MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The chairman of a prominent international law firm based in Milwaukee and the chancellor the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire campus have been named as finalists to be president at the UW System. The finalists announced Friday are business attorney Jay Rothman, chairman and CEO of the Foley & Lardner law firm and James Schmidt, UW-Eau Claire chancellor. Rothman and Schmidt will be interviewed Tuesday by a […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Democratic Attorney General Josh Kaul says he raised $675,000 over the last half of 2021 and has more than $1 million in the bank heading into his reelection campaign. Kaul's campaign announced the figures on Friday. Campaign finance reports covering the last six months of 2021 are due to state ethics officials by Tuesday. Fond du Lac County District Attorney Eric Toney and former state Rep. […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The trial for a Wisconsin man accused of killing his parents is set to resume this week after he tested positive for COVID-19. Chandler Halderson's trial was suspended Tuesday after he was one of 81 Dane County Jail inmates to test positive for the disease. Halderson is vaccinated. The Wisconsin State Journal reported Friday that Judge John Hyland issued an order saying that after a quarantine […]
WEST ALLIS, Wis. (AP) — Police say a man has died of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound following a shootout with police in the Milwaukee suburb of West Allis. A caller told police a man had pointed a gun at him or her, then got in a car and drove away about 10:30 p.m. Thursday. Officers found the driver and exchanged gunfire with him. The man then fled into an […]
A Fond du Lac man who attacked a police officer, sending the officer to the hospital with a broken nose and finger, has been charged. Forty four year old Jayson Keniston made his initial Fond du Lac court appearance Friday on charges of battery to a police officer, substantial battery , resisting and three misdemeanor counts of disorderly conduct. Bail was set at $25,000 cash. A preliminary hearing is scheduled for […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A Wisconsin court commissioner has ordered a Milwaukee man accused of plowing his SUV through a suburban Christmas parade, killing six people and injuring dozens more, to stand trial. Waukesha County Court Commissioner Kevin Costello ordered Darrell Brooks Jr. bound over for trial on more than 70 charges, including six homicide counts at the end of a preliminary hearing Prosecutors allege Brooks drove his SUV through […]
A Fond du Lac man is in custody accused of attacking a Fond du Lac officer. Shortly before 10:30pm Thursday police received a call about a neighbor attempting to break down a door at an apartment building on East Merrill Avenue. A 44 year old Fond du Lac man is accused of assaulting the officer in the second floor hallway of the apartment building. The officer was treated at St. Agnes Hospital for a […]
SSM Health is holding mass COVID-19 vaccination clinics at its Division Street location for individuals 12 years and older. The first clinic will be held Friday followed by clinics Wednesday January 19, and Friday February 11 and Wednesday February 16 from 8:30am to 4pm. Administrator of Ambulatory Operations Missy Tate says the clinics are being held as COVID-19 cases continue to surge locally fueled by the Omicron variant. First, second and […]
The city of Fond du Lac is considering giving city employees a one time bonus payment using county sales tax revenue. In November the Fond du Lac County Board approved a resolution establishing a formula for sharing county sales tax dollars, and the city's allocation is $275,000. Fond du Lac city manager Joe Moore is proposing a one time bonus for full-time and part-time employees. Moore says it gives the city an opportunity […]