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A former Wisconsin correctional officer injured by an inmate three years ago says she is still not giving up her fight against the state.  Carrie Seichter was beat unconscious and scarred psychologically when she was brutally attacked by an inmate at the Stanley Correctional facility in northwest Wisconsin.  Nine months after the brutal attack Seichter learned she would no longer receive payments to public safety workers hurt on the job. […]

A Ripon College political science professor says the terrorist attacks in Paris will undoubtedly change the focus of the presidential campaign.  Up to now the candidates have been largely focused on economic issues.  But professor Marty Farrell says at least in the near term the attention now will be on which candidate has the best grasp on foreign policy.  "I think it could have a major impact,"  Farrell told WFDL […]

(Washington, DC) – Congressman Glenn Grothman (R-Glenbeulah) was named as a conferee to the conference committee to reauthorize the Elementary and Secondary Education Act. Grothman was named along with nine other Republican House members.  “The House Education and Workforce Committee has worked hard to strengthen and reform education this year – putting power back in the hands of parents, administrators and local officials,” said Congressman Grothman. “America’s next generation deserves […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A consulting firm says the state should phase in a self-insurance model for health care for public workers.  Segal Consulting presented a report to the state Group Insurance Board on Tuesday saying moving to a self-insurance model would save the state about $42 million annually. The report noted switching to self-insurance would improve transparency and flexibility in benefit design. The report added that a vast majority […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Wisconsin Supreme Court is considering whether to overturn a nearly 20-year-old ruling that protected powers of the state superintendent of schools from being taken away by the Legislature or governor.  The court heard arguments Tuesday in a case challenging a 2011 law that gives the governor the power to approve and block administrative rules being enacted by the state superintendent. Lower courts have struck down […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A second proposal to track crime in Wisconsin public schools has been introduced.  The measure proposed Tuesday would create a pilot program to track crime and student safety incidents in one urban district, one suburban district and one rural school.  That bill comes after Republican Rep. John Jagler, of Watertown, last month proposed requiring information on school report cards about crimes committed at all high schools, […]

OSHKOSH, Wis. (AP) — An Oshkosh man convicted of supplying a deadly dose of heroin has been sentenced to more than two years in prison.  Thirty three year-old Patrick Brown was sentenced Monday. Brown also was placed on extended supervision for five years, according to online court records.  He pleaded no contest to first-degree reckless homicide by delivering drugs for the February overdose death of 31-year-old Nicholas Aaronson. Authorities say […]

A truck driver from Merrill, Wisconsin has been charged in connection with a crash on Highway 23 east of Fond du Lac last summer that sent five people to the hospital.  Fifty nine year old Randy Miles is charged with operating a vehicle under the influence of a controlled substance.  He is free on a $5000 signature bond.  A preliminary hearing is scheduled for January 8th.  Investigators say blood tests show […]

A Ripon man has been convicted on amended charges in connection with a fatal car versus motorcycle accident in Fond du lac County last summer.   At a plea and sentencing hearing in Fond du Lac County circuit court Travis Hartman was issued a citation for failure to yield resulting in death and pleaded no contest to misdemeanor charges of negligient operation of a motor vehicle resulting in death and reckless […]