Fond du Lac congressman Tom Petri says he’s pleased a Highway 41 truck weight measure has finally been approved after years of delays. The measure to grandfather current weight limits on Wisconsin’s portion of Highway 41 before it becomes an Interstate next year was included in the Omnibus Appropriations bill passed by Congress last week. Petri says the highway will become part of the federal Interstate Highway system next year. […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The state Department of Justice is recommending police don't submit evidence from some sexual assault exams to the state crime lab without the victim's consent. The recommendation is part of a plan for the DOJ's Sexual Assault Response Team to ensure sexual assault kits are efficiently distributed, used and sent to the crime lab. The agency estimates local police departments have 6,000 untested kits on their […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The state Supreme Court has refused to consider whether a Sauk County farmer was properly convicted of selling raw milk in 2013. Vernon Hershberger had asked the court to review his 2013 conviction for violating a holding order on the sales of raw milk from his farm. He argued he operates a private buying club that's not subject to the same rules as a farmer. He […]
MILWAUKEE (AP) — Two dairy farms have been identified as the sources of raw milk that sickened dozens of people at separate school events. The Department of Health Services says a farm operated by Roland and Diana Reed of Arkansaw provided raw milk that sickened 38 people associated with the Durand High School Football team this fall. DHS identified Schaal Dairy Farm in Racine County as the source of […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Republican critics of the board that oversees elections and ethics law in Wisconsin say a new audit shows that an overhaul is needed. The Audit Bureau released its long-awaited report on the Government Accountability Board Friday. It found numerous problems with the board's operation, and made recommendations for improvement, but did not say it should be abolished. Representative Dean Knudson of Hudson says he is working […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A former aide to Governor Scott Walker when he was Milwaukee county executive has appealed her conviction of misconduct in office to the Wisconsin Supreme Court. Kelly Rindfleisch filed the appeal on Friday. It comes after a state appeals court on a 2-1 vote upheld her conviction last month. Rindfleisch was one of six people convicted as a result of a now-concluded John Doe investigation focusing […]
Monday is the deadline to sign up through the health insurance exchange if you want to be covered at the start of the new year. In neighboring Minnesota more than 30,000 people had signed up through the state’s health insurance exchange since open enrollment began November 15th. Robert Kraig with Citizen Action Wisconsin says there are no specific numbers for Wisconsin. The deadline to get insurance for the year to satisfy […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin's anti-abortion groups have drawn up their wish list for the next legislative session. Wisconsin Family Action hopes to fortify the state's so-called right-of-conscience laws, which allows people to act or not act in accordance with their religious or moral beliefs. The group supported a failed constitutional amendment last session that would have prohibited the state from punishing anyone for exercising his right of conscience. Wisconsin […]
Incumbent Fond du Lac School Board members Eric Everson and Susan Jones are up for re-election next spring. Jones is circulating nomination papers seeking her sixth three year term. Everson was first appointed to the board in 2005. Linda Uselmann has taken out papers to run. She ran in the spring election earlier this year but was defeated by incumbent board members Mark Strand and Julie Nett. The filing deadline […]