Month: March 2022

NEW YORK (AP) — Department store chain Kohl’s said it aims to increase sales by a low-single-digit percentage annually. The retailer plans to open 100 new small-format stores in the next four years and expand its partnership with Sephora to be a $2 billion business, among other moves. Kohl’s announced its long-term goals on Monday ahead of the company’s annual investor meeting. The chain faces increasing pressure from activist investors. […]

WINTERSET, Iowa (AP) — Authorities say seven people are dead after tornadoes swept through central Iowa, destroying homes, knocking down trees and toppling power lines in the deadliest storm in the state since 2008. Emergency management officials in Madison County said six people were killed when one tornado touched down Saturday in an area southwest of Des Moines near the town of Winterset. Among those killed were two children under […]

Marquette-Green Lake-Fond du Lac-Sheboygan-Sauk-Columbia-Dodge-Washington-Ozaukee-Iowa-Dane-Jefferson-Waukesha-Milwaukee-Lafayette-Green-Rock-Walworth-Racine-Kenosha- This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of east central Wisconsin, south central Wisconsin and southeast Wisconsin. .DAY ONE...Sunday night Accumulating snow will spread into the area from south to north after midnight.  Moderate snow is expected to impact the morning commute. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Monday through Sunday Snow will continue Monday morning, ending from southwest to  northeast during the late morning to midday hours. In general, 2 to […]

MILWAUKEE (AP) — Wisconsin's two U.S. senators are moving to end protections for gray wolves across most of the United States.  Republican Ron Johnson and Democrat Tammy Baldwin introduced a bill last week to remove protections for the wolf. Wyoming's two Republican U.S. senators, Cynthia Lummis and John Barrasso, have joined them. The bill comes after a federal judge in California last month ordered protections be restored for wolves across […]

Two Green Bay men are in custody following a high speed chase in Fond du Lac County.   The vehicle had been involved in a chase late Friday afternoon with the Winnebago County Sheriff's Office and a Fond du Lac County Sheriff's deputy attempted a traffic stop on southbound Interstate 41  near County Highway N.  The vehicle left the interstate at County Highway OO and continued south into the Eldorado Marsh.   Using two drones, the […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin's Republican legislators have asked the state Supreme Court to stay its decision adopted new district maps because they plan to appeal the ruling to the U.S. Supreme Court. The state Supreme Court on Thursday adopted Gov. Tony Evers' new boundaries for the state's congressional and legislative districts. The maps very similar to the boundaries that have been in place for the last 10 years and […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A coalition of groups representing local government officials is launching an ad campaign to reassure Wisconsin voters that they can trust election workers. The League of Wisconsin Municipalities, the Wisconsin Counties Association and the Wisconsin Towns Association are set to begin the statewide campaign Monday. Ads will run on TV, radio and online through the spring election on April 5. The spots feature town of Neenah […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin election officials are pushing back against a Republican-hired investigator's review of the 2020 election. Former state Supreme Court Justice Michael Gableman issued a report Tuesday recommending that legislators decertify the election results. The Wisconsin Election Commission issued a seven-page rebuttal on Friday saying most of Gableman's key findings are inaccurate. For example, the commission says courts have ruled that private grants worth $8.8 million received […]

The Fond du Lac County Sheriff's Office is getting a new K9 thanks to an anonymous donor.  A $1.5 million donation was made last fall to the Badger State Sheriff's Association to be distributed to Sheriff's Offices across the state.  The Fond du Lac County Sheriff's Office is using it's portion of the donation to purchase a rifle-rated ballistic shield and funding to partially support adding a third canine to the Sheriff's Office K9 […]