MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Wisconsin Assembly has passed a bill that would outlaw using GPS to track someone without their consent. Rep. Adam Neylon's bill would make placing a GPS device on another person's vehicle without consent or collecting information from a GPS device that has been placed without consent a misdemeanor punishable by up to nine months in jail and $10,000 in fines. The bill creates exceptions for […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin Republicans have unveiled a new bill to restrict John Doe investigations after prosecutors used the process to go after GOP Gov. Scott Walker. John Does are the Wisconsin equivalent of grand jury investigations where information is gathered in secret and tightly controlled. Since Walker took office in 2011, prosecutors in Milwaukee and the Government Accountability Board have used the process to investigate Walker's aides when […]
An international sailing competition is being held in eastern Wisconsin on a frozen Lake Winnebago. The World Ice and Snow Sailing Championships bring ice and snow sailing enthusiasts from 11 countries to compete in three disciplines: kites, wings and sails. The group's president Will Tuthill says the amateur event is the longest running international racing event in the history of windsurfing, hand-held sails and kites. It's the third time the […]
An arrest warrant has been issued for a Sheboygan man charged with vandalizing a veteran’s memorial in Brandon. Fifty two year old Joseph Ross is charged with criminal damage to a memorial that honors the dead. The warrant was issued this week after Ross failed to appear in Fond du lac County Circuit Court for a motion hearing. Brandon police chief Tom Dornbrook says Ross was arrested in December […]
The Fond du Lac County parks director says a new fish cleaning station will be a welcome improvement at Columbia Park…just north of Fond du Lac on Lake Winnebago. The Fond du Lac County board has authorized the county to apply for a DNR grant to pay for half of the $90,000 project. Parks director Sam Tobias says the facility will be a 10 by 20 foot open air shelter. […]
The Fond du Lac County Board has approved the issuance of nearly five million dollars in general obligation promissory notes to help pay for several projects. The projects include renovating County Highway I which runs next to Highway 23, purchasing land for a new county garage, the UW Fond du lac energy project, and new human services software. County executive Al Buechel says low interest rates make it cheaper to […]
Scammers and thieves stepped up their efforts to steal your money or identity last year. Wisconsin Department of Ag, Trade and Consumer Protection spokesman Jim Dick tells WFDL news identity theft complaints saw a double digit increase in 2014. Dick says overall complaints filed by Wisconsin consumers were up more than ten percent and four out of the top five categories of consumer complaints all saw substantial increases. Telemarketing complaints […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Lawmakers say Wisconsin infants should be tested for more deadly diseases during newborn screenings. Sen. Julie Lassa, D-Stevens Point, and Rep. Todd Novak, R-Dodgeville, announced their effort Wednesday. The proposed bill, called Collin's Law, would require adding to newborn screenings a test for Krabbe disease along with five others that target the nervous system. The disease is an inherited disorder that usually appears within a baby's […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Minority Democrats in the state Assembly have unveiled an agenda for the upcoming session that includes raising the minimum wage and bolstering tax credits and grants. Minority Leader Peter Barca, a Kenosha Democrat, says the plan is designed to jumpstart personal income growth in the state. The agenda includes bills that would raise the minimum wage to $10.10; create grants for businesses with paid internships; expand […]