Construction on a new bike path to complete a city-wide bike loop in Fond du Lac is expected to begin sometime next year. The Fond du Lac city council is directing city staff to apply for a state grant to construct the path on the city’s south side. Public Works director Jordan Skiff says the new path addresses a significant gap in the city-wide bike loop in the Camelot Drive […]
MILWAUKEE (AP) — Owners of the Milwaukee Bucks are releasing their plan for a new $500 million arena that they say would anchor a much larger entertainment district in downtown Milwaukee. The Bucks owners on Wednesday talked about their plans for 30 acres of largely vacant land adjacent to the existing arena, the BMO Harris Bradley Center, which opened in 1988. The proposed plan by owners Wes Edens, Marc Lasry […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Democrats are renewing their call for significant changes to Gov. Scott Walker's budget proposal, including reducing a $300 million cut to the University of Wisconsin System and spending more money on public schools. The four Democrats on the budget-writing Joint Finance Committee sent a letter Wednesday to the Republican co-chairs of the committee asking for a series of changes in light of comments from the public […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin Supreme Court Chief Justice Shirley Abrahamson has filed a federal lawsuit to try to ensure she is not removed from her post. Abrahamson filed the lawsuit Wednesday, a day after voters approved a constitutional amendment changing the process for selecting the chief justice. For the past 126 years the position has gone to the most senior member of the court. The amendment lets the seven […]
A Ripon man has been charged in connection with a fatal car versus motorcycle accident in Fond du lac County last summer. Travis Hartman made his initial Fond du Lac court appearance Tuesday on a charge of homicide by negligient operation of a motor vehicle. Hartman is free on a three thousand dollar signature bond. A preliminary hearing is scheduled for June 18th. According to a criminal complaint Hartman […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A Republican legislator says he's considering crafting a bill that would increase state compensation for wrongful convictions. Currently, state compensation is limited to $5,000 per year of incarceration with a $25,000 maximum payout. Rep. Dale Kooyenga of Brookfield said Wednesday outside an informational hearing detailing the work of the Wisconsin Innocence Project, which works to clear the wrongfully convicted, that he hoped to introduce a bill […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A Wisconsin state board has prohibited its employees from working on global warming issues on state time, including the daughter of the founder of Earth Day. The Board of Commissioners of Public Lands voted 2-1 on Tuesday to institute the ban. Republican State Treasurer Matt Adamczyk, one of the board members, proposed the ban. He said he believes board Executive Secretary Tia Nelson worked on global […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Mini-shots of hard alcohol will soon be offered at liquor and grocery stores in Wisconsin under a bill Gov. Scott Walker has signed into law. The Distilled Spirits Council announced Wednesday that Walker had signed the measure in a private ceremony. The measure easily passed the Legislature with bipartisan support. Retailers with liquor licenses will be able to offer customers no more than one half-ounce of […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Wisconsin Natural Resources Board has voted to maintain a three-walleye daily limit in the Ceded Territory of northern Wisconsin. The state is replacing a system that adjusted the limit yearly depending on how many walleye were taken by Chippewa tribes in the region. Citizens had asked for a more predictable system. The old system varied from lake to lake and applied only to lakes declared […]