Month: February 2021

The Fond du Lac County District Attorney admits he is exploring a potential run for statewide office.  District Attorney Eric Toney’s name has been mentioned as a possible Republican candidate for state Attorney General.  Toney told WFDL news he has had discussions with people about a potential run for attorney general but no decision has been made.  Toney says he loves the job he is doing now as District Attorney.   Toney is the […]

KEWASKUM, Wis. (AP) — Officials say a man who killed two men in eastern Wisconsin before being fatally shot by a sheriff’s deputy had a history of criminal offenses dating back more than a decade. The Department of Justice Division of Criminal Investigation says 30-year-old Nicholas Pingel had recently been released from prison and had struggled with mental health issues. Pingel was killed Feb. 3 in a shootout in Kewaskum […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers wants to create a new $500 income tax credit to help cover family caregiver expenses, a $200 million proposal that will be a part of the governor’s state budget plan submitted to the Legislature next week. The tax credit unveiled Tuesday was included in budget proposals Evers announced that are targeted to help children and families, targeting spending on everything from child […]

With dangerous cold temperatures blanketing Wisconsin this week, ReadyWisconsin is urging everyone to take precautions to keep themselves and their loved ones safe.  Ready Wisconsin’s Andrew Beckett limit your time outdoors, and know the signs of hypothermia.  If you, or anyone around you starts showing hypothermia symptoms, including excessive shivering, exhaustion, confusion and slurred speech, seek medical help immediately.  Beckett says when it’s this cold, it doesn’t take long for frostbite to set […]

Donald Trump’s historic second impeachment trial is opening this week with a sense of urgency.  Democrats want to hold the former president accountable for the violent U.S. Capitol siege.  And Republicans want it over as soon as possible.  Retired Ripon College political scientist, Marty Farrell, says it seems unlikely that there are enough votes to convict the president.  Many Republican senators have argued the trial is unconstitutional because Trump is no longer president, […]

The applications for a new Fond du Lac School District superintendent continue to roll in.   Interim superintendent Sharon Simon says the district’s consultant will share a leadership profile for the position at the February 22 school board meeting, with a slate of candidates coming before the board at the March 8 meeting.   "They (school board) hope to begin interviewing by mid-March, and at the end of March, early April, if deemed necessary […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Campaign finance reports for January show that state superintendent candidate Deborah Kerr raised and spent more money than any of the other six candidates in the month leading up to next week's primary. The two highest vote-getters in the Feb. 16 primary will advance to the April 6 general election. Kerr is the former Brown Deer Schools superintendent who supports the private school voucher program and […]

MILWAUKEE (AP) — A driver survived when his pickup truck plunged about 70 feet off a slippery interchange exit ramp in Wisconsin. A Wisconsin Department of Transportation camera captured the Milwaukee-area crash. The video shows the pickup hitting snow on the right shoulder before flipping over the barrier wall and plummeting to Interstate 94 below as cars pass by. When deputies arrived, they found the pickup upright in the right […]