MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin Department of Revenue Secretary Richard Chandler has chosen a new lottery administrator. Chandler announced Tuesday that Pat Lashore, a DOR policy adviser and former deputy lottery administrator, will take over for Mike Edmonds on Jan. 10. Edmonds told his staff in November he planned to resign Dec. 18. He did not say why he was leaving. Asked to elaborate earlier this month on why Edmonds […]
OWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Three friends involved in buying tickets and claiming jackpots that were allegedly fixed by a lottery insider have something else unusual in common. They allegedly hunt for Bigfoot in their spare time. In a legal motion that is as strange as the elusive humanoid, Iowa prosecutor Rob Sand asked a judge Monday to bar any discussion of Bigfoot hunting at the upcoming trial of Eddie […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Police in Madison are still searching for the person who shot a 19-year-old man in the leg at East Towne Mall. Police spokesman Joel DeSpain says no arrests have been made in Saturday's shooting, partly because the victim isn't cooperating. DeSpain says two groups of at least 10 young men, including the shooter and the victim, were fighting at East Towne Mall when one shot was […]
The Fond du Lac County Public Health Officer says a new CDC report on obesity shows that much more work needs to be done. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says the obesity rate has climbed to nearly 38 percent of adults, up from 32 percent a decade ago. Public Health Officer Kim Mueller says obesity is a top health issue in Fond du Lac County. The report also shows women have […]
Lawmakers in 10 states including Wisconsin say they're launching a legislative push intended to make debt-free public college a priority of the 2016 election. Assistant Democratic leader, Katrina Shankland, from Stevens Point says that rising college debt is near crisis levels. Shankland says Democratic legislators propose creating a debt-free college commission to study the issue and develop recommendations. She says college debt is an economic issue. The lawmakers advocate more federal aid to states, more financial help […]
A Ripon man convicted of hiding his brother's body is going to prison. At a hearing Tuesday Fond du Lac judge Dale English sentenced Robert Diamentis to three years in prison followed by two years of extended supervision. Investigators say Diamentis placed the body of his 45 year old brother in a barrell at a residence on Olden Road after his brother died back in February. The body was discovered in May when sheriff’s […]
The state Senate Democratic leader says the open 18th Senate District race will be the top priority for Democrats in next fall’s election. The seat is open after Republican state senator Rick Gudex of Fond du Lac announced last week he will not run for a second term. Senate minority leader Jennifer Schilling says she expects the race will be highly competitive on both sides. "The 18th senate district is our number one priority," […]
A Republican state representative from Oshkosh says he wants to explore whether a former juvenile prison at Wales could be used to house violent sex offenders who are being released from the Sand Ridge Treatment Center. State representative Michael Schraa is floating the idea following a proposal that would have housed a violent sex offender from Milwaukee in a Fond du Lac County residence. The state has withdrawn that plan following public pressure. Schraa no […]
The Fond du lac County executive says a decision last week that prevents a violent sex offender from being placed in Fond du lac County shows that democracy works. A Milwaukee judge ordered that Clint Rhymes be placed in Milwaukee County. The Department of Health Services had rescinded a supervised release plan that would have placed Rhymes in a town of Eldorado residence. But town residents wrote letters to the judge expressing their concerns. The Fond du […]