MILWAUKEE (AP) — Wisconsin’s rate of coronavirus cases has reached a level not seen since the winter as the highly contagious delta virus variant fueled a fresh wave of cases. The Department of Health Services reports the seven-day average for new cases reached 1,201 — the first time the average rose above 1,200 since early February. Health officials also reported three more deaths, bringing the overall tally to 8,324 confirmed […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — One of the Catholic church's top officials and fiercest critics of Pope Francis has COVID-19 and is breathing through a ventilator. Cardinal Raymond Burke tweeted on Aug. 10 that he had caught the virus, was resting comfortably. His staff tweeted Saturday that he has been hospitalized and is breathing through a ventilator. The Washington Post and the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported that Burke caught the virus […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Republican-controlled Wisconsin Legislature wants to intervene in a federal lawsuit brought by Democrats that seeks to throw out the state’s current congressional and legislative district boundaries and not have them be the basis for drawing new maps. The lawsuit was filed on Friday, the day after the U.S. Census Bureau delivered population data to the states that will be used as the basis for redrawing […]
The Dodge County Sheriff's Office continues to investigate a crash that sent three children to the hospital. The crash occurred late Friday afternoon in Dodge County just east of Columbus. Authorities said a 2006 Subaru and a 2021 Mitsubishi collided in an intersection of State Highway 16/160 and County Highway TT. A 10-year-old in the Subaru's front seat suffered life-threatening injuries. The Subaru's 31-year-old driver suffered serious injuries. A 5-year-old […]
On August 15, 2021 at 8:24 pm the Fond du lac County Sheriff’s Office, North Fond du Lac Ambulance, Van Dyne Fire Department and First Responders were dispatched to single motorcycle crash on County Road RP/Van Dyne Road south of Cemetery Road in the Township of Friendship, Fond du Lac County. The motorcycle was traveling northbound on County Road RP/Van Dyne Road when the driver lost control of motorcycle and […]
Nobody was injured and an Illinois man is in custody following a road rage shooting incident on Highway 23 in Fond du Lac County. The incident happened shortly after 11:30pm Saturday on Highway 23 west of County Highway M. A semi-truck driver told dispatchers the driver of a vehicle had just shot at his trailer while traveling on Hwy 23 westbound from CTH M in the Township of Rosendale. The caller indicated the suspect […]
An 11 year old boy was flown by helicopter to the hospital with serious injuries after being struck with a boat propeller on Lake Winnebago. The incident happened Sunday afternoon at the Columbia Park boat landing when the child was attempting to climb into the boat after tubing. According to the Fond du Lac County Sheriff’s Office the child fell off the ladder and onto the boat propeller causing serious injuries to his legs. A […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin’s redistricting battle is moving into high gear with the release of detailed census numbers. The numbers released Thursday show a growing diverse population in urban areas such as Milwaukee County, rural population losses and other shifts that will determine congressional boundary lines and what parts of the state gain or lose seats in the Legislature. Wisconsin’s overall population grew by nearly 4%, enough for the […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The leader of an investigation into the 2020 election in Wisconsin traveled to Arizona last week to learn about the audit done there and on is attending a symposium on election fraud in South Dakota headed by MyPillow chief executive Mike Lindell. Former Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Michael Gableman told The Associated Press on Thursday that both visits were about gathering facts for the investigation he […]