A state appeals court has tossed out a Sheboygan Falls man's sexual assault conviction because a police officer lied when he told him that he'd never get a chance to testify at his trial. Daniel Rejholec pleaded guilty in 2018 to sexually assaulting his girlfriend's 14-year-old daughter and was sentenced to 12 years in prison. He argued on appeal that Sheboygan Police Detective Eric Edson coerced him to confess by […]
Six more COVID-19 deaths have been reported in Fond du Lac County. According to the Fond du Lac County Health Department two men, ages 56 and 94, and four women, ages, 60, 84, 93, and 94 died from complications due to COVID-19. There have now been 119 COVID-19 deaths in Fond du Lac County since the beginning of the pandemic.
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Former Wisconsin governors Jim Doyle and Scott Walker don’t agree on much, but they are joining together to call for people to get the COVID-19 vaccine in a new public service television advertisement released Thursday. The spot produced by UW Health features the Republican Walker placing a Zoom call to Doyle, a Democrat. In the spot, Walker asks Doyle to do an ad with him promoting […]
The Dodge County Sheriff’s Office is investigating how a car ended up in the Rock River. Two people swimming in the river off the bridge on Elmwood Road Wednesday afternoon spotted a submerged vehicle and dialed 911. The unoccupied BMW car was pulled from the river. Anyone with further information involving this incident is asked to call the Dodge County Sheriff’s office at (920)386-3726.
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Wisconsin Veterans Museum plans to reopen next month after state officials shut it down for 16 months amid the COVID-19 pandemic. The museum announced Thursday it will re-open July 1 with new exhibits on Madison natives Roberta Wells and Akira Toki. Wells was one of the first female Marines. Toki, the son of Japanese immigrants, volunteered for the U.S. Army shortly after Pearl Harbor and […]
The Walleye Weekend Festival gets underway this weekend and the public gets a chance to check out a newly renovated Lakeside Park pavilion. City manager Joe Moore says the renovated pavilion includes a new front porch with outdoor seating, and a patio that extends from the back of the building to the lakeshore. Moore says the entire back wall of the pavilion facing Lake Winnebago is glass. Moore says the pavilion is also […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — An outdoor theater struggling through the COVID-19 pandemic has received a massive donation. The Pleasant T. Rowland Foundation has handed the American Players Theatre $10 million. The theatre, located outside Spring Green, scrapped its 2020 season due to the pandemic, resorting to online performances and putting renovation plans on hold. The theater resumed in-person performances last month. Theater officials say about $7 million will go toward […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A new memo from the Legislature's budget office says Wisconsin is at risk of losing $2.3 billion in federal coronavirus relief money for K-12 schools. That's more than the $1.5 billion originally thought to be in jeopardy. The money is at risk because Republicans who control the Legislature’s budget committee have not committed enough new state money for schools to meet federal requirements to qualify for […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Wisconsin Senate has voted to prohibit police from using chokeholds, except in life-threatening situations or to defend themselves. The bill approved Wednesday won bipartisan support. Critics have said there should be a total ban on chokeholds. Many Wisconsin police departments have already enacted similar policies and chokeholds are not taught as a compliance technique during law enforcement training. However, backers of the bill say explicitly […]