Month: April 2023

GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — A Wisconsin judge has denied a motion to move the trial of a woman accused of killing and dismembering a man in Green Bay. Twenty-five-year-old Taylor Schabusiness is charged with first-degree intentional homicide, mutilating a corpse and third-degree sexual assault in the killing of 25-year-old Shad Thyrion in February 2022. Attorney Christopher Froelich represents Schabusiness. He had argued that "substantial pre-trial publicity and other factors” […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A Green Bay police officer has been charged with felony misconduct in office after he he struck a man with his squad car in 2021 following a traffic stop. The Brown County district attorney’s office on Wednesday also charged Green Bay officer Matthew Knutson with negligent operation of a vehicle, a misdemeanor, stemming from the incident. According to the complaint, Knutson said in his initial report […]

National Healthcare Decisions Day this week  is aimed at increasing the number of Americans who have completed an advance directive, naming someone to make medical decisions for them in the event they can't speak for themselves.  SSM Health Greater Fond du Lac Advance Care Planning medical social worker Deb Toth says the COVID-19 pandemic brought greater awareness to the need for making a "living will."    Toth says advance directives are important for anyone over […]

One look at the Green Bay Packers' depth chart shows they must find additional playmakers for Jordan Love as he prepares to take over at quarterback.   History suggests they won’t add any in the first round of next week’s NFL draft.    The Packers took Christian Watson in the second round and Romeo Doubs in the fourth last year, but they’re the only Green Bay wideouts currently under contract who had […]

The Daily Reporter's annual "Top Projects" competition recognizes projects throughout Wisconsin that faced and overcame significant challenges and positively impacted the local communities. Ahern contributed at least one trade to 10 of the 42 winning projects. ThedaCare Medical Center Orthopedic, Spine and Pain - plumbing, HVAC, fire protection Promega Nobel Drive Addition & Renovation – sprinkler CUNA Mutual Group’s 5810 Building – sprinkler Sendik’s Food Market, Oconomowoc – sprinkler HARIBO […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Wisconsin Senate has voted to double fines and forfeitures for reckless driving. The bipartisan bill will now go before Democratic Gov. Tony Evers, who has said he will sign it into law. The measure is part of a Republican-backed push to crack down on people driving dangerously across the state. They're especially focused on Milwaukee, where local officials are calling rising reckless driving rates a […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Wisconsin Senate is moving to undo a controversial state Supreme Court decision that transparency advocates say gutted open records laws when it was issued last year. A bipartisan bill the Senate passed Wednesday would remove limits on when people who sue over open records requests can recover attorney's fees. The Supreme Court's conservative majority ruled last year that people who sue for records aren't entitled […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Republicans on the Legislature’s budget committee have voted to kill funding for the largest land conservation project in Wisconsin history. The move Tuesday comes following concerns about the $15 million purchase of 56,000 acres of forest land that would have been open to both logging and recreational use. Republican lawmakers objected in November to using $4 million from the state’s Knowles-Nelson Stewardship Program to help finance […]

MADISON, Wis. – With the potential for severe weather conditions in southern and central Wisconsin on Thursday, Wisconsin’s 2023 statewide tornado drill is being postponed until Friday, April 21.   After consulting with partners at the National Weather Service (NWS) and Wisconsin Broadcasters Association, Wisconsin Emergency Management (WEM) said the decision was made to prevent any confusion that may occur if NWS offices need to issue warnings for real severe weather […]