MILWAUKEE (AP) — New records show Governor Scott Walker has repaid the state of Wisconsin what is billed so far for travel costs incurred by his taxpayer-funded security detail during his presidential run. Walker's campaign paid $67,300 on Nov. 23. That covers the last of $125,100 the Republican governor had promised to reimburse taxpayers for travel costs of his security detail while he prepared to run for president. But […]
A convicted Fond du Lac sex offender is moving back into the community. James R. Hansan is being released from prison after serving three years for a Possession of Child Pornography conviction in July of 2012. He was previously convicted of 1st degree Sexual Assault of Child in Winnebago County in 1984. Hansan’s victims were 8-year-old and 10-year-old male acquaintances. Hansan will be moving to 457 Thomas Street on or about […]
WAUTOMA, Wis. (AP) — An Oshkosh man who fired the gunshot that killed a hunter in Waushara County won't face any charges. Investigators concluded the shooting wasn't intentional or criminal. Fifty six year-old Gregory Welk of Mount Morris was shot just before sunset Nov. 23 while hunting on his land. He wearing blaze orange and was across the road from public hunting land. Sheriff's officials and state Department of Natural Resources […]
Two Republican lawmakers have unveiled an economic development plan they say will add jobs. Republican state senators, Rick Gudex of Fond du Lac and Alberta Darling are working on a series of bills they say will reduce red tape, encourage innovation, and invest in successful ideas. The lawmakers say the legislation is a result of a statewide listening tour of the Senate Economic Development Committee. Gudex says the legislation will […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Two Republican lawmakers are pushing a bill that would require state agencies to give the governor plans for cutting their budgets along with their biennial spending requests. Current state law requires agencies to submit budget requests to the governor by Sept. 15 every even-numbered year. The requests start with the previous biennium's spending levels and build from there. Sen. Chris Kapenga and Rep. Rob Hutton's bill […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Records released by Gov. Scott Walker's office show he was informed about potential problems at a juvenile prison in northern Wisconsin more than a year ago. It wasn't until this month that the governor ordered the Department of Corrections to take aggressive action against prison staff involved in any wrongdoing at the Lincoln Hills School for Boys in Lincoln County. The documents show Walker's office received […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Three prosecutors have filed a motion to intervene in a court case halting a secret investigation into Gov. Scott Walker's recall campaign. Five district attorneys began investigating whether Walker's campaign illegally coordinated with outside groups in 2012. A judge later appointed special prosecutor Francis Schmitz to run the probe. The state Supreme Court halted the investigation this summer. The justices gave the prosecutors until Friday to […]
To combat drunken driving, the Fond du Lac County OWI Task Force will join other law enforcement agencies throughout Wisconsin participating in the “Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over” national campaign from Dec. 18, 2015 to Jan. 3, 2016. “Although drunken driving is 100 percent preventable, on average someone is killed or injured in an alcohol-related crash in Wisconsin every three hours,” says Highway Safety Coordinator, Captain Rick Olig. “And […]
A Fond du lac business is stepping up to the plate offering a matching donation in an effort to help the Fond du Lac Salvation Army Red Kettle campaign reach its goal. This year’s $150,000 Red Kettle goal has been threatened by unseasonably warm weather. West Shore Group owner, Bill Mongin, is challenging community businesses, organizations and shoppers to donate to the Red Kettles on Christmas Eve, the last day […]