When the citizens of Barron County's Cumberland first spotted the large bird just standing on the ice, they knew who to call - DNR Conservation Warden Phil Dorn. Dorn says some of the citizens concerned about the injured bird thought it was a goose. Out on calls already that January day, he kept his eyes peeled for a goose. But, it wasn't a goose. Then, he saw it. Yes, it […]
St. Mary’s Springs Academy staff is learning more about a frosty image that is on display this week in a new tower on the school expansion project construction site. Academy president Kelly Norton says on Wednesday a staff member took pictures of the image which looks like the Virgin Mary. Norton says closer inspection shows the image is a thin layer of frost and dust that has formed on plastic backing in the tower […]
SHEBOYGAN, Wis. (AP) — Two people are dead following a wrong-way crash in Sheboygan County. Sheriff's officials say the drivers in both vehicles were killed when one of them headed north in the southbound lanes of Interstate 43 in the Town of Holland on Wednesday. The victims, ages 35 and 85, were alone in the vehicles.
A jury trial is underway for a Fond du Lac woman charged in the shooting death of her husband. During opening statements Wednesday afternoon assistant district attorney Dennis Krueger told the jury that Eve Nance killed her husband, Timothy Nance, because he was going to leave her for another woman. Krueger used an overhead projector to show text messages between the couple and Tim Nance’s girlfriend. Nance is charged with first degree intentional homicide and […]
A Brownsville man arrested following a high speed chase in Fond du Lac last weekend has been charged. Twenty year old Aidan Klosterman made his initial Fond du lac Court appearance Wednesday on charges of eluding and resisting an officer. Bail was set at $500 cash. A preliminary hearing is scheduled for February 19th. The chase started shortly before 4:30am last Saturday on West 9th Street near the Aquatic Center and continued on South Military Road […]
The president of the Wisconsin Hunter Education Instructor Association says a bill that would end Wisconsin’s minimum hunting age is a mistake. Under Republican representative Joel Kleefisch’s bill anyone of any age could hunt without safety training alongside a mentor, and the mentor could carry his or her own weapon. Association president Joe Lacenski says the bill violates the assocation’s principles of safety, ethics and responsibility. Lacenski says he questions whether very young children […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The state Senate has approved a constitutional amendment eliminating Wisconsin's all-but powerless treasurer position. The amendment would eliminate the office in 2019. It must pass two consecutive legislative sessions as well as a statewide referendum before it can take effect. The Assembly took the first vote on the amendment in October, passing it 63-33. The Senate passed it 20-13 Wednesday. Approval would mean the proposal would […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The state Senate has approved a bill that would allow hunters to wear fluorescent pink rather than traditional blaze orange. Right now at least half of all clothing deer hunters wear above the waist must be blaze orange. The bill would allow hunters swap that color for pink if they so choose. The measure's authors say the bill is designed to draw more women into hunting […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The state Senate has passed a bill that would allow people to carry concealed switchblades and knives. The chamber passed the measure Wednesday on a voice vote with no debate. The Assembly passed the bill in November; it now goes to Gov. Scott Walker. His spokeswoman didn't immediately respond to an email inquiring about his support for the measure. Manufacturing, selling, transporting, purchasing or possessing a […]