Month: October 2021

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The mayors of Wisconsin’s five largest and most Democratic cities are starting to receive subpoenas as part of a Republican-ordered investigation into the 2020 presidential election being led by a retired state Supreme Court justice. Attorney Michael Gableman issued his first round of subpoenas last week to the Wisconsin Elections Commission and officials in the cities of Milwaukee, Madison, Green Bay, Racine and Kenosha. Gableman also […]

Democratic governor Tony Evers says a former state Supreme Court justice sending subpoenas to Milwaukee and Green Bay election officials gives him " the creeps."  The governor was responding to Michael Gableman's subpoenas seeking information about private funds used to run voting operations.   In an exclusive interview with WFDL news Evers says the probe is a "witch hunt."   He says Gableman selected five areas of the state when there were many more Republican […]

The Fond du Lac County District Attorney says he wishes fellow Republican Ryan Owens  "all the best"  after Owens announced this week he was dropping out of the race for state attorney general.  Owens made the announcement after criticism over deleting podcasts he hosted as a University of Wisconsin professor.  Fond du Lac County District Attorney Eric Toney is now the only Republican currently challenging Democratic Attorney General Josh Kaul in next […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A conservative legal group has threatened legal action against the University of Wisconsin-Madison for allegedly hiring three mental health providers to serve only students of color. UW-Madison spokeswoman Meredith McGlone said Wednesday that the original announcement of the hires cited in the complaint was inaccurate and has been updated. She says “mental health providers at University Health Services are not assigned based on a student’s race […]

DE PERE, Wis. (AP) — De Pere police are looking for the assailant who attacked a mother out for a walk on a suburban trail with her baby. Officers were called late Tuesday morning by the woman’s husband who became concerned when her walk seemed to be taking longer than expected. Police say the husband found the baby in a grassy area along the East River Trail, but couldn’t find […]

Three people were injured, one seriously,  in a two vehicle crash in Fond du Lac County.  The crash happened Wednesday morning  when an SUV failed to stop at a stop sign on County Highway F at Highway W and was struck by a southbound pickup truck.  The SUV overturned and came to rest in a cornfield.   The 27-year-old pickup driver, from Belleville Wisconsin,  was flown by helicopter to ThedaCare Medical Center in […]

Students who participated in a fight Tuesday at Fond du Lac High School have been suspended, may be expelled, and have been referred for criminal charges.  Superintendent Dr. Jeff Fleig says the fight broke out shortly after 9:30am Tuesday in front of the High School Main Office.   Dr. Fleig says about a dozen staff tried to break up the fight.   Dr. Fleig says nine students have been suspended and  were […]