Month: July 2021

MILWAUKEE (AP) — Milwaukee's police commission says it will reinstate ousted Chief Alfonso Morales next week. Morales retired in August after the commission demoted him following turmoil over racial justice protests and complaints of distrust within the department. Morales sued for damages. Milwaukee County Judge Christopher Foley ruled in May that Morales should be reinstated on July 3 unless his attorneys and the city settled the lawsuit. Morales' attorneys agreed […]

The Fond du Lac Police Department has announced several promotions.  Lieutenant Anthony Hahn has been promoted to captain, and school resource officers Michael Gales and Steve Olson have been promoted to lieutenant.  Hahn has been a member of the Department since 2001, Gales has been with the Department since 2014 and Olson started in 1999.

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A larger, more diverse search committee to find the next University of Wisconsin System president has been named. The 19-member committee announced Friday comes following a failed search last year that was widely criticized for breaking with tradition and not including members representing faculty, staff and students. The panel is looking for a permanent successor to Ray Cross, who retired a year ago. Former Gov. Tommy […]

MILWAUKEE (AP) — A Milwaukee Bucks fan has become a social media darling after a cameraman at Fiserv Forum caught him chugging a beer and ripping his shirt during a playoff game.   Dan Roberts of New Berlin had just gotten a new Bucks shirt hours before he attended Game 5 of the Bucks' playoff series against Atlanta. During the fourth quarter a cameraman put Roberts on the Jumbotron. In a […]

MILWAUKEE (AP) — Much has changed in Milwaukee since the Bucks won their lone NBA title a half-century ago.Nothing reflects the differences more than the melting pot of fans swarming together outside Fiserv Forum playoff games. They will flock there again Sunday when the Bucks host the Phoenix Suns in Game 3 of the NBA Finals. The diversity of those crowds is striking considering Milwaukee’s history. Team President Peter Feigin […]

The Fond du Lac city council next week is expected to  take formal action on an out of court settlement regarding a Lakeside Park Enhancement agreement.  The council voted in May to back out of the agreement for a development project at the park, including a new restaurant near the Lighthouse Peninsula.  The business group had pledged millions of dollars toward the project including  building  the restaurant but was adamant […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The state Supreme Court says state regulators can impose operating conditions on factory farms and consider high-capacity wells' cumulative environmental impacts when weighing whether to grant permits. The rulings Thursday mark a major win for conservationists and clarify that the Department of Natural Resources has broad authority to protect Wisconsin's waters. Environmental groups had sued the DNR seeking stricter regulation of water pollution from factory farms […]

Fond du Lac police are continuing to investigate a report of gunshots fired into the air in the early morning hours on the Fourth of July.  Witnesses told police officers someone in a car fired several  gunshots straight up into the air at the intersection of Foresst Avenue and South Military Road.  Assistant Police Chief Steve Klein says it could be that the person was firing a gun to celebrate the Fourth of […]