KENOSHA, Wis. (AP) — President Donald Trump stood at the epicenter of the latest eruption over racial injustice Tuesday and came down squarely on the side of law enforcement. He blamed “domestic terror” for the violence in Kenosha, Wisconsin, and made no nod to the underlying cause of anger and protests _ the shooting of a yet another Black man by police. Trump contended the nation could see more violence […]
KENOSHA, Wis. (AP) — President Donald Trump stood at the epicenter of the latest eruption over racial injustice Tuesday and came down squarely on the side of law enforcement. He blamed “domestic terror” for the violence in Kenosha, Wisconsin, and made no nod to the underlying cause of anger and protests _ the shooting of a yet another Black man by police. Trump contended the nation could see more violence […]
KENOSHA, Wis. (AP) — Demonstrators in Kenosha are marching through city streets, after President Donald Trump has wrapped up a visit to the area. More than 100 people are following a man with a megaphone, shouting, “Arrest the police” and other chants. The city saw protest and some violence after the Aug. 23 police shooting of Jacob Blake. The 29-year-old Black man was shot seven times in the back. His […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Vice President Mike Pence plans to visit La Crosse on Labor Day. The White House announced Tuesday that Pence plans to visit Dairyland Power Cooperative and deliver remarks. The Pence visit was announced just as President Donald Trump arrived in Wisconsin where he was visiting Kenosha following the police shooting of Jacob Blake and subsequent protests and violence that saw two demonstrators killed. Pence was last […]
KENOSHA, Wis. (AP) — Officials say damage to city-owned property from violence that erupted over the police shooting of Jacob Blake in Kenosha, Wisconsin, is estimated at nearly $2 million so far. The city’s public works director, Shelly Billingsley, provided the estimate Monday night on what it would cost to replace garbage trucks, street lights and traffic signals, among other things that were destroyed or damaged over the last week. […]
The Fond du Lac County Public Health Officer says about 16 hundred people got tested for COVID-19 at a drive-thru testing site in Fond du Lac over the weekend. Kim Mueller says heavy rain on Friday didn’t stop cars from lining up at the Fond du Lac County Highway garage. Mueller says about 900 people got tested on Friday and another 700 Saturday. She says at one point there was […]
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Men from Missouri and Wisconsin are the latest to be sentenced in a federal probe of illegal hunting connected to a Broken Bow outfitting business. Federal prosecutors say 32-year-old Jacob Wideman, of Pevely, Missouri, and 40-year-old Duane Mulvaine, of Fox Lake, Wisconsin, were sentenced last week in Omaha's federal court. Wideman received a year of probation and was ordered to pay $10,000 in fines and restitution […]
The Waupun School superintendent says the district is ready to welcome students back to the classroom this week for the start of the school year amid the coronavirus pandemic. Superintendent Steve Hill says he is confident the district has mitigation plans in place that makes it safe for students to start the school year in the classroom. Hill says he agrees with public health officials who say the recent spread of […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The coordinator of the White House coronavirus task force, Dr. Deborah Birx has praised the University of Wisconsin system’s plans for protecting students. Birx was in Madison to talk to state and health officials, including Tommy Thompson, the University of Wisconsin System president. She knows him from his time as health and human services secretary under President George W. Bush. She told reporters Thompson has taken […]