MINOCQUA, Wis. (AP) — A bicyclist has been struck and killed by a commercial vehicle in Minocqua. Police say 55-year-old Robin Kuzel was riding his bike on Highway 51 South in Minocqua shortly before 3 a.m. Thursday when he was struck. Authorities say the commercial vehicle leased by Safelite Group was driven by a 28-year-old Delavan man. The fatality remains under investigation.
A Fond du Lac woman was injured after she was struck by a pickup truck while riding her bicycle. Assistant police chief Steve Klein says the incident happened Wednesday on Promen Drive in Lakeside Park. "We had an individual traveling on a bike near the pavillion on the bike path and there was a vehicle stopped at the stop sign. As the vehicle began to pull away the bike came […]
The chairman of a Lakeside Park exploratory committee says the committee hopes to begin the process of formulating recommendations shortly after the first of the year. The committee held its third meeting earlier this week and were asked to think about what they want the park to look like 20 years from now. Committee chairman John Short says two subcommittees are being formed to study park data and current conditions […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — State Rep. Bill Kramer has reached a plea deal with Waukesha County prosecutors on sexual assault charges. The former Assembly majority leader has agreed to plead no contest to two misdemeanor counts of fourth-degree sexual assault. The Journal Sentinel reports the district attorney's office will recommend a sentence of nine months in jail and three years of probation. He will not have to register as a […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Just 12 days before the election, state Rep. Brett Hulsey says he is running for governor as an independent write-in candidate. Hulsey lost the Democratic primary to Mary Burke, earning 16 percent of the vote. Hulsey announced Thursday that he was mounting a last-minute write-in campaign, but if it appears the effort is helping Republican Gov. Scott Walker, he will stop. The most recent Marquette University […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A federal appeals court has unanimously rejected a conservative group's request to reconsider a ruling last month tossing a lawsuit challenging an investigation into possible illegal campaign coordination. The 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Thursday rejected the request from Wisconsin Club for Growth to rehear the case after a three-judge panel last month sided with investigators. The court overturned a ruling that halted the […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Wisconsin Supreme Court has refused to reconsider whether the state's voter photo identification law is unconstitutional. Republicans passed the law in 2011. The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People and the immigrant group Voces de la Frontera as well as the League of Women Voters challenged the mandate in separate lawsuits. The state Supreme Court concluded in July that the law is constitutional […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Hunters are killing Wisconsin wolves so quickly this year it looks like the state's third annual season is headed for an early end. The four-and-a-half month-long season began on Oct. 15 with a statewide kill limit of 150 animals. As of Thursday morning, hunters had harvested 103 wolves, or nearly 70 percent of the quota. DNR Large Carnivore Specialist Dave MacFarland says hunters didn't reach the […]
(New York, NY, October 23, 2014) – The nomination of Mike Shannon, president of Holiday Automotive, a Buick, Cadillac, Chevrolet, Ford, GMC and Mazda dealer in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, for the 2015 TIME Dealer of the Year award was announced today by TIME. Shannon is one of a select group of 55 dealer nominees from across the country who will be honored at the 98th annual National Automobile […]