MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Milwaukee County officials have released more than 227,000 pages of emails and other documents related to a probe of Gov. Scott Walker's aides and associates when he was county executive. It's the fifth such release of information prosecutors seized from county and personal computers during the investigation that ended in 2013. Walker wasn't charged but six others were convicted on counts ranging from theft to misconduct […]
Nobody was injured after Fond du Lac police received a call that a man was threatening to shoot himself yesterday. Police surrounded a home on West Follett Street after receiving a report that a man armed with an assault rifle was making threats to harm himself. There was also a concern that a young child was in the home. A man was later taken into custody without incident.
A Milwaukee woman accused of killing a Town of Fox Lake man in August has made her initial Dodge County Circuit Court appearance. Bail was set at 500 thousand dollars cash for 30 year old Kriscilla McHenry. She's charged with first degree intentional homicide in the death of 43 year old Michael Soeller. According to a criminal complaint, Soeller was stabbed 38 times at his Town of Fox Lake apartment. […]
FOND DU LAC, Wis. (AP) — The 6th Congressional District in Wisconsin will see a change in the leadership style it's grown accustomed to when Rep. Tom Petri retires after more than three decades in public office. The longtime Republican lawmaker will retire after his last day in office on Wednesday. He says his approach has been to help others in the hope that more will follow. Republican Glenn Grothman […]
A Republican state lawmaker from Markesan says she is confident the state can continue to provide tax relief even with a looming budget shortfall. A Legislative Fiscal Bureau analysis released last week showed Wisconsin's state budget would be $824 million short just to continue the current level of services. It looked only at what it would cost the state to continue funding levels over the next two years at their […]
MAPLE BLUFF, Wis. (AP) — Gov. Scott Walker says property taxes can still be cut next year, even though the state faces a $2.2 billion budget shortfall. Walker told The Associated Press in an interview Monday that he's focused on cutting property taxes, not income taxes, in the budget he will present to the Legislature likely in early February. But Walker is vague when explaining how he plans to balance […]
MAPLE BLUFF, Wis. (AP) — Gov. Scott Walker says he doesn't expect many front-line state employees will be affected by his plans to reorganize duties at several state agencies. Walker told The Associated Press on Monday that he expects most of the consolidation to come in top-level positions like secretaries and their deputies. Walker says he is looking at shuffling duties at the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation, the Wisconsin Housing […]
MAPLE BLUFF, Wis. (AP) — Gov. Scott Walker says he's "willing to look" at changing from nonpartisan to partisan the board that oversees elections in Wisconsin. Walker told The Associated Press on Monday that he will work with both Republicans and Democrats on possible changes to the Government Accountability Board. The board is made of former judges and has been the center of criticism lately from Republicans who control the […]
MAPLE BLUFF, Wis. (AP) — Gov. Scott Walker says he doesn't see his consideration of a run for president as a distraction as he works on solving a $2.2 billion state budget shortfall. Walker told The Associated Press on Monday that he views his thinking about a 2016 presidential run differently from a possible debate of right-to-work legislation. Walker has repeatedly said that debate would be a distraction from his […]