JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A defendant in a Mississippi welfare fraud case says she directed $1.1 million in welfare money to former NFL star Brett Favre at the direction of former Gov. Phil Bryant. Mississippi news outlets report that the accusation, which Bryant denies, is in a filing on behalf of defendant Nancy New. New has pleaded guilty to criminal charges. Her court filing is in a civil case filed […]
The Moraine Park District Board is expected to vote at their meeting next month on language to place a $55 million building referendum on the November election ballot. Only one person from the public attended a public hearing this week on the referendum. MPTC president Bonnie Baerwald says the referendum would allow Moraine Park to borrow funds for four major projects including the renovation of the manufacturing and trade center […]
The president of Envision Greater Fond du Lac says the county is well on the way to expanding broadband access in the area. Sadie Vander Velde says funding has been approved to add six towers for wireless broadband service, 10 towers for wireless broadband and cellular service, and approximately 160 miles of middle-mile fiber optic cable. The efforts follow a comprehensive survey and study to identify gaps in coverage and make recommendations for long-term […]
CHILTON, Wis. (AP) — A judge has dismissed charges against a Wisconsin man accused of hiding the corpse of a man he was convicted of killing in the early 1980s. John Andrews, of Chilton, pleaded guilty in 1994 to homicide by negligent use of a motor vehicle in the death of 67-year-old Starkie Swenson, who went missing in 1983. Swenson’s body was found last September by two people hiking in […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A federal judge is siding with the Sun Prairie School District in a lawsuit filed by two Black parents who objected to their children’s middle school assignment that asked students how they would punish a slave in ancient Mesopotamia. Dazrrea Ervins and Priscilla Jones claimed the assignment in February 2021 violated their civil rights as well as those of their children. The question was not part […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A Wisconsin doctor has purchased two clinical buildings in northern Illinois where he plans to offer abortion pills as early as this week at one location and surgical abortions within six months at the other site. The move comes after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned federal abortion rights last month. That led abortion providers in Wisconsin to stop the procedures while the courts determine whether the […]
The executive director of the League of Women Voters of Wisconsin says she is concerned a state Supreme Court ruling will disenfranchise voters in the upcoming August primary and November general elections. The court has ruled that absentee ballot drop boxes may be placed only in election offices and that no one other than the voter can return a ballot in person. League of Women Voters of Wisconsin director Debra Cronmiller […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin’s bipartisan elections commission can't agree on what guidance, if any, to give the state’s more than 1,800 local clerks to help them understand how to implement a Wisconsin Supreme Court ruling outlawing absentee ballot drop boxes. The commission repeatedly deadlocked Tuesday on what to tell clerks about what the decision meant and how to interpret it ahead of the Aug. 9 primary. Commissioners said they […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Republican Tim Michels, who has the endorsement of Donald Trump, is running for Wisconsin governor as a political outsider. But records released Wednesday by the Wisconsin Democracy Campaign show he has been a big giver to powerful Republicans and candidates for the past 12 years. His top GOP rival in the race, former Lt. Gov. Rebecca Kleefisch, isn’t far behind. The winner of the Aug. 9 […]