MILWAUKEE (AP) — Wisconsin Republicans have filed a complaint with the state elections board, accusing the Democratic candidate for attorney general of misconduct in a sexual assault case. GOP Executive Director Joe Fadness says in the complaint that Susan Happ avoided charging the man who bought her house in 2009 until he paid off his debt. Happ is the district attorney in Jefferson County. Her office agreed in March to […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A spokesman for Democrat Mary Burke says no changes will be made to her campaign proposals, hours after Burke said at a news conference that she would cite any material that needs attribution. Republicans have accused her of plagiarism. Burke spokesman Joe Zepecki said Thursday that where cites are appropriate, they have been made. Sections of Burke's jobs plan were identical to proposals put forward by […]
MENASHA, Wis. (AP) — University of Wisconsin Colleges and Lawrence University have signed a formal partnership agreement to make transferring easier for students. The Appleton-based liberal arts college will provide specialized advising, registration, financial aid information and orientation opportunities to students who decide to transfer from one of the state's 13 two-year campuses. Lawrence University president Mark Burstein says those students will also receive a $20,000 scholarship. Potential transfer students […]
DURAND, Wis. (AP) — Eight Durand students are hospitalized and dozens of others are sick with a gastrointestinal illness. Health officials say test results from at least one person confirm a common foodborne illness called Campylobacter infection that causes flu-like symptoms. Most of the 30 to 35 sickened students are on the football team. Five of the eight football coaches are also ill. School officials say about 150 middle and […]
MANITOWOC, Wis. (AP) — A Manitowoc woman is accused of beating and scalding her 5-year-old son who has Down syndrome. A probable cause affidavit says the Manitowoc County Sheriff's Department received a call from health care providers at Aurora Medical Center Monday who said the boy had been brought to the center with heavy bruising on his back and scalding burns over half of his body. The affidavit says the […]
One person was killed and three people were injured in a two vehicle accident in Dodge County. The accident happened at 8:30pm Wednesday on Highway 60 at Highway 26 near Clyman. According to the State Patrol a vehicle driven by a 62 year old Beaver Dam man collided with a vehicle driven by a 25 year old Allenton woman. A 24 year old male passenger in the second vehicle was […]
The Fond du Lac County Board has approved using sales tax revenue for local economic development. After meeting in closed session this week the board voted in favor of appropriating $50,000 in county sales tax revenue to the Fond du Lac County Economic Development Corporation Revolving Loan Fund. County executive Al Buechel says since the sales tax was passed the county has put more than $2.3 million in the loan […]
The Fond du Lac Lakeside Park exploratory committee has selected a facilitator. Committee Chair John Short says UW extension agent Diana Tscheschlock has agreed to act as a facilitator for the group. "We're very pleased that she agreed to do that," Short told WFDL news. "She has experience in that area, she is an MSW social worker, a community natural resource economic development educator for county extension." Tscheschlock’s first question […]
The American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network says a new poll shows an overwhelming majority of Wisconsin residents favor a half hour of daily physical education in school. The poll found more than 88 percent of Wisconsin voters favor increasing the physical education requirement in schools. Cancer Action Network government relations director Sarah Sahli says the network hopes a bill will be reintroduced in the next session of the […]