MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Madison Police Chief Mike Koval has taken to his blog to express his sorrow over the fatal shooting of an unarmed 19-year-old man. Tony Robinson, who is black, was shot by an officer Friday night. Police say the officer was responding to a call of a man jumping in and out of traffic and a reported battery, and that he was assaulted by Robinson when he […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Protesters jammed the Wisconsin Capitol to demonstrate against a white police officer who killed a unarmed black man. Scores of protesters, including many area high school students who skipped class, stood shoulder-to-shoulder in the rotunda as well as on the first and second floors. They chanted "Stand up, fight back, no more black men under attack" and "indict, convict, send those killer cops to jail — […]
MILWAUKEE (AP) — Milwaukee police say an officer has shot an armed robbery suspect. Milwaukee Police Chief Edward Flynn says the shooting happened just before 3 p.m. Monday at a Dollar General store, which a masked man with a handgun was trying to rob. Flynn says two officers confronted the man inside the store and ordered him to drop the gun. When he refused, the chief says one of the […]
NEW YORK (AP) — New York Mayor Bill de Blasio is set to rally Wisconsin Democrats as they look ahead to the 2016 elections. The Democratic Party of Wisconsin announced Monday that de Blasio is scheduled to be the keynote speaker at the party's Founders Day gala. It will be in Milwaukee on April 25. De Blasio has been building a profile as a national progressive voice since he took […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Department of Veterans Affairs plans to roll out a tool to reduce opiate overprescribing ahead of the completion of a probe into its hospital in Tomah. Carolyn Clancy, interim secretary for health for the Department of Veterans Affairs, announced Monday that the VA will launch a computer tool that would allow doctors to better monitor their patients' opiate prescriptions. The VA is investigating reports of […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Republican lawmakers in Wisconsin are pushing a bill that would prohibit the Department of Natural Resources from enforcing new national regulations limiting pollution from wood-fired heaters. Federal data from 2011, the latest available, show Wisconsin was second in the country in fine particle emissions from wood stoves, furnaces and heaters with 32,375 tons. The bill's chief author, Rep. David Craig, said in a memo seeking co-sponsors […]
BROWN DEER, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker has signed a right-to-work bill into law, striking another blow against organized labor four years after effectively ending collective bargaining for public-sector workers. The Republican, a potential 2016 presidential candidate, signed the bill Monday morning. The new law takes effect immediately and makes Wisconsin the 25th state to ban contracts that force all workers to pay union dues. Walker signed the […]
New Holstein school officials are in shock following the sudden death of School Superintendent William Van Meer. New Holstein police chief Brian Reedy says the 49 year old Van Meer died Thursday, March 5, of natural causes. The cause of death has not been announced and an autopsy is being conducted. Van Meer has been superintendent since 2011, replacing retired superintendent Joe Wieser. His wife, Tina Van Meer, is superintendent […]
The Fond du Lac city council will consider purchasing a building for a library expansion project at their meeting this week. The council will consider a resolution amending the budget to spend $270,000 for the purchase of the building directly east of the library on Sheboygan Street. Library director Jon Mark Bolthouse says the first phase would involve moving the Book Cellar from the library basement to the new building. […]