MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Wisconsin Assembly has passed a bill that would take $3.5 million a year in federal grant money away from Planned Parenthood. The Republican-controlled Assembly passed the measure Thursday with no Democratic support. The bill would bar any organization that provides abortions to qualify for federal Title X grant money.
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Assembly Speaker Robin Vos says he's optimistic the chamber will vote on a bill outlawing research on tissue taken from aborted fetuses. The GOP-authored measure would ban research on tissues, organs and cells from fetuses killed in elective abortions after Jan. 1, 2015, and ban the commercial sale of fetal tissue. Republicans in both the Assembly and Senate, however, have expressed concerns that the bill could […]
A Dodge County boy is being recognized for his life-saving actions. Dodge County Sheriff Dale Schmidt says 11 year old Christopher Rios Sarabia is credited with helping to save the life of a young woman who had overdosed from heroin. Schmidt says Sarabia was walking through a town of Beaver Dam parking lot when he came upon a vehicle and unconscious driver. Schmidt says Christopher tried to wake the woman, […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Gov. Scott Walker is telling Republican state Assembly members that he supports a plan making it easier to fire state workers as part of a rewrite of the law governing the hiring and firing process. Walker spoke about the plan during a 15-minute speech to Assembly Republicans on Thursday. Assembly Majority Leader Jim Steineke and Sen. Roger Roth are preparing a bill that would eliminate exams […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Wisconsin Supreme Court could decide whether sentencing judges are violating the rights of convicted criminals by using a software tool that assesses their potential risk to reoffend. Questions arose about the assessments when a La Crosse County judge used the tool to decide probation wasn't a good alternative for Eric Loomis, who was convicted of driving a vehicle without the owner's consent and fleeing from […]
Local law enforcement agencies are asking residents to zip through their medicine cabinets and zip down to their local drug drop box and empty pill bottles into a zip-lock bag and deposit the drugs for disposal on or before September 30, 2015. Fond du Lac County residents are fortunate to have a way to properly dispose of medications. Fond du Lac County has six drug drop boxes, three alone […]
Nobody was injured in a fire that destroyed a garage and damaged in home in the town of Ripon. Firefighters were called to the scene at W 14330 Brookwood Court about 4pm Wednesday. In addition to Ripon firefighters, mutual aid was provided by Oshkosh, Princeton, Utica, Eldorado, Lamartine and Brandon-Fairwater. Nobody was injured. The cause of the fire is not believed to be suspicious, but remains under investigation. Nobody was […]
On Tuesday, September 22, 2015 at 8:04 am the Fond du Lac County 911 Center received a report of a motor vehicle crash on Hwy 26 at CTH TC in the town of Springvale. Fond du Lac County Sheriff’s Deputies, Wisconsin State Patrol, Rosendale Fire Dept and First Responders, Lifestar EMS and the Fond du Lac County Highway Dept responded. Investigation indicates a car driven by a 20 year old […]
GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — Funeral arrangements have been made for Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Patrick Crooks, who died Monday in his chambers at the state Capitol. He was 77. A Mass of Christian burial will be celebrated at St. Matthew Parish in Allouez on Saturday at 10:30 a.m. Visitation will be Friday at Newcomer Funeral Home in Green Bay from 3 p.m. to 9 p.m. and at the church […]