MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin Attorney General Brad Schimel is hosting an open government summit this week, just weeks after he spoke out against proposed changes to the open records law that would have kept many government records private. Schimel says that he wants to update the state's open records law for the first time since 1981 to better reflect government officials' use of modern technology. The meeting Wednesday is […]
MILWAUKEE (AP) — Officers armed with rifles and Department of Natural Resources staff carrying tranquilizer guns searched a ravine and surrounding neighborhood for an elusive lion-like animal after police were among those who spotted big cat in Milwaukee. Police called in canine units as they searched thick bushes near Lincoln Creek Sunday. Curious citizens joined in the search, even though police warned residents to stay away from the area where […]
NECEDAH, Wis. (AP) — Wildlife specialists have hope for the population of endangered whooping cranes in Wisconsin, despite a high mortality rate for the young chicks. A record 24 cranes hatched from 37 nests in Wisconsin this year, but only three chicks have survived so far. If those chicks survive to the fledging stage, the count will tie with a previous record of three surviving fledglings from 2010. Whooping cranes […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin's nonpartisan elections and ethics oversight board created under a broad bipartisan deal now faces elimination by Gov. Scott Walker and Republican legislators upset with a series of its decisions. They question the Government Accountability Board's involvement in a secret investigation into Walker and other conservative groups that the Wisconsin Supreme Court earlier this month declared unconstitutional. Even former Republican Sen. Mike Ellis, who helped broker […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A Madison man accused of killing his developmentally disabled son then attempting to take his own life at an area park has died. Authorities say Friday that 47-year-old Theodore Peterson died from "self-inflicted trauma." Authorities say Peterson killed his 16-year-old son, Maxwell, at Token Creek County Park on Tuesday then tried to kill himself. A passer-by found them along a park trail. Search warrants say the […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker has finalized his senior presidential campaign team. The Republican said Friday that he'd finalized nearly two dozen positions. Michael Grebe, a longtime Walker confidante and president of the Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation, will serve as campaign chairman. Rick Wiley, a former political director for the Republican National Committee, is Walker's campaign chairman. Ed Goeas, president of the Tarrance Group who has […]
GRANTSBURG, Wis. (AP) — A small Wisconsin town is saying goodbye to a Marine killed in the recent attack on a Navy-Marine reserve center in Chattanooga, Tennessee. A dozen members of a Marine Corps honor guard stood watch as fellow Marines carried the coffin of Sergeant Carson Holmquist into Grantsburg Senior High School for a public visitation Saturday. The 25-year-old Holmquist grew up in the northwestern Wisconsin town of 1,300.
A proposed McDermott Park lease agreement between the city of Fond du lac and Winnebago Lutheran Academy is on hold. Public Works director Jordan Skiff said in a memo to the advisory board two major discoveries could alter the discussion surrounding the proposal. A portion of the park where the proposed athletic fields were planned is designated as a floodway, making matters complicated and costly. Skiff said WLA may also […]
As many as nine people were injured in a four vehicle crash east of Fond du Lac Friday afternoon. The crash happened shortly after 4pm on Highway 23 between 7 Hills Road and County Highway W. Sheriff’s captain Rick Olig says the crash involved an SUV, semi and two other vehicles. "There were two eastbound vehicles, a semi tractor trailer and an SUV. The SUV pulled out to pass, there was […]