Month: December 2023

WAUPACA, Wis. (AP) — Authorities say an eastern Wisconsin man faces homicide charges for an alleged drunken driving crash last weekend that killed four siblings. Forty-seven-year-old Scott Farmer, of Neenah, is charged with four counts of homicide by intoxicated use of a motor vehicle in Saturday night’s deadly crash in Weyauwega, about 100 miles northwest of Milwaukee. Police say Farmer was driving the wrong way on Highway 10 when his […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — An open records lawsuit against former Wisconsin Supreme Court Chief Justice Patience Roggensack was dismissed Tuesday after Roggensack turned over all records she had related to her work investigating possible impeachment of a sitting justice.   None of the records Roggensack produced earlier this month shed any light on the impeachment advice she actually gave to Republican Assembly Speaker Robin Vos. Vos has said he spoke with […]

The Fond du Lac County Sheriff says a teenage boy arrested following a high speed chase in a stolen car was involved in a social media fad that has been plaguing bigger cities like Milwaukee.  Sheriff Ryan Waldschmidt says the 14 year old boy admitted to specifically targeting KIA vehicles for theft because they can be relatively easy to hotwire.  Waldschmidt says the juveniles refer to themselves as the "KIA Boys" - […]

U.S. inflation ticked down again last month, with cheaper gas helping further lighten the weight of consumer price increases.   Retired Ripon College economist Paul Schoofs says the inflation data led the Federal Reserve last week to keep its key interest rate unchanged for a third straight time, with the Fed also signaling they expect to make rate cuts in the second half of next year.  Meanwhile Schoofs says the longest weekly […]

The 2024 schedule is here! The Fond du Lac Dock Spiders will open their eighth season at home on Memorial Day, Monday, May 27 at 1:05 p.m. against the Wisconsin Rapids Rafters at Marian University’s Herr-Baker Field. Fond du Lac will complete the regular season at home on Saturday, August 10 at 6:35 p.m. against the Lakeshore Chinooks.   Exactly half of this year’s Dock Spiders home slate consists of weekend […]

Moraine Park Technical College’s winter commencement was a momentous day for the nearly 90 graduates who participated in the ceremony, held at the Fond du Lac Campus Conference Center on Dec. 15. In all, the College had almost 200 graduate candidates eligible to receive their associate of applied science degrees and technical diplomas this winter.  Mailia Bachleitner, Moraine Park’s District Student Ambassador, was the student commencement speaker. She will graduate from […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Indigenous students from any of Wisconsin's 11 tribes will be able to attend the University of Wisconsin-Madison for free beginning next fall, Chancellor Jennifer Mnookin announced Monday.  The Wisconsin Tribal Education Promise program will use private donations and other internal funding to cover tuition, fees, housing, meals, books and other expenses for undergraduate students after they've applied any other scholarships and grants they've earned, Mnookin said at […]

GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin archaeologists are crediting a man and daughter with discovering the remains of what could be a ship that ran aground during the deadly Peshtigo Fire more than 150 years ago.  Tim Wollak and his 6-year-old daughter, Henley, of Peshtigo, were fishing on Lake Michigan in the bay of Green Bay near Green Island this summer when their sonar picked up something Henley thought was an […]

The 2023 Associated Press Wisconsin All-State Football Team as determined by a statewide panel of sports reporters and released Wednesday. Colton Brunell of Columbus was chosen player of the year. Matt Hensler of Lake Geneva Badger was chosen coach of the year. 2023 ASSOCIATED PRESS WISCONSIN ALL- STATE FOOTBALL TEAM PLAYER OF THE YEAR – Colton Brunell, Columbus COACH OF THE YEAR – Matt Hensler, Lake Geneva Badger x - […]