MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Governor Scott Walker and Democratic challenger Mary Burke disagree over whether to criminalize first-offense drunken driving. Wisconsin is the only state in the country where first-offense drunken driving is treated like a traffic offense, not a crime. Burke said during Friday's second and final debate that she supports making first offenses a misdemeanor, saying "We have to take a tougher stance on this." But Walker opposes […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Republican Governor Scott Walker is calling on the federal government to institute a commercial travel ban for West African countries affected by Ebola. Walker announced his call for the travel ban on Friday, along with other steps to prepare in case anyone in Wisconsin contracts the disease. U.S. Senator Ron Johnson, a Wisconsin Republican, has also called for restricting travel and quarantines for people who have […]
OVERLAND PARK, Kan. (AP) — Wisconsin Congressman Paul Ryan is urging Kansans to back Republican Senator Pat Roberts in a tight re-election race, saying the three-term incumbent isn't a "rubber stamp" for President Barack Obama. Appearing Friday at a hotel in the Kansas City suburb of Overland Park, Ryan is the latest in a string of high profile Republicans to stump for the 78-year-old senator. Attention on the race intensified […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Taxpayers have paid nearly $900,000 in legal fees related to the John Doe investigation of coordinated efforts between the campaign of Governor Scott Walker and his supporters. Current caps negotiated with the private law firms, which have been increased as costs rise, allow the state to spend up to about $1.1 million. The investigation is looking into coordinated campaign activity between the governor's campaign and outside […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wildlife officials are closing two more wolf hunting zones in northern Wisconsin. The Department of Natural Resources says Zones 1 and 4 will be closed to further hunting and trapping of wolves effective 6:30 p.m. Sunday. The DNR closed Zone 2 last week. Three of the state's six zones remain open. The wolf season began Wednesday. The DNR has set a statewide kill limit of 150 […]
Remember the polar vortex? It may be a distant memory this winter after federal forecasters said Thursday that a repeat of last year's extremely cold and snowy weather east of the Rockies is "unlikely." And in more good news, the Great Lakes area is expected to be drier than average this year. The winter weather forecast from meteorologists at the Climate Prediction Center said the western part of the U.S. […]
Fond du Lac police have arrested a 22-year old Fond du Lac man for attempted 1st degree Intentional Homicide in connection with a shooting incident that occurred during the early morning hours of September 28, 2014 at the Hometown Harbor Apartment Complex located at Seymour and Arndt Streets in the City of Fond du Lac. The 22-year-old suspect was arrested without incident Friday October 17, 2014 by Investigators from the Fond […]
Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen announced that sex offender Neil Becerra was sentenced in Juneau County this afternoon on multiple counts of repeated acts of sexual assault involving three different children. Sauk County Judge Patrick Taggart presided over the Juneau County case, sentencing Becerra, 43, to a total of 30 years confinement in the Wisconsin State prison system. On the first count of repeated acts of sexual assault of a […]
Fond du Lac firefighters are volunteering some of their time Saturday to help the Salvation Army stock their food pantry. Its all part of the Fond du Lac Boy Scouts food collection drive. Scouts are picking up bags of non-perishable food items for distribution to food pantries. Last year the Salvation Army received an estimated two tons of food. The Salvation Army says more than 30,000 pounds of food went out […]