The Department of Public Works is reminding motorists that an ongoing reconstruction project on 9th Street will impact traffic as kids head back to school next month and with football games at Fruth Field. The construction project affecting 9th Street between Main Street and Linden Street is expected to continue into the second week of October. During the project, 9th Street remains closed to through traffic between Linden and Center […]
The director of the Marquette University Law School poll says the recent numbers show governor Scott Walker’s favorability continuing to slide. The poll released last week shows Walker still ahead of the other Republican candidates in Wisconsin…but down 15 points from April. Poll director Charles Franklin says the latest poll also reflects the growing support for the so-called political outsiders in the race like Ben Carson, Donald Trump and Carly […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin prison officials have quietly relaxed solitary confinement policies over the past year. According to a Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism report produced using documents obtained through an open records request and a lawsuit, the Department of Corrections no longer uses solitary confinement to punish prisoners who commit minor rule infractions. Prison officials also now negotiate with inmates over the proper punishment for such offenses.
MILWAUKEE (AP) — A transgender Wisconsin prison inmate is suing officials, saying they are violating her rights by not allowing her to live as a woman. Dominique Gulley was sentenced to 11 years in prison after stealing a car in 2010. Gulley says officials won't allow her to continue the hormone treatments that she began six years before going to prison.
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources has released nearly two dozen elk into the Jackson County woods in an effort to grow a second herd in the state. Wisconsin has had only one elk herd, which roams Ashland County. The DNR wants to bring in 150 Kentucky elk to bolster the northern herd and create a Jackson County herd.
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Democratic U.S. Rep. Gwen Moore says that Republican Gov. Scott Walker's policies are "tightening the noose, literally, around African Americans." Moore is black and represents Milwaukee in Congress. She says Walker's opposition to raising the minimum wage, requiring voters to show photo identification at the polls, and requiring drug testing for public aid recipients disproportionately hurts African Americans. Walker's campaign spokeswoman AshLee Strong had no comment.
MILWAUKEE (AP) — Harley-Davidson Inc. has unveiled its 2016 model year lineup with new bikes that will soon begin arriving at dealerships nationwide. The Milwaukee-based company's touring lineup includes some of its most powerful cruiser bikes and the return of the Road Glide Ultra after a two-year absence. The new Fat Boy S and Softail Slim S cruisers are equipped with the Screamin' Eagle Twin Cam 110 engine, with power […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Republican presidential candidate Scott Walker says he is not taking a position on whether children of immigrants here illegally should automatically be citizens. The Wisconsin governor said in a CNBC interview Friday that he wouldn't take a stand "one way or the other" on the Constitutional guarantee of birthright citizenship. Walker's statement comes after he gave mixed answers on the issue earlier in the week, including […]
A former supervisor at Fond du Lac’s two outdoor swimming pools and assistant coach with the Fondy Swim Club is accused of sexually assaulting a lifeguard. Ryan Ronayne made his initial Fond du lac court appearance Friday on charges of sexual assault of a child by a person who works with children and one count of child enticement. Assistant Police chief Steve Klein says at this point investigators do not […]