MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Attorney General Josh Kaul is trying to persuade Republicans to give him nearly $925,000 in the state budget to upgrade crime lab technology designed to identify synthetic drugs and hire more analysts. Gov. Tony Evers' budget calls for authorizing Kaul to spend $923,800 from court surcharges over the biennium for upgrading drug detection technology and hiring four more toxicologists to run the machinery. Kaul told reporters […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Wisconsin Legislature’s Joint Finance Committee plans to hold three in-person public hearings on Gov. Tony Evers’ $91 billion state budget proposal, with one virtual hearing for the first time due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. The in-person hearings are April 9 at the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater; April 21 at the Hodag Dome in Rhinelander; and April 22 at UW-Stout in Menomonie. The virtual hearing is […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The trial for an 18-year-old from Illinois accused of killing two people and wounding a third during a protest against police brutality in Wisconsin has been pushed back by seven months and could be delayed even longer. Kyle Rittenhouse’s trial was scheduled to begin March 29, but both sides told a judge Wednesday that they needed more time to prepare. Kenosha County Circuit Judge Bruce Schroeder […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A Wisconsin woman convicted of stabbing a classmate to please internet horror character Slender Man seven years ago says she deserves to be released from a mental health facility because she's reached the limits of treatment. Anissa Weier has asked Waukesha County Judge Michael Bohren to release her from the Winnebago Mental Health Institute. She submitted a letter to Bohren on Wednesday saying that she's forgiven […]
APPLETON, Wis. (AP) — A teenager charged in a fatal shooting at a shopping mall in eastern Wisconsin has pleaded not guilty. Dezman Ellis, of Oshkosh, is charged with first-degree intentional homicide and first-degree recklessly endangering safety. The 17-year-old Ellis is accused of killing 19-year-old Jovanni Frausto, of Neenah, at the Fox River Mall in Grand Chute during an argument over a girl. A bystander was wounded, and the Jan. […]
The Fond du Lac Fire Chief says he’s pleased to hear the state Department of Safety and Professional Services will resume enforcing a code provision that requires fire sprinkler systems in certain multi-family dwellings. In 2017, then Republican Attorney General Brad Schimel issued a legal opinion that state regulators can’t enforce a rule requiring sprinklers in apartment buildings with more than four units. Last year Wisconsin Attorney General Josh Kaul revisted the issue and determined […]
As the Fond du Lac city council discusses a Lakeside Park Enhancement Agreement at their meeting Wednesday night comes news of an email obtained by a citizens group opposed to commercial development at the park. The email, posted on the Friends of Lakeside Park Facebook page appears to contradict comments by Fond du lac councilmember Ben Giles that he was approached by business leaders about the plan to build a […]
Governor Tony Evers has announced the appointment of Fond du Lac attorney Paul Czisny to the Fond du Lac County Circuit Court. Czisny will fill a vacancy created by Judge Robert Wirtz’s retirement, effective May 2. Evers says Czisny will bring compassion, fairness, and a deep knowledge of the law to the bench. Czisny is a criminal defense attorney and currently runs his own law firm. Before that he was a state public defender […]
Nobody was injured in a high speed chase and armed standoff in Fond du Lac and Dodge counties . The chase started shortly after 6:30pm Tuesday when a Fond du Lac County Sheriff’s deputy attempted to stop a vehicle speeding 90 miles an hour on Highway 151 southbound near Highway 23. The 14 mile long chase ended when the sheriff’s squad forced the suspect vehicle off the road on Highway 175 near Highway 49. The […]