Ripon, WI –A panel of local officials will be the featured speakers on Wednesday, July 17, 2024, at 7:00pm join the League of Women Voters of the Ripon Area (LWV). The event will be held in the Council Chambers of the City of Ripon Building 100 Jackson Street, Ripon, WI. The event will also be carried on the Ripon Channel YouTube page. The event is free, and the public is […]
Hello Waupun! As we all know, on June 22, 2023, the City issued a Disaster Declaration due to flooding caused by significant rainfall. Let’s start with why the City would issue this type of declaration. When events like this happen, we have a team that is continually evaluating conditions. As conditions worsen, we may choose to issue a declaration like the one issued on June 22 because it allows us […]
A nurse has been bound over for trial in connection with the death of an inmate at the Waupun Correctional Institution. Probable cause was found at a preliminary hearing Thursday for 50 year old Gwendolyn Peachy Vick on a charge of abuse of residents of a penal facility in the death of 24 year old Cameron Williams. A Dodge County Sheriff's detective testified that Vick determined it was not medically necessary to enter Williams' cell after […]
Bail has been set at $1 million cash for a Fond du Lac teenager in the shooting death of a Michigan man in Oshkosh. Eighteen year old Daniel Wilson is charged with first degree intentional homicide in the July 2nd shooting death of the 19 year old man on Wisconsin Street. A preliminary hearing is scheduled for July 15th. Police say the victim had approached Wilson about buying drugs before he was shot five times. Wilson […]
With chants of “Justice for D'Vontaye,” family and friends gathered Thursday for the funeral of a Black man who died after being pinned to the ground by security guards outside a Milwaukee hotel. And while remembering D'Vontaye Mitchell as a son, husband and brother, they vowed to push for charges against those responsible for his death. “We're going to fight. We're not going to give up,” his mother, Brenda Giles, said at Milwaukee's […]
MILWAUKEE (AP) — Paul Skenes struck out 11 in seven no-hit innings in another dominant performance, and the Pittsburgh Pirates beat the Milwaukee Brewers 1-0 on Thursday. Skenes threw 99 pitches in his 11th major league start, 65 for strikes. The All-Star right-hander walked one while lowering his ERA to 1.90. “It just comes down to going out there and executing,” Skenes said. “So, if strikeouts are what that looks like, then so be […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The bipartisan Wisconsin Elections Commission on Thursday unanimously approved a set of best practices to ensure the security of unstaffed absentee ballot drop boxes that the state Supreme Court last week ruled could be installed for the fall elections. The use of drop boxes became a partisan issue after Donald Trump lost to President Joe Biden in Wisconsin by just under 21,000 votes in 2020. Wisconsin is once again […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin’s Democratic secretary of state settled an open records lawsuit brought by a conservative policy group on Wednesday, agreeing to respond to all future requests even when her office has no responsive records. The Institute for Reforming Government sought records in 2023 related to Democrat Sarah Godlewski’s appointment as secretary of state. The Wisconsin-based group filed its request the day Gov. Tony Evers appointed Godlewski in […]
RIPON, WISCONSIN — July 10th, 2024 — As Milwaukee, Wisconsin prepares to welcome guests attending the Republican National Convention (RNC), the historic Little White Schoolhouse stands ready to offer a glimpse into a pivotal moment in American political history. Located just 1.5 hours from Milwaukee, the Schoolhouse is a testament to Ripon's role as the birthplace of the Republican Party, founded here 170 years ago. For those unable to visit Ripon, […]