MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Two conservation groups say they are spending $1 million on a television and mail ad campaign against Gov. Scott Walker over his support of a giant iron ore mine near Lake Superior. The Wisconsin League of Conservation Voters and the national League of Conservation Voters unveiled a television ad Wednesday. The ad says Walker gutted environmental protections so an out-of-state mining company can open an iron […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Gov. Scott Walker is defending a campaign ad in which he says protecting women's health and safety is a priority of his. Abortions rights advocates are upset over the spot because Walker signed a law they say makes it more difficult for women to get abortions. The law requires women to get an ultrasound before an abortion. It also requires doctors performing abortions to have admitting […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A conservative group has asked a federal appeals court to reconsider a ruling last month tossing the group's lawsuit to halt an investigation into possible illegal campaign coordination. Wisconsin Club for Growth asked that the full 10-member 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals today to rehear the case after a three-judge panel last month sided with investigators.
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Republican attorney general hopeful Brad Schimel now says he would defend the state's domestic partner registry. The registry extends limited legal benefits to same-sex couples. Conservative group Wisconsin Family Action filed a lawsuit in 2010 alleging the registry violates the state's constitutional ban on gay marriage. The state Supreme Court found the registry constitutional in July.
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A liberal group has filed a complaint alleging Wisconsin attorney general hopeful Brad Schimel used nearly $500 in campaign donations to pay his children's baby sitters between 2009 and 2013. One Wisconsin Now filed the complaint with the Government Accountability Board on Wednesday.
A Fond du lac woman has been convicted of stealing more than $250,000 from her employer. Forty eight year old Denis Heffner pleaded no contest to two counts of theft from a business setting…accused of stealing the money from Sesing Construction where she was employed as a bookkeeper.
TOWN OF RANDOLPH, Wis. (AP) — Officials estimate about 1,000 gallons of fuel spilled from an overturned tanker truck and into a marsh near Randolph in Columbia County. Emergency management director Pat Beghin says a witness told authorities it looked like the driver of the tanker swerved to avoid hitting an animal in the roadway — possibly a deer — and crashed Tuesday. The driver was taken from the scene […]
On Tuesday October 7, 2014 at approximately 11:30pm, the Fond du Lac County Sheriff’s Office along with Town of Fond du Lac and Van Dyne Fire Departments responded to a structure fire at the Agromatic A.F. Klinzing Company at N6989 Rolling Meadows Drive in the Town of Fond du Lac. Also assisting at the scene was North Fond du Lac Ambulance, Fond du Lac City Police Dept. and fire departments […]
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — If you missed April's total eclipse of the moon, now's your chance. But you'll need to get up early. Depending on cloud cover, North Americans will have prime viewing early Wednesday of a full lunar eclipse, especially in the West. The full moon will be obscured by Earth's shadow in the pre-dawn hours. The total eclipse will last an hour — until sunrise on the […]