KENOSHA, Wis. (AP) — A Wisconsin prosecutor has declined to file criminal charges against a white police officer who shot a Black man in the back last summer. Kenosha County District Attorney Michael Graveley said Tuesday that he had decided not to charge Officer Rusten Sheskey and other officers, saying he didn't think he could prove Sheskey and other officers weren't acting in self-defense. Sheskey shot Jacob Blake in the […]
A teenager was killed in a two vehicle crash in Dodge County. The crash happened Tuesday morning on Highway 73 north of Highway D in the town of Calamus. A preliminary investigation shows a southbound car failed to negotiate a curve, when it crossed over the center line striking a truck. The 17 year old car driver was pronounced dead at the hospital.
Campbellsport attorney Tricia Walker says she has always wanted to make a difference. Walker was recently appointed by Governor Tony Evers to the Fond du Lac County Circuit Court, replacing the retiring circuit court judge Gary Sharpe. When she was sworn into office Monday, Walker became the first female circuit judge in Fond du Lac County history and only the third Asian-American to ever serve as a state court judge in Wisconsin. […]
A little more than three months after an ethics complaint was filed against Fond du Lac city councilmember Ben Giles, a second complaint has been filed with the Fond du Lac Ethics Board against another individual. The board has scheduled a closed door meeting for 4:30pm Tuesday at the City County government Center. The meeting notice does not say who the complaint was filed against or the nature of the complaint. It comes a month […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Court documents show that a Wisconsin pharmacist told police he tried to ruin hundreds of doses of coronavirus vaccine because he believed the shots would mutate people's DNA. Police in Grafton, about 20 miles north of Milwaukee, arrested Advocate Aurora Health pharmacist Steven Brandenburg last week following an investigation into the 57 spoiled vials of the Moderna vaccine. Ozaukee County District Attorney Adam Gerol said during […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Republicans who control the Wisconsin Legislature have introduced a COVID-19 relief bill the first day of the session. Assembly Speaker Robin Vos said it will pass later in the week. But the measure got a lukewarm response from Democratic Gov. Tony Evers on Monday. His spokeswoman Britt Cudaback did not say whether Evers would sign or veto the measure. But she called it “disappointing” that lawmakers […]
MADISON, Wis, (AP) — A federal judge has rejected a lawsuit filed by two Republican Wisconsin lawmakers, voting rights groups and others seeking to overturn the 2020 presidential election results in Wisconsin and four other swing states. U.S. District Judge James Boasberg rejected the lawsuit Monday. He says it “rests on a fundamental and obvious misreading of the Constitution.” The case was brought against Vice President Mike Pence, Congress and […]
KENOSHA, Wis. (AP) — Claims filed on behalf of two men shot by an Illinois teen during a night of protests over a police shooting in Kenosha, Wisconsin, allege the city and county were negligent in their response to the unrest. Gaige Grosskreutz, who was seriously wounded, and the parents of Anthony Huber, who was killed, have each filed $10 million claims. Such notices usually are precursors to lawsuits. Grosskreutz […]
A retired Ripon College economist says unemployment aid and small business loans are two of the major highlights in the latest pandemic relief package. Economist Paul Schoofs says the new bipartisan bill adds $284 billion to the Paycheck Protection Program for small business forgivable loans as a way to help cover worker wages. Schoofs says it should work even better than the first rollout of the PPP last spring. The bill would target […]