MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A team of "Sweet Scientists" from the University of Wisconsin-Madison has become the latest winner of "The Amazing Race." Amy DeJong and Maya Warren won $1 million and beat out three other teams in the last leg of the race from Manila in the Philippines to Los Angeles. The finale of the CBS show's 25th season was broadcast Friday night. In the show, Warren jumped from […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Transportation officials say traffic fatalities are continuing to decline across Wisconsin and are on track to account for the lowest number of road deaths since 1943. As of Wednesday, Wisconsin Department of Transportation Data showed there have been 480 fatalities so far this year, compared to 527 in 2013. David Pabst, director of the department's bureau of safety, says officials are hopeful there will be less […]
Over 100 children from low-income families will be outfitted with brand-new winter coats thanks to Fond du Lac Firefighters. Fond du Lac firefighters have partnered with Operation Warm, a national, non-profit organization that has provided new coats to 1.5 million children in need. Firefighters fundraise to personally fit each child, help select their favorite color, and write their name in the interior tag of their new coat, which reads, “Made […]
A town of Empire man has been convicted of sexually assaulting a teenage girl. As part of a plea agreement Jeffrey MacMillan pleaded no contest to three counts of second degree sexual assault of a child. Six other counts of sexual assault of a child, exposing a child to harmful materials and administering a dangerous drug and a dozen counts of a felon in possession of a firearm were dismissed […]
WAUKESHA, Wis. (AP) — A judge says two Wisconsin girls accused of stabbing a classmate to please the fantasy character Slender Man are both competent to stand trial. Prosecutors charged both girls with attempted first-degree intentional homicide in the attack in May in Waukesha. According to court documents, the girls plotted for months before attacking their friend in a park. All three girls were 12 at the time. Judge Michael […]
Emergency 911 service were restored late Thursday afternoon to multiple southern Wisconsin counties after an outage that began around 9 a.m. Service was restored at around 4 o'clock Thursday afternoon. Authorities say 911 emergency phone service was down in five Wisconsin counties. Frontier Communications says a fiber cable was cut, affecting 911 phone service and high speed internet access in western Dodge, Juneau, Columbia, Adams and Marquette counties.
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin ranks 32nd in private-sector job growth for the 12-month period ending in June. The latest figures were reported Thursday by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. They show that Wisconsin grew private-sector jobs between July 2013 and the end of June this year by 1.45 percent. That lags the national average of growth at 2.3 percent. Wisconsin ranks 32nd nationally and behind Michigan, Indiana, Iowa, […]
OSHKOSH, Wis. (AP) — Oshkosh Corp. says it has another order from the U.S. Army to make tactical vehicles and trailers. The company said Thursday the contract for 256 medium tactical vehicles is worth $67 million. The vehicles are to be delivered next year and 2016. Oshkosh Corp. says it has delivered more than 22,000 trucks and 11,000 trailers to the Army since 2010. The vehicles are used by the […]
Fond du Lac County Sheriff Mick Fink has been dismissed as a defendant in a federal civil rights lawsuit filed by the sister of a Fond du Lac woman charged in the murder of her husband. Tina Ewell filed the lawsuit in federal court in August after she was held in jail for two weeks without charges while authorities searched for evidence against her. Ewell and her sister, Eve Nance, […]