MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin’s attorney general has selected a former Madison police chief to serve as an independent consultant for prosecutors weighing whether to file charges against the officer who shot Jacob Blake, a Black man who was left paralyzed from the waist down. Noble Wray, the expert who will review the file, is Black. Following his retirement as Madison’s chief in 2013, Wray has become a national leader […]
Envision Greater Fond du Lac is encouraging employers to consider an overlooked source of talent when they are hiring….an individual with a felony record. Envision, in partnership with Moraine Park Technical College and the Community Corrections Employment Program, is hosting a free virtual program Tuesday to educate businesses about hiring the formally incarcerated. Envision president Sadie Parafiniuk says Fond du lac County has an aging workforce. Parafiniuk says at any given […]
The Waupun School superintendent says he is proud of the way students and staff have responded to the challenges facing the new school year during the pandemic. Waupun superintendent Steve Hill says one of the biggest challenges for Waupun teachers is teaching students in the classroom, and the 16 percent of students who are learning online at the same time. Hill says the other challenge has been acquiring personal protection equipmentnecessary for […]
Fond du Lac High School science teacher and county board supervisor Joe Fenrick has announced that he is running for state superintendent of public instruction. Fenrick says during the pandemic the top priority is making sure that all the students and staff are safe. Fenrick says there’s a need to increase the Special Education Catetorical Aid. Fenrick says there is also a need to increase funding for mental health services. […]
Many people are relying on a coronavirus vaccine to bring the world back to normal. But with surveys showing many people reluctant to get a vaccine when it becomes available, the question is what percentage of the population needs to get vaccinated to provide adequate protection? Fond du Lac County Public Health Officer Kim Mueller says with each disease it varies. Mueller says many health experts are estimating 60 to 70 percent […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A judge has refused to reinstate a wetlands permit for a frac sand operation in Monroe County. Atlanta-based Meteor Timber filed a lawsuit in June 2019 after an adminstrative law judge revoked its permit. The DNR under then-Gov. Scott Walker granted the permit in 2017. The Ho-Chunk Nation, Midwest Environmental Advocates and Clean Wisconsin challenged the permit and an administrative law judge revoked it in 2018, […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The University of Wisconsin-Madison's chancellor is telling Dane County's top leader to stop wishing students would go away and start cracking down on large gatherings at bars as COVID-19 continues to spread unchecked. Dane County Executive Joe Parisi has repeatedly urged Chancellor Rebecca Blank to shut down campus because student infections are spiking the county's case numbers. He asked her again on Sunday to move classes […]
OSHKOSH, Wis. (AP) — Oshkosh police say a man suspected in a homicide was arrested after a six-hour standoff with a SWAT team and negotiators. Police say officers were sent to a welfare check Saturday morning and discovered a man suffering from a gunshot wound. Thirty-six-year-old Jarvis Gladney was transported to a hospital, where he was pronounced dead. Investigators say the suspect is 27-year-old man. He surrendered to police after […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Former Vice President Joe Biden plans to campaign Monday in northeast Wisconsin for his second visit to the state in two weeks. Biden’s campaign announced Sunday that the Democratic presidential nominee would be campaigning in Manitowoc, a city of about 32,000 that’s on the shores of Lake Michigan about 80 miles north of Milwaukee. Biden did not immediately release any additional details about the visit. The […]