TOWN OF WINNECONNE, Wis. (AP) — The body of a missing fisherman has been recovered from a lake in Winnebago County. The body of 52-year-old Roger Inderdahl was found near the east shore of Lake Winneconne Wednesday night. The Weyawega man had been missing since Monday when he went fishing. His empty boat was later found running in circles on the lake.
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin has appealed a federal judge's ruling from last month striking down the state's ban on same-sex marriages. Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen filed the appeal today. The judge ruled on June 6th that the ban was a violation of gay couples' equal protection and due process rights. More than 500 gay couples got married in the state before the judge put her ruling on hold.
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen says the state elections board does not have to turn over its investigative records to auditors. Van Hollen said in a Thursday legal opinion that the Government Accountability Board does not have to provide investigative records to the Legislative Audit Bureau. He says state law does not specifically authorize the board to do that. The audit bureau is currently conducting […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen says high school students who take University of Wisconsin classes offered in their schools for college credit can't be charged tuition. Van Hollen said in the opinion released Thursday that state law requires the state Department of Public Instruction to determine who pays for the classes. The state budget allowed high school students to enroll in up to two courses from qualified […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Wisconsin Republican Party is accusing Democratic gubernatorial candidate Mary Burke of being a hypocrite for saying she wants to outlaw campaign donations from outside the state. GOP executive director Joe Fadness says Burke is a hypocrite because she got roughly $1.1 million in donations this year from outside Wisconsin. Burke's spokesman Joe Zepecki says Burke's opposition to outside money was an opinion shared by "roughly […]
On July 10, 2014 at 12:37am the Fond du Lac County Communications Center received a 911 call from N5724 Fairvew rd in the Township of Lamartine from a female party by the name of Janet Voskuil stating she needed help and then the phone disconnected. Upon arrival, deputies observed the residence fully engulfed in fire and the home owner Janet Voskuil standing outside the residence. The structure is a total […]
A committee to study potential development at Lakeside Park is expected to be formed before the end of the month. At their meeting Wednesday evening the council discussed having the 15 member committee selected by their July 23rd meeting. The council and Advisory Park board will make the selections with the top 15 making the committee. More than 40 Fond du Lac residents applied to serve on the committee. The initial idea was to explore […]
Summer is officially underway, but for a lot of Wisconsin communities the lingering effects of a brutally cold winter are still being felt. National Weather Service meteorologist Gene Brusky says the extremely rare near total freeze over of the Great Lakes this winter has left Lake Michigan ten degrees colder than it usually is this time of year. Brusky says its still having an impact on out weather. "With an easterly flow over […]
After missing for almost nine months, Ronald McDonald is back in Ripon. Ripon Police say over the weekend they worked with the Green Lake County Sheriff’s office after a Ripon resident reported seeing a six foot tall Ronald McDonald statute at a campground in Green Lake County. Green Lake County Officers found the statute at a campsite and questioned the individuals present. They stated they found him abandoned in some […]