An employee of a Mayville-based manufacturing company was injured after being caught in a piece of equipment at a Beaver Dam facility. The Beaver Dam Fire Department responded Thursday to a call at the Mayville Engineering Company facility on Corporate Drive in Beaver Dam for a person entangled in an auger. On arrival, a 22 year old male MEC employee was entangled in an auger that supplies steel BB’s to […]
Bail has been set at $1 million cash for a man arrested in the death of a toddler in Fond du Lac. Daniel Griffin made his initial Fond du lac court Friday on charges of first degree reckless homicide and two counts of child abuse causing great bodily harm. Police investigators believe Griffin killed a 16 month old boy and seriously injured the victim’s twin brother by standing on both […]
KESHENA, Wis. (AP) — Members of the Menominee Indian Tribe have voted yes to allowing both recreational and medicinal use of marijuana on their northeastern Wisconsin reservation. The tribe announced the results Friday. The votes are advisory only, meaning it's up to tribal leaders on the next step. About 58 percent of those voting said yes on recreational use of marijuana. The medicinal question passed by an even bigger margin, […]
MILWAUKEE (AP) — The judge in the case of two girls accused of stabbing a classmate as a sacrifice to a fictitious horror character called Slender Man has said the girls will be tried together and set a trial date of Oct. 15. Judge Michael Bohren decided previously that the case should be tried in adult court, and the 13-year-old girls face decades in prison if convicted. Investigators say they […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Milwaukee Bucks spent more money lobbying the Wisconsin Legislature than any other organization during the first half of the year, as the NBA team was pushing for approval of a new basketball arena. A report released Friday by the state elections board which oversees lobbying showed the Bucks spent just over $482,000 on lobbying through June. The next highest was the Wisconsin Hospital Association at […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Republican leaders in the Wisconsin Legislature are pushing back against Gov. Scott Walker's description of how he had to convince them to pass his signature initiative curbing public sector union rights. Walker this week has been saying in campaign stops in Minnesota and New Hampshire that some Republican lawmakers were resistant to his push in 2011 against the unions. But Republican Assembly Speaker Robin Vos tweeted […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Wisconsin Legislature's budget committee has voted unanimously not to override Governor Scott Walker's decision to employ a rarely used veto power to block a $3 million fund transfer. Walker on August 6th vetoed a decision by the Republican-controlled Joint Finance Committee approving $15.8 million in spending by the Transportation Department to pay for installing 70 mile per hour speed limit signs, road salt and a […]
Rep. Glenn Grothman (R-Glenbeulah) is accepting applications for fall internships in his Washington, D.C. and Fond du Lac offices. Intern applicants should submit a resume and references to Matt Furlow at matt.furlow@mail.house.gov. “I encourage college students in Wisconsin’s 6th Congressional District to apply for an internship in my office,” said Congressman Grothman. “Internships provide opportunities to learn more about the way our laws are made and how the federal […]
An ex-marine and former Fond du Lac resident is suing Wisconsin Central Railroad, claiming the company fired him because he has Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder. Chris Trombley filed the lawsuit in the Eastern District Court of Wisconsin in Milwaukee seeking a judgement under the Americans with Disabilities Act. Trombley, who now lives in North Carolina, claims he was fired from his job in the North Fond du Lac rail yard because […]