EAU CLAIRE, Wis. (AP) — Agricultural officials are projecting an 11 percent increase in the size of Wisconsin's corn harvest this year. That has farmers worried that prices will drop too low for them to make a profit. State projections call for corn yields of 162 bushels per acre. That's up 16 bushels per acre from last year. Chippewa Falls farmer Randy Woodruff is a member of the Wisconsin Corn […]
CHICAGO (AP) — A federal appeals court has reinstated Wisconsin's voter photo identification law. U.S. District Judge Lynn Adelman struck the law down as unconstitutional in April, saying it unfairly burdens poor and minority voters who may lack such identification. Republican Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen asked the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals in Chicago to overturn that ruling. The 7th Circuit issued a ruling late Friday afternoon lifting Aldeman's […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin residents will have to show photo identification to vote Nov. 4 after an appeals court on Friday ruled the state's photo voter ID law can go into effect, Here's a look at the forms of ID that are acceptable: — Wisconsin driver's license, even if driving privileges are revoked or suspended. — Wisconsin identification card issued by the Department of Transportation. — Military ID card […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Gov. Scott Walker has approved new rules establishing a free process for verifying birth information for people looking for state identification cards to vote but lack birth certificates. Walker approved the rules Friday, the same day state attorneys tried to convince the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals in Chicago to reinstate a state law requiring voters show photo identification at the polls. The state Supreme Court […]
Wisconsin Republican U.S. Senator Ron Johnson has been nominated by President Barack Obama to serve as a representative to the United Nations General Assembly. The 69th session of the Assembly begins Tuesday. If confirmed, Johnson would continue to serve as senator. Johnson has been highly critical of the president’s foreign policy, stating Thursday that Obama’s plan to defeat the Islamic State terrorist group was “weak.”
A Fond du Lac teenager has entered a not guilty plea to a charge of making a bomb scare at Fleet Farm. Seventeen year old Christopher Porter, entered the plea at an arraignment hearing Friday in Fond du lac County Circuit Court. Police say Porter admitted to leaving the bomb threat note in a bathroom at Fleet Farm on July 3rd. He was employed by Fleet Farm at the […]
SHEBOYGAN, Wis. (AP) — Authorities have charged a Sheboygan man who they say used a dog's shock collar on his 7-year-old daughter. Twenty eight year-old Zachary Kacmar was charged Thursday with felony physical abuse of a child. Police arrested him Wednesday after his wife called authorities. She tells police he put the collar around their daughter's neck and shocked her on Aug. 30. She says she wasn't present at the […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The state Department of Natural Resources is urging bow hunters to report their wildlife observations online. The archery and crossbow deer seasons open on Saturday. The DNR is asking hunters to record all of their hunting activity and wildlife observations in a survey available on the agency's website. DNR officials say the information provides insights into the abundance of many wildlife species and the level hunting […]
The 2014 Fond du Lac Area United Way fund drive is officially underway. United Way director Tina Potter says this year’s pacesetters, Brenner Tank and Fives-Giddings and Lewis ,have helped kick-start the campaign toward its $745,000 goal. Potter says going into the campaign the pacesetters have been able to raise nearly $151,000 or 20 percent of the goal. Two organizations served by United Way, Fond du Lac Adult Literacy Services […]