WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court has turned away appeals from five states seeking to prohibit same-sex marriages, paving the way for an immediate expansion of gay and lesbian unions. The justices on Monday did not comment in rejecting appeals from Indiana, Oklahoma, Utah, Virginia and Wisconsin. The court's order immediately ends delays on marriage in those states. Couples in six other states should be able to get married in […]
MILWAUKEE (AP) — The legal director of the American Civil Liberties Union of Wisconsin says the U.S. Supreme Court's decision not to hear Wisconsin's gay marriage appeal is a "watershed moment" for same-sex couples and the nation. The Supreme Court on Monday rejected appeals from five states seeking to prohibit same-sex marriages, paving the way for ceremonies to start in Wisconsin, Indiana, Oklahoma, Utah and Virginia. ACLU legal director Larry […]
The Fond du Lac High School marching band performed in two statewide competitions over the weekend, placing fourth in the Greendale High School Marching Band Invitational Saturday and third at a competition in Wauwatosa on Sunday.
Six months after receiving a life-saving heart transplant and a little more than a month after her first birthday…a Fond du Lac girl is continuing her brave recovery. Brianna Rodgers is the daughter of Jason and Jessica Rodgers. Born August 19th, 2013, Brianna was diagnosed with Hypoplastic Right Ventricle Syndrome. On March 22nd doctors at Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin performed a heart transplant. Brianna’s grandmother, Evelyn Rodgers, says Brianna is […]
Flu vaccine clinics are underway throughout Fond du lac County. The Fond du lac County Public Health Office is holding the clinics at locations throughout the county. Public Health officer Kim Mueller says the flu shot or flu-mist is available for $30 a dose. Mueller says early response has been good. Mueller says the public health department will be offering flu vaccine in the schools starting this week. You can […]
The Fond du Lac Salvation Army Coats for Kids program is underway. Salvation Army Director of Social Services Ron Jacobson says last year the program served more than a thousand children and adults. "It kind of goes hand in hand with you basic human needs. People who need food because they don't have the money really can't afford to get those winter coats to keep warm during our harsh winters," […]
WATERTOWN, Wis. (AP) — A 29-year-old man accused of killing another man with a sword in Watertown, Wisconsin has been declared incompetent to stand trial. Young Choi, of Watertown wanted to represent himself at trial Friday in Jefferson County. Doctor Kent Berney, caretaker of Choi after the incident, testified he believed Choi was incompetent to proceed with the trial, which the state agreed to. According to a criminal complaint, […]
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A freeze could stop the growing season in the upper Midwest as far south as Nebraska and Iowa, leaving farmers in a difficult situation because much of the region's corn and soybean fields are not quite ready for harvest. The area of most concern includes the Dakotas, Minnesota, and Wisconsin, where just 40 percent to 50 percent of the corn crop is mature, but a […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — State Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen won't defend Wisconsin elections officials against a new lawsuit connected to a secret probe of Governor Scott Walker. On Thursday, a conservative Milwaukee County group sued the Government Accountability Board and prosecutors involved in the John Doe probe, arguing it has a constitutional right to collaborate with candidates. The prosecutors are investigating whether Walker and the Wisconsin Club for Growth […]