Month: July 2021

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Gov. Tony Evers is defending his signing of a bill that he believes is partially unconstitutional and that every Democrat except one in the Legislature opposed. Evers said Tuesday that the measure will speed disbursement of settlement money with opioid manufacturers. Evers’ decision to sign drew bipartisan praise at a news conference in Waukesha. Under the new law, the state must work with counties on settlements […]

The Fond du Lac outdoor swimming pools are operating this summer on an abbreviated season.   Parks director John Redmond says the Fairgrounds Aquatic Center is open with a modified schedule starting this week,  closing at the end of the month.   Redmond says the problem is a shortage of lifeguards.   Redmond says the lifeguard shortage is a problem statewide and across the country.  Redmond says it wasn’t too long ago when […]

POYNETTE, Wis. (AP) — The world's tallest horse has died in Wisconsin. The 20-year-old Belgian named Big Jake lived on Smokey Hollow Farm in Poynette. The wife of the farm's owner says Big Jake died about two weeks ago. The horse was 6-foot-10 and weighed 2,500 pounds. The Guinness Book of World Records certified him as the world's tallest living horse in 2010. Big Jake was born in Nebraska. Smokey […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A New London man has launched his own review of the 2020 presidential election in Wisconsin. The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reports that Peter Bernegger has been reviewing ballots in municipalities across the state, including Verona and Westport. He sued Door County Clerk Jill Lau in May for copies of election documents. A judge has yet to rule in the case. An online editorial posted under Bernegger's […]

A cold front has moved into the state bringing some much needed relief from the heat and humidity and much needed rain to Wisconsin.   National Weather Service meteorologist, Kevin Wagner says forecasted temperatures for the next several days  are actually below normal for this time of year. "We're going to be pretty cool for the next couple of days,"  National Weather Service meteorologist Kevin Wagner told WFDL news.  "Next chance […]

ELKHART LAKE, Wis. (AP) — IndyCar plans to keep making stops at Road America. It has announced a multi-year extension that keeps the Wisconsin road course on the annual schedule of the open-wheel racing series. IndyCar began racing at Road America in 1982 and has made annual stops there since 2016. Exact terms of were not disclosed. Road America, which opened in 1955, is located near Elkhart Lake, about halfway […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Kyle Rittenhouse's attorney wants a judge to allow him to argue that one of the men his client killed during a protest in Wisconsin last year was a sex offender, in hopes of showing the man was trying to steal Rittenhouse's gun because he couldn't possess one. Prosecutors have charged Rittenhouse with killing Joseph Rosenbaum and Anthony Huber during the protests in August in Kenosha. Rittenhouse […]