MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Vice President Mike Pence is defending President Donald Trump’s nominee for the U.S. Supreme Court and his response to the coronavirus pandemic at an outdoor rally in a conservative Milwaukee suburb. Pence spoke Tuesday before a crowd of supporters, most of whom were not wearing masks or socially distancing even as coronavirus cases broke daily records in Wisconsin. The rally at Weldall Manufacturing in Waukesha came […]
WAUKEGAN, Ill. (AP) — Prosecutors say a 17-year-old accused of killing two protesters days after Jacob Blake was shot by police in Kenosha, Wisconsin, won't face charges in his home state of Illinois. The Lake County State’s Attorney’s Office said Tuesday an investigation revealed the gun used in the Kenosha shooting was purchased, stored and used in Wisconsin. It says there's no evidence the gun was ever physically possessed by […]
Bail was set at $150,000 cash for a Fond du Lac man charged in the drug overdose death of a Fond du Lac woman. Forty one year old Robert Harris made his initial court appearance Monday on a charge of first degree reckless homicide, reckless endangerment of safety and maintaining a drug trafficking house. He is accused of providing fentanyl that led to the woman’s death at a West Second Street rooming house May 31. A preliminary […]
The Fond du Lac County Health Department is reporting a record number of COVID-19 cases over this past weekend, and another COVID death. Public Health Officer Kim Mueller tells WFDL news since Friday afternoon there were 280 new positive COVID cases. There are now 3,054 total cases in the county. There are now 15 COVID-19 deaths with one new death reported . Mueller says the victim is an 85 year old […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A Wisconsin judge has upheld Gov. Tony Evers’ mask mandate in the face of a conservative challenge. St. Croix County Circuit Judge R. Michael Waterman ruled Monday that Evers did not overstep his authority by issuing multiple emergency orders on the coronavirus. Evers says the ruling is a victory in the fight against COVID-19. The lawsuit argued that Evers can issue only one emergency declaration per […]
A new Marquette Law School poll says most Wisconsin residents support the statewide mask order. According to the poll, 72 percent agree that masks should be required in public places. "Those majorities are holding over every region of the state," poll director Charles Franklin told AM 1170s Between the Lines program. Meanwhile, 27 percent say they are very worried about being ill from the coronavirus, up from 21 percent in September. […]
The Fond du Lac County Public Health Officer says she thinks trick-or-treating can be done safely, as long as parents take some easy safety precautions for their children. The state Department of Health Services says going house to house and having in-person contact is not a good idea. Fond du lac County Public Health Officer Kim Mueller says don’t go trick or treating or hand out candy if you or family members are […]
With president Trump’s decision to end negotiations on a new economic aid package, Democrats and Republicans will battle over who is to blame with the election just a few weeks away. The president announced last week he ending negotiations, because the House Speaker was not negotiating in good faith, and that a major stimulus bill would be passed after he wins re-election. Retired Ripon College economist Paul Schoofs says negotiations have stalled with millions […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin has told Foxconn Technology Group that it won’t qualify for billions of dollars in state tax credits unless it strikes a new deal for a scaled-back factory complex. State officials have told Taiwan-based Foxconn since last year that it wouldn't qualify for the tax credits without revisions to its 2017 contract given that the scope of the envisioned factory has been reduced. President Donald Trump […]