MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A wildlife expert says a Republican bill aimed at allowing Wisconsin residents to feed deer may have fatal implications for the animals. The bill would allow counties with chronic wasting disease to resume baiting and feeding the animals after three years if no new cases turn up. Current state law prohibits baiting and feeding in counties where infected deer are found as well as in adjacent […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A state hearing examiner says a prison guard who bullied a colleague who later committed suicide was properly fired. The Wisconsin Employment Relations Commission examiner cites an internal investigation following the guard's death in which dozens of staffers were interviewed at Oakhill Correctional Institution. Examiner Stuart Levitan found Oakhill failed to investigate or properly respond to allegations of bullying and harassment among staff at the Fitchburg […]
MAINE, Wis. (AP) — Officials in two Wisconsin towns are looking at their options if they end up incurring more than $3 million in debt of a neighboring village. The towns of Texas and Maine could take on the village of Brokaw's assets and debt if it decides to dissolve. A paper mill left Brokaw in 2011, and its water utility now costs much more to operate than it brings […]
Fond du Lac High School’s Special Education department was recently awarded a grant of $350 from the Meemic foundation. The grant will be used to purchase age-appropriate audio books to be used for a weekly book club held during Cardinal time which is coordinated by the special education students’ regular education peers. Shown here are special education department staff members Kelly Auchue, Paula Suemnicht, Charles Laird (Meemic representative), Alica Konen, […]
A suspect in the cold case homicide of Berit Beck has been charged with her murder. Dennis Brantner made his initial Fond du lac Court appearance Monday afternoon on a charge of first degree murder. Bail was set at $1 million cash. Brantner was arrested Friday at his home in Kenosha. Fond du Lac County Sheriff Mick Fink says Brantner’s fingerprints were found on several items in Beck’s van. The […]
Fond du Lac firefighters quickly extinguished a grass fire that started in the ditch off Highway 41 in Fond du Lac. Fire Dpeartment’s Troy Haase says the fire was in the ditch along the northbound lanes of 41 just north of Highway 151. "It was a pretty good (size) fire it ended up being a few acres, probably spread a few hundred feet along the road and then it went […]
A Fond du lac landmark restaurant will be featured on Wisconsin Public television next month. The emmy-nominated show Wisconsin Foodie will feature Schreiner’s restaurant in their final episode of the season April 14th. The show's host, Kyle Cherek, says Schreiner’s is a slice of Americana and a destination point for decades for motorists traveling the state along Highway 41. "Its one of the most amazing restaurants we have in […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court has turned away an appeal from a Wisconsin pastor convicted of conspiracy to commit child abuse for advocating the use of wooden rods to spank children. The justices had no comment on their order Monday rejecting Philip Caminiti's appeal of his 2012 conviction for urging church members to use so-called "rod discipline" on babies and toddlers. Caminiti argued that prosecutors violated his religious freedom […]
KIEL, Wis. (AP) — The young trooper killed in a confrontation with a bank robbery suspect in Fond du Lac has being laid to rest. A private funeral service for 21-year-old Trevor Casper, attended by family and members of the Wisconsin State Patrol was held Monday in Kiel. Hundreds of people packed into Kiel High School for a memorial Sunday. Casper died last Tuesday in an exchange of gunfire […]