jay Graf is running against incumbent mayor Julie Nickel. Three Incumbent alderpersons are running unopposed. Mark Strand is running for re-election to the […]
A Waupun man has been convicted in connection with a fatal crash that occurred more than three years ago. At a hearing December 30, 60 year old James Jensen, pleaded no contest in Fond du Lac County Circuit Court to homicide by negligient operation of a motor vehicle and a misdemeanor of causing injury operating while under the influence. Other charges were dismissed and read into the record. A sentencing […]
Three additional men have been charged in Green Lake County bringing to nine the number of men charged in a sex trafficking ring. The three men made their initial court appearances Tuesday. Six people were arrested and charged last month in Green Lake County for sex trafficking. The Green Lake County Sheriff's Office says they received a 911 call Nov. 28 from a juvenile who said she had escaped from a […]
Gov. Tony Evers' office says the National Guard Bureau opened an investigation into the Wisconsin National Guard's former commander this fall after he allegedly initiated an internal sexual assault investigation in violation of federal law and military regulations. Evers spokeswoman says NGB investigators were in the middle of a months-long review of allegations Adj. Gen. Donald Dunbar's command had been mishandling sexual assault complaints when they learned Dunbar had just […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Republicans have decided to place only President Donald Trump's name on Wisconsin's primary ballot this spring.. A committee made up of Republicans and Democrats met Tuesday with state election officials to decide which candidates to place on the April 7 primary ballot. The Republican committee members submitted only Trump's name. He was approved on a unanimous voice vote. The Democratic committee members submitted 14 candidates, including […]
A Fond du Lac man was arrested after recklessly driving across a couple of lawns and a sidewalk over the weekend. Police say the incident started Saturday morning near Scott and Park Avenue and reports of the vehicle swerving onto lawns and the sidewalk near Fourth and Park. According to the police log the vehicle eventually blew the left front tire. The driver was arrested for operating while intoxicated.