A suspended Campbellsport volunteer firefighter accused of sexually assaulting a child has made his initial court appearance. Thirty four year old Nicholas Benzing is charged with Second Degree Sexual Assault of a Child. Bail was set at $25,000 cash. He is accused of touching a girl inappropriately. Benzing is due back in court April 3rd for a preliminary hearing.
The cause of a fire that destroyed a barn in Dodge County remains under investigation. Firefighters were called to the scene on Jersey Road in the town of Trenton Tuesday night to find heavy flames and smoke. The barn housed Country Barn Ceramics. No injuries were reported.
The Fond du Lac School District superintendent says he supports a bill that reverses changes to state testing standards made under state superintendent Dr. Jill Underly. Fond du Lac School District superintendent Dr. Jeff Fleig says he hopes the governor signs the bill if it gets to his desk. "When you're trying to improve you can't keep moving the goal line," Dr. Fleig told WFDL news. Dr. Fleig says he […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Republican-backed candidate for Wisconsin Supreme Court race who has received the support of Elon Musk said Wednesday that it's more concerning that his Democratic-supported opponent is benefiting from donations by liberal philanthropist George Soros. “I don’t think these two things compare,” Brad Schimel told reporters. “I don’t think they equate at all.” The race for ideological control of the battleground state's highest court is nonpartisan in name only, with Republicans […]
Art created by students at Fond du Lac’s elementary schools will be the feature of the March Langdon Divers Community Gallery exhibit at the Fond du Lac Public Library. The pieces were created in honor of Youth Art Month. Elementary art teachers from the Fond du Lac School District have chosen more than 200 pieces of student artwork to display in collaboration with the Fond du Lac Public Library at […]
WASHINGTON – Today, Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations Chairman Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) and Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) sent a letter requesting Attorney General Pam Bondi and FBI Director Kash Patel to investigate potential criminal leaks to the media of sensitive and classified information ahead of the 2024 presidential election. The senators are also requesting Bondi and Patel investigate former Assistant Special Agent in Charge, Timothy Thibault, and his associates’ potential breach […]
MADISON, Wis. – Attorney General Josh Kaul today joined a coalition of 23 attorneys general in filing an amicus brief asking the U.S. Supreme Court to act to protect a key provision of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) that guarantees access to critical preventive care for millions of Americans. Attorney General Kaul and the coalition urge the U.S. Supreme Court to reverse a lower court’s decision stating that the structure of […]
A Missouri woman pleaded guilty on Tuesday to federal charges in connection with what prosecutors called a “brazen” attempt to fraudulently put Elvis Presley’s Graceland estate up for auction. Lisa Jeanine Findley is accused of concocting a plot to defraud Presley’s family by trying to auction off his Graceland mansion and property, before a judge halted the mysterious foreclosure sale. Findley, 53, initially pleaded not guilty to the charges in the […]
The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday ordered a new trial for Oklahoma death row inmate Richard Glossip, in light of allegations that the state withheld evidence related to its main witness. The ruling is a major win for Glossip, whose conviction in the 1997 murder-for-hire plot of Barry Van Treese has been called into question by the state attorney general after new evidence emerged in recent years. Glossip has been […]