The Wisconsin State Patrol has reached a new contract deal with the state. The deal up for approval Wednesday comes less than two months after a previous agreement that would have boosted starting salaries by more than 20% was rejected by legislative leaders. The new agreement would update pay structure for members of the patrol, based on their years of service, and provide a general 2% pay raise retroactive for […]
Lawmakers are moving quickly on a pair of bills cutting taxes for Wisconsin farmers by nearly $30 million a year. The proposals approved by the Assembly's agriculture committee on Tuesday come after Democratic Gov. Tony Evers called for the Legislature to take emergency action to help the state's farmers. The bills were introduced Monday and could be voted on by the full Assembly next week. The measures would have to pass […]
Assembly Republicans are poised to approve a bill that would create protocols for submitting and tracking untested sexual assault evidence kits as well as require police to notify immigration officials of sexual assaults and allow student victims to enter school choice programs. Democratic Attorney General Josh Kaul has been pushing legislation laying out kit protocols for a year. He alleges Republicans know the immigration and choice provisions are non-starters with […]
The Fond du Lac group Park Watch is voicing strong opposition to a business leaders plan to develop a portion of Lakeside Park. Under the plan Oven Island would essentially be converted into an amphitheater, ice rink and parking lot and the lighthouse peninsula would be transformed into a restaurant and history museum. Laura DeGolier with Park Watch says people are not asking for the park to be paved over. […]
Participation in the opening weekend of the sturgeon spearing season was down almost half compared to last year on the Lake Winnebago system. DNR fisheries biologist Ryan Koenigs tells WFDL news the number of shanties were down 47 percent compared to last year. He says most of the shanties were located close to shore in more protected areas. Forty four fish were harvested opening day and 30 on Sunday. Koenigs says […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Legislature's Republican-controlled finance committee is expected to discuss settling three lawsuits with Democratic Attorney General Josh Kaul, suggesting the two camps may have resolved a dispute over how to settle cases. The GOP passed a law during a 2018 lame-duck session that requires Kaul to get the committee's permission before signing any lawsuits. Kaul has refused to discuss any cases with the committee citing litigants' […]
The Fond du Lac County Sheriff’s Office is continuing it’s investigating into a stabbing incident that sent a Campbellsport man to the hospital. Fond du Lac County Sheriff Ryan Waldschmidt says a Campbellsport man was transported to the hospital with what appeared to be non life-threatening injuries and a woman is in custody following a reported stabbing incident Monday afternoon. Shortly before 1pm Monday Fond du Lac County Sheriff’s deputies were […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Gov. Tony Evers has approved a plan to improve how the Wisconsin National Guard handles sexual assault and harassment complaints. Federal investigators in December issued a report revealing multiple shortcomings in the Guard's sexual misconduct reporting protocols. most notably commanders opening internal investigations rather than referring complaints to Army or Air Force criminal investigators as required. Evers orderd the Guard to come up with a corrective […]
PLAINFIELD, Wis. (AP) — School district officials in Waushara County say a kindergarten student was killed and her sibling was injured when they were struck by a vehicle just before boarding a bus. The Tri-County Area School District says the children were hit along Highway 73 southeast of Plainfield just after 7 a.m. Monday. District administrator Anthony Marinack says the bus was stopped with its lights flashing and another vehicle […]