MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Police in Wisconsin say that before she died, a wounded woman called 911 and identified the person who shot her as her brother-in-law, who had been a sheriff's deputy. A police affidavit says Kacee Tollefsbol called 911 around 1 p.m. Friday and said Andy Steele had shot her in the back. The affidavit says the 38-year-old Tollefsbol, of Lake Elmo, Minnesota, also told a detective that […]
The North Fond du Lac school board has approved a preliminary 2014-15 budget. Superintendent Aaron Sadoff says the budget includes a projected deficit of 340,000 depending on final enrollment and equalized state aid. "We don't know how many kids we're going to have, that's the third Friday count in September and also in January. We don't know what the final aid from the state is going to be. We don't know […]
EAST TROY, Wis. (AP) — The Wisconsin music venue tucked away in the rolling hills of Walworth County that has hosted such musical greats as the Rolling Stones, Pearl Jam and the Grateful Dead is for sale. Alpine Valley Music Theatre is also the place where guitarist Stevie Ray Vaughan and four others were killed in a helicopter crash following a performance on Aug. 27, 1990. Now the amphitheater and […]
Thunderstorms packing strong winds knocked down tree limbss and power lines in Waupun Monday causing some power outages. Waupun utilities say more than two dozen trees sustained major damage. Tree limbs across the street blocked traffic on Watertown and Taylor Streets. More than two dozen customers were without power for several hours.
Authorities have released the name of the Waupun man killed in a crash over the weekend on Highway 26 south of Waupun. Investigators say 58 year old Richard Johnson was killed in the crash. The State Patrol says Johnson, was southbound on 26 when he crossed the center line striking a northbound vehicle head-on. The driver of the northbound car, a 16 year old girl from Illinois suffered life threatening […]
The Fond du Lac School District superintendent says he supports new guidelines for the high school newspaper that restore final oversight to the newspaper advisor. An internal committee developed the recommendations after the superintendent implemented a policy earlier this year that gave the principal and superintendent final say before publication. That was in response to an article that focused on the rape culture at the school. Superintendent Dr Jim Sebert […]
ARCADIA, Wis. (AP) — A Wisconsin-based furniture manufacturer has been approved for a $6 million tax credit even though it plans to lay off half its workforce in the state. The Wisconsin Economic Development Corp. board quietly approved the tax credit for Ashley Furniture Industries. It will allow the company to move forward with a $35 million headquarter expansion and keep nearly 2,000 jobs in Wisconsin. According to a staff […]
MILWAUKEE (AP) — Two parties linked to a secret investigation into whether Gov. Scott Walker's campaign illegally coordinated with conservative groups in 2012 are asking a federal appeals court not to release any more documents in the case. The request filed Saturday came after the 7th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals' clerk mistakenly posted four documents online that weren't supposed to be made public. The documents posted briefly Friday contained […]
MILWAUKEE (AP) — U.S. Attorney James Santelle says the federal government is behind gay couples who are suing to have the right to marry. The federal prosecutor for the Eastern District of Wisconsin spoke Monday at a rally in Milwaukee before gay couples and their supporters boarded a bus to Chicago, where arguments will be held Tuesday in Wisconsin's gay marriage case. A federal judge overturned Wisconsin's ban on gay […]