GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — Police in Green Bay have identified the victim of an apparent homicide as a 39-year-old mother of three. Authorities say the body of Krystal Torres-Smith was found Monday in an SUV near the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay. She had been shot multiple times. Investigators are on back on the scene Tuesday where crews could be seen in the waters of Green Bay, using a metal […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The University of Wisconsin-Madison is asking the Legislature to reconsider proposed changes to job protections for tenured faculty that have come under fire from professors and others who see it as putting academic freedom at risk. A lobbyist for UW-Madison was distributing changes Tuesday for wording added to the budget relating to when tenured faculty could be fired. According to the memo from UW-Madison, its proposed […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Republican Assembly Speaker Robin Vos says he wants to see borrowing for state highway projects cut by at least $800 million. Vos said Tuesday that Assembly Republicans have not agreed to an exact amount. How to pay for transportation projects is one of the biggest unresolved issues that's led to an impasse among Republicans who control the Legislature and Walker in reaching a budget deal. Walker […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Republican Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald says he does not think the Legislature is any closer to reaching a deal to break an impasse on the state budget. Fitzgerald said Tuesday that he has not spoken with Republican Assembly Speaker Robin Vos about unresolved budget issues since last week. Fitzgerald says, "I don't know where we're at." Fitzgerald says it's unrealistic not to do any of […]
The Fond du Lac city council president says she thanks an exploratory committee for their work on potential development options at Lakeside Park, but is holding off on any detailed comment until the committee officially presents its recommendations to council later this month. The committee released its draft final report following its meeting last week. Council president LeAnn Lorrigan says she wants to see recommendations that address park utilization throughout […]
Fond du Lac County Sheriff’s investigators say its fortunate nobody was seriously injured or killed in a two vehicle accident in Fond du Lac County. Sheriff’s captain Rick Olig says the car versus farm tractor accident was reported shortly after 8:30am Tuesday on Highway 151 near Highway 26. Olig sys the car driver admitted to looking over at the orange construction barrels near Highway 26 before his car slammed […]
A portion of a downtown Fond du Lac sidewalk is closed as work continues to accommodate a nursing school in the downtown. Public Works director Jordan Skiff says the north sidewalk between the Macy Street Parking Ramp and the Marian Plaza on Main Street is closed due to roofing work occurring at 30 S. Main Street. Skiff says the sidewalk is expected to re-open at the end of the day […]
The portion of County Road “T” starting at County Road “W” in Dotyville and heading east to County Road “G” will be closed starting this week. The closure is expected to last approximately two weeks for culvert replacement work. The road will reopen upon completion of the culvert work a second closure will follow later this summer for the replacement of the pavement. The detour route of County Road “W” […]
Nobody was seriously injured in a two vehicle accident in Fond du Lac County. The car versus farm tractor accident was reported shortly after 8:30am on Highway 151 near Highway 26. The car caught on fire after striking the rear of the farm implement..