Three suspects in a car vandalism spree have made their initial Fond du lac court appearances. Twenty year old Zacharias Manthey, 20 year old Tony Sharratt and 26 year old Traven Koenigs all of Fond du lac are charged with criminal damage to property. They are accused of smashing the windows out of 60 vehicles in Fond du lac earlier this month using baseball bats. Two other suspects, ages 19 […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A federal appeals court has stayed a ruling that Wisconsin's gay marriage ban is unconstitutional. The 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals earlier this month upheld U.S. District Judge Barbara Crabb's June ruling that the ban violated gay couples' equal protection rights. Republican Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen is trying to preserve the ban and has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to take the case. He […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A civil rights group has filed a lawsuit seeking recognition of gay couples who married in June after a judge struck down Wisconsin's ban on same-sex marriage. U.S. District Judge Barbara Crabb found the ban was unconstitutional. Hundreds of gay couples married before Crabb put her ruling on hold pending appeals a week later. The 7th Circuit Court of Appeals upheld Crabb earlier this month but […]
Fond du lac congressman Tom Petri is speaking out on Capitol Hill about the issue of trains blocking railroad crossings following a recent incident in Fond du lac County. Last week a freight train blocked the Highway 175 crossing in Byron south of Fond du lac for several hours upsetting motorists and law enforcement. Petri, a senior member of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, raised the issue at a […]
Bail has been set at $50,000 cash for a Dodge County homicide suspect. Thirty year old Kriscilla McHenry appeared in Dodge County Circuit court Wednesday on an automobile theft charge…and is expected to face homicide charges in the death of a town of Fox Lake man. Dodge County sheriff Pat Ninmann says McHenry turned herself in this week to Milwaukee police. Ninmann says McHenry is a suspect in the homicide […]
On Tuesday September 16, 2014 at 6:07pm, the Dodge County Sheriff’s Office responded to a motor vehicle crash on State Highway 60 near County Highway P in the Township of Rubicon. Preliminary investigation shows that numerous vehicles were traveling eastbound on Sth 60 and had stopped due to a traffic backup near Cth P. An eastbound pickup truck failed to stop and struck the rear of another vehicle, causing a […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin is one of only four states nationwide that is enacting cuts to the food stamp program. An Associated Press review finds that as of now, the cuts will only affect Michigan, Wisconsin, New Jersey and New Hampshire. The decision in Wisconsin to enact the cuts comes as Republican Gov. Scott Walker is seeking re-election and considering a 2016 run for president. It's unclear how many […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie is heading to Wisconsin later this month to campaign for fellow Republican Gov. Scott Walker. A spokesman for the Republican Governors Association confirmed Wednesday that Christie was coming on Sept. 29 but said details of the visit are still being worked out. A spokeswoman for Walker's campaign said she had no details yet on the visit. Walker is in a tight […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Democratic gubernatorial candidate Mary Burke is headed to Washington, D.C., to speak at a Democratic National Committee event alongside Michelle Obama. Burke is scheduled to speak Thursday at the DNC's Women's Leadership Forum. The event is private and not open to press. The only other speakers at Thursday's welcome reception are Jill Biden and House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi. President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe […]