Month: June 2022

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The former Wisconsin Supreme Court justice hired to investigate President Joe Biden’s victory in the battleground state testified that he routinely deleted records, and deactivated a personal email account, even after receiving open records requests. Michael Gableman testified in a court hearing Thursday about whether the person who hired him, Republican Assembly Speaker Robin Vos, should face penalties after earlier being found in contempt for how […]

WAUKESHA, Wis. (AP) — The second of two women who were sent to a state mental health facility after a 2014 stabbing attack on a sixth-grade classmate in Wisconsin which they claimed was to appease the horror character Slender Man is petitioning for her release. Twenty-year-old Morgan Geyser asked Waukesha County Judge Michael Bohren on June 14 to order her release as he did last year for her co-defendant, Anissa […]

OSHKOSH, Wis. (AP) — A man serving two life terms for killing a Wisconsin couple in a slaying that went unsolved for decades has died in prison, state corrections officials confirmed. Eighty-five-year-old Raymand Vannieuwenhoven was convicted last year of fatally shooting 25-year-old David Schuldes and 24-year-old Ellen Matheys in a Marinette County park in 1976. Cold case investigators determined in 2019 that a DNA sample taken from evidence at the […]

Applications are being accepted for a vacancy on the Fond du Lac County Board.  Board  Chair, Steven Abel, has announced that he is accepting applications for a member  to serve on the Board of Supervisors representing District 7 .  The district covers  the Oakfield and Waupun area.  The term expires in April, 2024.  The appointment will fill the unexpired term of Sam Kaufman, who was recently elected county executive.  Those interested  should send […]

The Wisconsin Fair Maps Coalition has a new chair.  Executive director of the League of Women Voters of Wisconsin Debra Cronmiller  has been elected to the post.  I'm willing to serve.  I think it's a great purpose,"  Cronmiller told WFDL news.  "I really think that our two missions  organizationally align extremely well."    The Coalition was formed in 2017 in an effort to bring gerrymandering to the forefront of state […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal regulators have accused Harley-Davidson and Westinghouse of imposing illegal warranty terms on customers and ordered them to fix their warranties and ensure that their dealers compete fairly with independent repair-makers. The Federal Trade Commission announced the action against the motorcycle maker and MWE Investments, which makes Westinghouse-brand outdoor power generators and related equipment. The FTC said the companies have imposed illegal warranty terms that voided customers’ […]

Fond du Lac School Board member Tim Weddle  is resigning from his position on the Board.  Weddle was elected in April and is stepping down effective July 7,  after  purchasing a home  outside of the school district.  “On behalf of the Board of Education, I would like to thank outgoing Board member Tim Weddle for his service to the Fond du Lac School District,”  said Mark Henschel, President of the Board of Education.  In […]

The North Fond du Lac School District has selected a longtime Appleton Area School District principal and former UW Marching Band assistant drum major and social studies teacher to become the next superintendent.  Matt Mineau will succeed Aaron Sadoff who is stepping down after accepting a job as executive director of the Fond du Lac Area Foundation.  Mineau will July 1, and said he was “excited to join the Oriole Nation” […]

The vice president of Pharmacy Services with SSM Health Wisconsin region says the first shipment of vaccine for the youngest children has arrived.  Mo Kharbat says the first Pfizer vaccine shots will be able to be administered  soon for youngsters under five.  "It will happen very soon.  Initially we planned to begin vaccinating Friday and Saturday,"  Kharbat told WFDL news.  "We're waiting on our computer systems and scheduling lines to be ready.  […]