MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Wisconsin Department of Health Services says one person in Wisconsin has died as a result of an outbreak of listeria linked to packaged salads produced by Dole. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 17 people in 13 states have been infected with listeria connected to the packaged salads. Thirteen people have been hospitalized and two deaths have been reported, including the one […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The University of Wisconsin-Madison's outgoing chancellor is warning regents that the state's political polarization is the greatest threat to the school's existence. Rebecca Blank gave a farewell address to regents on Thursday. She will leave Madison to become president of Northwestern University this summer. Blank called the state's political divide the “greatest existential threat” to UW-Madison. She said politicians are using the university as chips in […]
BILLINGS, Mont (AP) — A judge has restored federal protections for gray wolves across much of the U.S. after they were removed in the waning days of the Trump administration. U.S. District Judge Jeffrey White said in Thursday’s ruling that the Fish and Wildlife Service failed to show wolf populations could be sustained in the Midwest and portions of the West without protection under the Endangered Species Act. Wildlife advocates […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A Campbellsport lawmaker who has won praise from former President Donald Trump for his attempts to reverse President Joe Biden’s win in Wisconsin has filed paperwork to run for governor. State Rep. Timothy Ramthun was also disciplined last month by Republican leadership over false election claims. The conspiracy theorist filed paperwork Thursday with the state creating a gubernatorial campaign committee. Ramthun did not immediately return a […]
A Lomira man is going to prison for possession of child pornography. Dodge County Circuit judge Joseph Sciascia sentenced 57 year old Peter Braun to three years in prison followed by three years of extended supervision. According to a criminal complaint Braun had chatted with very young girls online and a search warrant found various pornographic images and videos of girls as young as five years old. Braun claimed that he first sent the pictures as […]
Longtime North Fond du Lac High School varsity girls basketball coach Gary Kuehl is being inducted into the Wisconsin Basketball Coaches Association Hall of Fame. Kuehl has been an educator in the North Fond du Lac School District since 1987, and head basketball coach for 31 years. During his tenure Kuehl's teams have won more than 400 games, gone to state four times, placing runner-up in 1996 before winning a Division […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The push to legalize marijuana in Wisconsin enjoys some bipartisan support, but backers of bills that would make it legal for either medical or recreational use say it won’t happen this year. Still, the top Democrat in the state Senate said Wednesday that Wisconsin is closer than it’s ever been to loosening its marijuana laws. Every neighboring state has legalized marijuana to some degree. There are […]
The omicron variant of COVID-19 was discovered less than three months ago, peaking in Wisconsin last month. But just as quickly as cases surged across Wisconsin, the decline has been dramatic. Mo Kharbat is the vice president of pharmacy services with SSM Health Wisconsin Region. "It spread so fast but then it declined so sharply, so quickly after peaking and it is good for the community," Kharbat told WFDL news. So […]
The Fond du Lac County District Attorney says he has filed election fraud charges against five people to protect the integrity of the electoral process. Eric Toney says the charges are the result of a police investigation following a complaint made by a citizen regarding people who used a Post Office Box at the Fond du Lac UPS store for their address. "Some of the allegations are that people that […]