KOHLER, Wis. (AP) — A new study pegs the economic impact of proposed Kohler Co. golf course along Lake Michigan at more than $20 million annually. The company has asked the Town of Wilson in Sheboygan County for a conditional use permit to build a championship 18-hole course on about 250 acres of forestland. The study by Kohler says the golf course will create 227 full-time jobs, aside from temporary […]
GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — The Green Bay Packers say Brett Favre's Hall of Fame induction ceremony will still be held inside the Lambeau Field Atrium. But, the team will open the stadium bowl for fans that want to watch the ceremony live on the video screens. The induction and number retirement ceremony scheduled for July 18 inside the atrium is sold out. The limited atrium seating of about 1,600 […]
TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) — Michigan is joining the federal government in appealing a decision that restores legal protections for gray wolves in the western Great Lakes region. Federal Judge Beryl Howell ruled in December that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service erred by dropping the region's wolf population from the list of endangered and threatened species in 2012. Howell said Michigan, Minnesota and Wisconsin didn't provide adequate protection and […]
OXON HILL, Md. (AP) — Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker says his experience taking on protesters in his state helped prepare him to take on terrorists across the world. The likely Republican presidential contender on Thursday appeared at the Conservative Political Action Conference — known as CPAC — in suburban Washington. Asked how he would handle the Islamic State group, Walker said he's been concerned about the terrorist group for years […]
Republican state senator Rick Gudex of Fond du Lac says a right to work bill will have little or no impact if unions are doing their job. Gudex voted in favor of the bill this week. Gudex says he totally disagrees with opponents who say the measure will drive down family wages. "What this comes down to for me is that this bill does nothing to strip the unions of […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The state Department of Natural Resources' board has approved spending nearly $2 million to acquire an easement for about 21,000 acres in northern Wisconsin. The board voted Wednesday to spend $1.9 million in stewardship dollars and $3.8 million in federal forestry aids to purchase the easement from the Lyme St. Croix Forest Company. The board approved buying an easement on nearly 45,000 acres from the company […]
A Fond du Lac man accused of threatening another man with a knife in front of an elementary school has been convicted. Fifty four year old Leonard Dake entered an Alford plea to a charge of second degree recklessly endangering safety, Charges of possession of a dangerous weapon on school grounds, disorderly conduct and resisting an officer were dismissed and read into the record. Fond du Lac judge Peter Grimm […]
A not guilty plea for a Milwaukee woman accused of killing a Town of Fox Lake man in August. 31 year old Kriscilla McHenry entered the plea Wednesday in Dodge County Circuit. She's charged with first degree intentional homicide in the death of 43 year old Michael Soeller. According to a criminal complaint, Soeller was stabbed 38 times at his Town of Fox Lake apartment. The complaint also says […]
A Beaver Dam man has been convicted of robbing a Beaver Dam convenience store, as well as dealing heroin. Twenty three year old Zachery Turck pleaded no contest to charges of armed robbery with threat of force and manufacturing with intent to deliver heroin in Dodge County Circuit Court. Two other drug related charges were dismissed and read into the record. According to a criminal complaint, the Beaver Dam Police […]