Month: May 2022

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — For the first time in decades, this year’s race for Wisconsin secretary of state means something. Four Republicans are competing to take on Democratic incumbent Doug La Follette in November. La Follette has held the office since 1982, with duties that have been whittled to practically nothing over the years. But Republicans are eyeing changes that could transfer election oversight to that office and away from […]

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — The fight for Congress often dominates midterm elections. But the stunning revelation that the Supreme Court may soon overturn its landmark decision on abortion rights has thrust candidates for governor into the forefront of the 2022 midterm debate. In a handful of battleground states with Republican-controlled state legislatures, every Republican candidate for governor supports severe abortion restrictions, if not a total ban with no exceptions. That […]

Sophisticated driving assistance systems are now common in newer vehicles, yet new AAA research shows drivers' confidence and understanding of the technology varies dramatically based on whether drivers received formal instruction or decided to learn as they go.   State AAA spokesman Nick Jarmusz says the AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety research found that trial and error learning gets a driver only so far.  Jarmusz says many drivers falsely believe the vehicle's system […]

Construction begins Monday on a 14-mile stretch of State Highway 23 from Seven Hills Drive in Fond du Lac County to Sheboygan County Highway P in the Town of Plymouth. It is the last stretch of the 19-mile project that expanded the divided-highway to 4 lanes and realigned it. Highway 23 will remain open to traffic throughout construction. The work should be finished by the end of July.

The unveiling for the 14th Annual Project Grill will be held at Festival Foods in Fond du Lac today. Students from six area high schools will show off the grills they designed and manufactured. The program partners those students with area manufacturers, and the end result are working grills that will be unveiled between 11 am and 1 pm.

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin conservatives and liberals could find themselves in a complicated legal thicket if the U.S. Supreme Court undoes its landmark Roe v. Wade decision. A draft opinion leaked Monday night indicates the court could overturn the 1973 ruling that essentially legalized abortion across the United States. A decision invalidating the ruling would leave states on their own to regulate abortion. A Wisconsin law enacted in 1849 […]

Fond du Lac County District Attorney Eric J. Toney announced Tuesday that an Appleton man, Samuel J. Coppersmith, has be convicted of four felonies for his involvement in a July 2020 accident. Coppersmith was convicted of Homicide by Intoxicated Use of Motor Vehicle, two counts of Injury by Intoxicated Use of a Motor Vehicle – Great Bodily Harm, and Knowingly Operating Motor Vehicle while Suspended – Causing Death. On July […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Republican governor candidate Tim Michels has defended his Wisconsin ties saying he still votes and spends the majority of his time in the state. Michels went on talk radio Monday to address a report by the conservative website Wisconsin Right Now that details more than $30 million in properties Michels bought in New York and Connecticut between 2015 and 2020. The report also shows his children […]

SUPERIOR, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin Public Radio reports that officials at the Superior oil refinery knew about equipment issues years before a 2018 explosion, citing hundreds of pages of documents from the Occupational Safety and Health Administration. WPR secured nearly 1,300 pages of documents from OSHA that shed new light on what those officials knew in the days leading up to the explosion at the refinery, then owned by Husky […]