Month: February 2022

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A divided Wisconsin Supreme Court has rejected Republican gubernatorial candidate Rebecca Kleefisch’s request that it take her lawsuit challenging guidance over absentee ballot boxes. It's an issue the court is already considering in another case. The fight is being closely watched in battleground Wisconsin as Republicans push to limit access to absentee ballots following President Joe Biden’s narrow win over Donald Trump in 2020. The state […]

Nobody was injured and a Fond du Lac man was taken into protective custody after he called the dispatch center and said he wanted police officers to shoot him.  Thursday night  Police were called to the area of Scott Street and N Seymour Street for a distraught subject who called the Dispatcher Center stating that he wanted officers to shoot him .  Officers attempted to de-escalate the subject who at one point drove off and threatened […]

Fire damaged a motel in Green Lake overnight.  Firefighters from several departments were called to the Dartford Inn at the intersection of Highways 23 and 49 shortly before midnight Thursday.  No injuries were reported.  The cause of the fire remains under investigation.

Nobody was injured in a fire that damaged the basement of a Fond du Lac home.  Shortly before 4pm Thursday firefighters were called to 303 10th Street and quickly extinguished the fire but not before  it caused significant damage in the basement and heavy smoke damage throughout the home. The home is uninhabitable at this time.   The cause of the fire is under investigation.  All residents were able to evacuate without injury and the Red […]

Political observers say while Republican U.S. senator Ron Johnson has more money in the bank than his Democratic rivals, the issue will be how he is able to raise money in the months leading up to the election.  Campaign finance reports show Johnson has more than $1 million more cash on hand than any Democrat.  On the other hand, Johnson trailed some of them in fundraising over the last three months of 2021. WisPolitics.com […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Many of nearly 300 people who attended a 10-hour-long virtual public hearing spoke against a $450 million plan to reroute an oil and gas pipeline across northern Wisconsin. The hearing that began Wednesday finally wrapped up early Thursday. Participants addressed a draft environmental review for a 40-mile reroute of Enbridge’s Line 5 in Ashland and Iron counties. Enbridge wants to move the pipeline after the Bad […]