MADISON, Wis. — A gruyere from Switzerland has been named the world's best cheese, chosen from a record number of entrants from 26 nations in the World Championship Cheese Contest in Wisconsin. The cheese from Bern, Switzerland made its maker, Michael Spycher of Mountain Dairy Fritzenhaus, a two-time winner. Spycher also won in 2008. The Wisconsin State Journal says the winner was announced Thursday and three Wisconsin cheeses were finalists. […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Gov. Tony Evers has signed a bill that creates 12 new circuit court branches in Wisconsin over the next three years, a move designed to help address backlogs. Four new branches will be created in each of the next three years, starting in 2021, the first expansion of Wisconsin's court system since 2010. The director of state courts, Randy Koschnick, will assign the new judges based […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Wisconsin National Guard's new commander has taken the oath of office. Gov. Tony Evers appointed Brig. Gen. Paul Knapp to lead the Guard last month. He replaces Maj. Gen. Donald Dunbar, who resigned in December after federal investigators found the Guard for years under his command defied federal law, regulations and policies over handling sexual assault complaints. State Supreme Court Justice Rebecca Dallet swore in […]
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Mike Bloomberg is out of the Democratic presidential race, but he's not done trying to beat President Donald Trump. The billionaire businessman is funding an anti-Trump operation in six battleground states in an effort to oust the Republican president in November. Bloomberg will tap his vast fortune to pay for field offices in Arizona, Florida, Michigan, North Carolina, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin. It will be done through […]
A retired Ripon College political scientist says following Super Tuesday, a resurgent Joe Biden has the momentum and the Democratic presidential race is a two man contest. Biden claimed nine Super Tuesday victories, revitalizing a presidential bid that was teetering on the edge of disaster just days earlier. Political scientist Marty Farrell says Biden’s surge underscores how many Democrats fear the prospect of a Sanders nomination. "A sign that Democrats in […]
A Hustisford man is going to prison for possessing child pornography. Dodge County Circuit judge Martin De Vries sentenced 47 year old Todd DiMiceli to three years in prison and five years of extended supervision. DiMiceli pled guilty in January to two counts of Possession of Child Pornography. DCI Special Agents found the images on DiMecli’s home computer.
Fond du Lac Police are investigating a report of what they describe as a suspicious incident that occurred shortly before 2:30 p.m. Thursday on Campus Drive between University Drive and Prairie Road on the south side of the UW-Oshkosh Fond du Lac Campus. The caller indicated he was driving through the area when he saw a car parked alongside the road with what appeared to be a female driver and what appeared to be […]
MILWAUKEE (AP) — Milwaukee's police chief says a man who killed five co-workers last week at a sprawling brewery complex was friends or at least friendly with some of the victims. Chief Alfonso Morales said that he doesn't believe racial issues led 51-year-old Anthony Ferrill to carry out the attack. Ferrill was black and four of the victims were white. The fifth was Latino. Morales' remarks came after police asked […]
MILWAUKEE (AP) — The fund set up for the families of the five victims killed in a shooting at the Molson Coors plant in Milwaukee has exceeded its goal of $1 million. Molson Coors organized the fundraiser which has generated $1,016,760 from 1,800 donors as of Thursday morning on a GoFundMe web page. The company says the Miller Valley Survivors Fund was established to provide direct financial assistance to the […]