Month: December 2021

MILWAUKEE (AP) — Police in Milwaukee are investigating after officers discovered four people dead in an apparent murder-suicide. Police said in a news release that officers entered a home Wednesday morning to conduct a welfare check and found four people had been shot to death, including three adults and one juvenile. Investigators believe one of the deceased individuals killed the other three and then died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound. […]

An investigation into a suspected arson fire continues and a suspect is being held in the Fond du Lac County Jail.   Division Chief of Fire Prevention with Fond du Lac Fire and Rescue Garth Schumacher says the fire at 302 North Macy Street Tuesday afternoon caused extensive damage to the home.   A 40 year old Fond  du Lac man was arrested and faces charges of arson and criminal damage to property.  Schumacher says […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A former official in two prior Republican gubernatorial administrations has joined the crowded GOP lieutenant governor’s race. Will Martin served under both Tommy Thompson and Scott Walker. He becomes the seventh announced Republican candidate for the position that carries little power or responsibility. There is also an open primary on the Democratic side. The winners of the Aug. 9 primaries will be paired with the winning […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A judge has selected the special prosecutors who will decide whether to file charges against a former Wisconsin police officer who killed a man in a park. Milwaukee County Circuit Judge Glenn Yamahiro announced Wednesday that he has authorized Milwaukee attorney Scott Hansen and La Crosse County District Attorney Tim Gruenke to serve as special prosecutors in former Wauwatosa officer Joseph Mensah's case. Mensah shot and […]

A Malone man charged in Fond du Lac County with voter fraud in the 2020 presidential election has made his initial court appearance.  Anthony Van Egtern appeared in Fond du Lac County Circuit Court Tuesday on one count of election fraud.  He is free on a $1,000 signature bond.   A preliminary hearing is scheduled for February 18.  Like the first person charged in Fond du Lac County earlier this year Van Egtern is a […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Democratic state Sen. Jon Erpenbach, who has been in the state Senate since 1999 and is a member of the Legislature’s powerful budget-writing committee, will not seek a seventh term next year. Erpenbach represents a heavily Democratic district that includes most of western Dane County, northern Green County, eastern Iowa County, eastern Sauk County, and parts of western Columbia County. He was one of 14 Senate […]

GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers says the off week has assisted him in his recovery from a toe injury. But it’s still painful enough to keep the reigning MVP from practicing. Rodgers wasn’t on the practice field Wednesday as the Packers prepared for their Sunday night home game with the Chicago Bears. He practiced just once before a Nov. 21 loss at Minnesota and […]