Month: August 2020

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8-14-20 three milwaukee men headed to dc event arrested in indiana

WARSAW, Ind. (AP) — Three Black men who are members of a Milwaukee group that’s marching to the nation’s capital for a national commemoration of the 1963 civil rights March on Washington were arrested in northern Indiana after police said they were blocking traffic on a highway. Indiana State Police say Frank David Sensabaugh, Eric Ajala, and Tory Lowe were arrested Wednesday on misdemeanor charges of disorderly conduct and obstruction […]

todayAugust 14, 2020

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8-14-20 staffer accused lawmaker of drunken proposal

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The state Assembly's chief clerk has released records that show a legislative aide accused  Rep. Staush Gruszynski of trying to coax her into having sex with him last year. The Associated Press and three Wisconsin media outlets filed a lawsuit in March to obtain the records. Assembly Chief Clerk Pat Fuller released them Wednesday, a day after Gruszynski lost a Democratic primary. The documents include a […]

todayAugust 14, 2020

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8-14-20 grizzlies roll past bucks in final regular season game

LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. (AP) — Jonas Valanciunas and Ja Morant had triple-doubles and the Memphis Grizzlies kept their season alive Thursday with a 119-106 victory over the Milwaukee Bucks, who were missing star forward Giannis Antetokounmpo after he was suspended for head-butting an opponent. Dillon Brooks added 31 points as Memphis posted its second wire-to-wire win of the season and wrapped up a spot in the play-in tournament that […]

todayAugust 14, 2020

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8-14-20 trump executive orders

A retired Ripon College economist says a series of executive orders issued by president Donald Trump last weekend will have little impact on the economy.   The president signed the memorandum as negotiations between Democrats and Republicans on a new rescue package ground to a halt. Economist Paul Schoofs says while he’s not surprised the president decided to do something, but what he did won’t do much for the economy.  Schoofs says […]

todayAugust 14, 2020

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8-14-20 brantner loses appeal to vacate fdl county homicide conviction

An over the road trucker from Kenosha has lost his appeal to have his conviction in the death of a Sturdevant teenager in Fond du Lac County overturned.  The Second District Court of Appeals has denied Dennis Brantner’s appeal to vacate his conviction of second degree reckless homicide in the 1990 death of  Berit Beck.  Brantner argued the conviction should be vacated because the evidence presented during his jury trial  for first degree intentional homicide was […]

todayAugust 13, 2020

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8-13-20 fdl school board votes in favor of blended model

The Fond du Lac School Board has voted in favor of a blended model for all grade levels when the school year starts next month.  The school board voted in favor of the plan at a special meeting Wednesday evening, revising an earlier plan that called for in-person classroom instruction at the elementary school level.  Interim superintendent Sharon Simon the decision was made after the board heard feedback from parents and staff and with the […]

todayAugust 13, 2020

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8-13-20 fdl lakeside park pavilion renovation project moving forward

A renovation project involving the existing Lakeside Park pavilion is moving forward after the Fond du Lac city council decided against voting on a resolution to halt the project at their meeting Wednesday night.   A motion by councilmember Kay Miller to approve the resolution to delay the project until a feasibility study is completed died for lack of a second.   The city could start receiving bids on the project as […]

todayAugust 13, 2020

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8-13-20 covid-19 cases continue to surge in fdl county

The Fond du Lac County Public Health Officer is issuing an alert with a recent spike in COVID-19 cases in Fond du Lac County.   More than 20 new cases were reported Wednesday bringing the total number of positive cases in Fond du Lac County to over 700.   Public Health Officer Kim Mueller says in the last couple of weeks there have been over 130 positive cases, resulting in increased hospitalizations and two […]

todayAugust 12, 2020

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8-13-20 uw madison chancellor says flagship campus is in financial crisis

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — University of Wisconsin-Madison Chancellor Rebecca Blank is delivering a sobering message about the state’s flagship campus as the fall semester looms, saying “we’re in a real financial crisis” due to the coronavirus pandemic. Blank said Wednesday that how bad the crisis will be depends on several factors, including whether students who are enrolled for the fall semester actually show up, how deep state budget cuts are […]

todayAugust 12, 2020