Month: July 2020

COLUMBUS, Wis (AP) — A Wisconsin city that is named after Christopher Columbus will vote on whether to remove a statue of its namesake at a time when monuments honoring controversial white figures are being criticized following protests over the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis. Columbus alders will decide the statue’s fate at Tuesday's council meeting. The decision follows a petition started by Abbi Adams, a senior at Columbus […]

MILWAUKEE (AP) — Milwaukee police say two men are dead after a shooting. The double fatal shooting happened around 2:30 p.m. Wednesday on South 19th Street. The victims are a 34-year-old man and a 33-year-old man, both from Milwaukee. Police are investigating what led up to the shooting. The deaths follow two other fatal shootings in Milwaukee in less than 24 hours. A 16-year-old girl was found dead of a […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A reward has been doubled to $10,000 for information leading to whoever set fire to a biracial Wisconsin woman who says she was attacked while she was driving. The additional $5,000 reward was announced Tuesday by the Center for Combating Antisemitism, a division of the international nonprofit StandWithUs, in partnership with the Mizel Family Foundation. That matches an earlier $5,000 reward by Madison Area Crime Stoppers […]

Main Street from Merrill Ave. to Johnson Street and Merrill Ave. from Portland to Macy Street Schedule: March 2020 through July 2020 Description: The project includes reconstruction of the storm force main, sanitary laterals, water main and laterals, storm sewer, roadway, sidewalk and approaches, restoration/landscaping, signals and lighting. June 29 to July 3: The paving crew will completed the remaining concrete pavement and colored crosswalks early this week along N. […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A report from the Wisconsin Policy Forum says a gap between the percentage of teachers of color and the percentage of students of color in Wisconsin grew over the last 10 years as student diversity increased. Wisconsin Public Radio reports that the study found that the state's teacher workforce has remained overwhelmingly white. The number of students of color in public schools increased by 28% and […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers’ office says there is no written record of anyone authorizing one of his aides to secretly record a phone call with top Republican lawmakers. Evers has refused to say who made the May 14 recording of a conference call that involved him, his aides and GOP legislative leaders. The Democratic governor has promised that secret recordings won’t happen again.  Evers' office responded […]

Fond du Lac residents continue to ask questions and express concerns about a proposed new Lakeside Park Master plan.  About 60 people attended an information meeting on the plan and more than two dozen stayed for an Advisory Park Board meeting this week.   Public Works director Jordan Skiff says there was a lot of concern by people attending the meetings about the location of a restaurant and history museum on the Lighthouse […]