MILWAUKEE (AP) — The body of a 3-year-old boy who went missing about the same time as his mother was discovered inside a Milwaukee dumpster, one week after his mother was found shot to death. The youth, Major P. Harris, and his mother, 25-year-old Mallery Muenzenberger, had been missing since Oct. 9. Muenzenberger’s body was found in the backyard of a Milwaukee home on Oct. 14. The man suspected in […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin’s unemployment rate for September remained unchanged at 3.9% for the sixth month in a row. The state Department of Workforce Development reported the latest totals on Thursday. The report is the first since enhanced federal unemployment benefits expired on Sept. 6. Republicans had argued that the benefit motivated people not to work, only worsening the state’s worker shortage problem. But Democrats and labor force experts […]
RACINE, Wis. (AP) — Fourteen people from southeastern Wisconsin have been arrested and charged with selling cocaine and crack cocaine in high volumes. According to a federal indictment, those charged range in age from 23 to 64 and are from Racine, Kenosha, Milwaukee and the Caledonia area. Law enforcement officials say “multiple firearms and controlled substances” were recovered as warrants were executed. Twelve of the defendants were arrested in Racine, […]
The Fond du Lac Public Works director says he's excited to see what recommendations a UW-Madison student comes up with for Lakeside Park. The student is conducting a study for improvements on the Lighthouse Point Island and Frazier Point as part of the UW-Madison's CAPSTONE project. Fond du Lac PublicWorks director Paul DeVries says the study and recommendations an be tied into capital improvements planned next year along Lighthouse Drive. The landscape-architect […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A conservancy group has purchased 70,000 acres of forest in northern Wisconsin. The Virginia-based group known as The Conservation Fund announced the purchase Wednesday. The sale price was not released. The land is known as the Pelican River Forest and includes 16 parcels located mostly in Oneida County that straddle the Great Lakes and Mississippi River watersheds. A succession of companies has owned the land, including […]
The founder of a pro-wolf group says there should not be any wolf hunt this fall. Friends of Wisconsin Wolf and Wildlife director Melissa Smith says she believes the public is opposed to a wolf hunt after hunters blew past their quota earlier this year. The DNR this month set a quota of 130 wolves for the fall hunt, rejecting a move by its own polcy board to more than double the […]
The Fond du Lac County Public Health Officer says a recent drop in the number of positive COVID-19 cases may indicate that this latest surge fueled by the Delta variant has peaked. Kim Mueller says the number of daily positive cases has been down for the last several days. In addition to fewer positive cases there are now nine people hospitalized in Fond du Lac County with the virus, down from 13 at […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Republicans who control the Wisconsin Legislature have released their redistricting plans, setting up votes to pass the new legislative and congressional maps in early November. The GOP maps came on the same day that a commission created by Democratic Gov. Tony Evers released revised maps following criticism that their initial plans didn’t have more majority-minority districts. The Legislature does not have to consider those maps, but […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Creating a hunting season for sandhill cranes in Wisconsin drew support at a legislative hearing, with backers of the Republican proposal saying it could be properly managed and help farmers who say the birds are overpopulated and hurting their crops. The bill is one of 13 hunting-related measures introduced by Republicans and supported by the pro-hunting group Hunter Nation that are working their way through the […]