STEVENS POINT, Wis. (AP) — Portage County health officials say the test result for one of the two people isolated for possible measles is negative. That person has been released from isolation. Health officials said Monday test results are still pending for the other person who remains in isolation.
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — An attorney for one of two girls accused of repeatedly stabbing a classmate to please the fictional character Slender Man says he will prove his client does not belong in adult court. A preliminary hearing for the two girls got underway Monday in a packed courtroom in Waukesha County. Prosecutors charged the girls as adults with first-degree attempted homicide in the attack at a Waukesha park […]
OSHKOSH, Wis. (AP) — Sturgeon spearers took 467 fish on Lake Winnebago on the opening day of the season. The Department of Natural Resources says that's more than 100 over the average opening day harvest, and the fifth-biggest since sturgeon spearing switched to a 6-hour day in 2003. Spearers registered 13 sturgeon over 100 pounds from Lake Winnebago, the largest being 127 pounds. They didn't fare so well elsewhere. The […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — State borrowing for road building would continue to rise under Governor Scott Walker's latest budget proposal, a trend that has industry leaders wondering if some transportation projects will be scrapped in order to hold down debt. Nearly 20 cents of every state dollar in Wisconsin's road fund will be used to pay off highway loans this year. That number would climb even higher if Walker's $1.3 […]
MARSHFIELD, Wis. (AP) — As Wisconsin schools prepare to give new standardized tests this spring, teachers and administrators say the time, effort and money they're putting into the exams may be pointless. That's because Gov. Scott Walker has called for scrapping the new tests next year before school officials can analyze the results. The Smarter Balanced test, also known as The Badger Exam, is linked to the Common Core State […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Several hundred University of Wisconsin-Madison students, faculty and staffers braved subzero temperatures to protest Gov. Scott Walker's proposal to cut $300 million over the next two years from the UW system. They rallied on campus Saturday on the fourth anniversary of the beginning of large-scale demonstrations against a Walker plan that eliminated collective bargaining rights for most of Wisconsin's public employees. Protester Yogesh Chawla says the […]
The Fond du Lac School Board has scheduled a special meeting Monday evening and will meet behind closed doors to discuss a lease with Fond du lac Baseball Inc. The 15 year lease involving ownership of the Woodworth Baseball Complex expires at the end of the month. A two year contract proposed by the school district would transfer property ownership to the District and youth baseball would be run through […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — If you're an aspiring presidential candidate like Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker, now is a good time — at least according to one professional crisis manager — "to take a pratfall because it's so far away from anything major." That's a good thing because so many of the candidates' feet have been sliding out from under them. The first six weeks of 2015 have featured mangled messages, snappishness, […]
St. Mary’s Springs Academy President Kevin Shaw is leaving for the same post at Green Bay’s Notre Dame Academy. Shaw is leaving at the end of the school year and will replace Robert Pauly who has been the president at Notre Dame Academy since 2010. Shaw is a Fond du lac native. Notre Dame Academy board chair, Kelly Gigot, said Shaw will be a great fit and Notre Dame will […]