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MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Wisconsin Assembly has passed a constitutional amendment that would rework how state Supreme Court justices pick their leader.  The Wisconsin Constitution states that the justice with the most seniority is the chief justice. But the court's conservative majority has been chafing under the leadership of liberal-leaning Chief Justice Shirley Abrahamson. Under the Republican-authored amendment, the justices would vote on a chief. That would allow the […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin's unemployment rate remained at 5.2 percent in December, unchanged from November.  The Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development reported Thursday that the state added 7,600 private sector jobs from November to December.  The unemployment rate is Wisconsin's lowest since the economic crash in September 2008. The national unemployment rate was 5.6 percent in December.  Reggie Newson, secretary of the Department of Workforce Development, says the latest […]

A Fond du lac man has been convicted of exposing himself to young girls at Taylor Park last summer.  At a plea and sentencing hearing in Fond du Lac County Circuit Court, William Thomas, pleaded no contest to three counts of exposing genitals to a child.  Two counts were dismissed and read into the record. Assistant police chief Steve Klein says  Thomas  approached the girls while riding his bicycle.  Judge […]

Fond du Lac based BCI Burke has been sold.  A company press release says Burke has been purchased by Incline Equity Partners, a Pittsburgh based lower middle- market private equity firm.  Founded in 1920 and headquartered in Fond du Lac, WI, Burke is a leading designer, manufacturer, and marketer of commercial playground and leisure equipment.   Former president and chief executive officer Tim Ahern says he is  proud of the […]

Five years ago this week the U.S. Supreme Court, in what’s become known as the “Citizens United” decision, said in essence that money is speech and corporations are people.    Wisconsin Democracy Campaign director, Matt Rothschild says since then,  the money floodgates have opened, leaving Wisconsin and other states awash in campaign contribution cash.   Rothschild of the Wisconsin Democracy Campaign says the decision has changed politics.  Several groups held […]

Fond du lac County officials say they don’t believe problems a developer has had with work at UW-Marshfield, will impact the UW Fond du lac student housing project.  Iowa-based Bluffstone was hired for the Fond du Lac project.  Fond du Lac County executive Al Buechel says a subcontractor at UW-Marshfield said it was not being paid and inspectors found building code deficiencies.  But Buechel says the problems stem from the general […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A Republican lawmaker is promising to bring back a package of bills to stiffen Wisconsin's drunken driving laws. Rep. Jim Ott, a Mequon Republican, has been pushing for tougher drunken driving laws for years. He introduced a package of bills last session that included measures that would have changed third and fourth offenses from misdemeanors to felonies, imposed mandatory sentences and court appearances and allowed authorities […]

PORT WASHINGTON, Wis. (AP) — The actor who played Screech in the 1990s TV show "Saved by the Bell" has pleaded not guilty to charges resulting from a bar fight in southeastern Wisconsin. Dustin Diamond and his fiancée, Amanda Schutz,  face on charges stemming from the Christmas Day scuffle at a Port Washington bar. Diamond is accused of stabbing a man after Schutz became involved in an altercation. The stabbed […]