MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A 15-year-old boy is accused of fatally shooting another teen that authorities say he tried to rob of marijuana in Fitchburg last summer. A criminal complaint filed Monday charges Myjee Sanders with first-degree intentional homicide in the death of 17-year-old Shay Watson. The informant, known only as JDN in the complaint, told investigators Sanders tried to grab a bag of marijuana from Watson and as the […]
CALEDONIA, Wis. (AP) — State officials say a man shot and killed himself while struggling with a police officer in Caledonia. The Wisconsin Department of Justice Division of Criminal Investigation says the officer was trying to take the man into custody Monday when they scuffled. DCI says the man pulled a gun from his waistband and shot himself. He died at the scene. No one else was injured. The Journal […]
The so-called “Halloween Killer” Gerald Turner will return to Fond du Lac County for a court appearance, two days before the 47th anniversary of when he killed Lisa Ann French in Fond du lac. Turner was convicted and spent time in prison for the 1973 rape and murder of French who went trick or treating that evening in Turner’s neighborhood. The state argues that Turner is a sexually violent person and suffers from mental […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Gov. Tony Evers says he's given up on any statewide rules to control the coronavirus amid fierce Republican opposition. His administration had been working on a new emergency rule after the state Supreme Court last week struck down the governor's stay-at-home order. However, it withdrew the outline for the rule Monday after a key Republican on the Legislature's rules committee accused Evers of trying to use […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Advocates for people with disabilities and minority voters in Wisconsin have filed a sweeping federal lawsuit seeking changes to ensure the August primary and November presidential election can be held safely amid the coronavirus pandemic. They're asking a judge to order that more poll workers be hired and every voter in the state receive an absentee ballot application, among other changes. Wisconsin has been at the […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wausau School Board President Tricia Zunker says she's going to challenge Republican Tom Tiffany for Wisconsin's 7th Congressional District again in November. Tiffany easily defeated the Democrat Zunker in a special election last week to win the open seat, besting her by 14 percentage points. Tiffany was resigning from the state Senate on Monday ahead of his swearing in to Congress on Tuesday. Zunker says the […]
The president of Envision Greater Fond du Lac says we live in a different world today than we did just a little more than a week ago. Sadie Parafiniuk says well before the state Supreme Court struck down the Safer at Home order last week, a local Task force was preparing for when businesses would be allowed to reopen. "We knew that Fond du Lac County was in a good place," Parafiniuk […]
The Fond du Lac County Public Health Officer says while she was disappointed the state Supreme Court tossed out the Stay at Home order she did not feel it was necessary to continue a public health order in the county. While other some other counties were extending their own safer at home orders only to later rescind them, Mueller quickly rescinded a county public health order that had been issued in March. "I […]
The Fond du Lac city manager says he is confident Fond du Lac residents will act smart and continue safe practices even though the Safer at Home order is no longer in effect. City manager Joe Moore says he believes city residents understand they cannot let down their guard. Moore says people realize the importance of social distancing, not going to work if you’re sick and proper hand hygiene.