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The Fond du Lac city council will be receiving regular updates from a Lakeside Park Exploratory Committee.  Council president Sam Meyer says the 17 member committee will hold its  organizational meeting before the end of the month.  The committee is  being asked to determine if Lakeside Park can be better utilized for the benefit of city residents, stakeholders and visitors, and if so, how?  The committee may also consider other […]

A Rock County Circuit Court judge is the first announced candidate for a seat on the Wisconsin Supreme Court.  Judge James Daley says he plans to run against justice Ann Walsh Bradley when her term expires next year.  "I chose this course because over the last 20 years I've watched the decisions coming out of our Supreme Court and justice Bradley has consistently been in the group of folks who […]

Attorney Oliver Diaz, a former Mississippi Supreme Court justice is worried Wisconsin is going the way of other states that he says have surrendered an independent judiciary to the influence of largely out of state money on judicial elections.   Diaz went from being a Supreme Court Justice to being indicted but later acquitted, on federal mail fraud and bribery charges because of his long standing opposition to the influence […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Turnout in Wisconsin's primary election appears to have fallen below projections.  State election officials predicted turnout would be 15 percent of the voting-age population. But based on preliminary totals only 10 percent showed up to vote. Final totals won't be known until early next week after all the votes are canvassed.  Four years ago when there were competitive Republican and Democratic primaries for governor turnout was […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin state Assembly Speaker Robin Vos says the Assembly will be more conservative as a result of Tuesday's primary election.  Vos said Wednesday that Republican candidates who emerged from the primary believe the state is headed in the right direction and supported Act 10, the law that effectively ended collective bargaining for most public workers. Republicans currently hold a 60-39 majority in the Assembly and are […]

MILWAUKEE (AP) — One state senator leads another by only 214 votes in the Republican primary for Wisconsin's lone open congressional seat, a margin that would allow a free recount.  The Associated Press called the race for Glenn Grothman on Tuesday night but uncalled it Wednesday after more votes came in for Joe Leibham and the margin shrank.  Grothman was leading Leibham by just three-tenths of a percentage point Wednesday […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Gov. Scott Walker says voters will have a clear-cut choice when deciding in November whether to vote for him or Democratic challenger Mary Burke.  Walker spoke Wednesday after Burke easily advanced in the Democratic primary Tuesday.  Walker says he will be laying out an optimistic vision for the state, while also drawing a contrast with Burke. Walker on Wednesday released a new television ad that talks […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A federal judge has denied a request by Wisconsin's attorney general to put on hold his decision blocking the state's voter identification law from taking effect. U.S. District Judge Lynn Adelman on Wednesday denied Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen's request for a stay of his April order blocking the photo ID law. Adelman says he is denying the request because Van Hollen's likelihood of winning the […]

HAYWARD, Wis. (AP) — Many hunters will be able to use a crossbow for the first time in Wisconsin. The Natural Resources Board on Wednesday approved a crossbow hunting season to run concurrent with the archery season, which runs from mid-September until the end of November or beginning of December, depending on the year. Hunters of all legal ages and physical abilities can use crossbows to hunt deer and other […]