MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen says he stands by his decision not to defend Wisconsin's domestic partner registry even though it was one of the toughest he has made in office. The Wisconsin Supreme Court said Thursday that the registry giving limited benefits to same-sex couples does not violate the state's constitutional ban on gay marriage. Van Hollen says that despite the court's unanimous decision, he […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Republican state Assembly Speaker Robin Vos says he does not intend to pursue making Wisconsin a right to work state next session. Vos spoke Thursday after the state Supreme Court upheld the 2011 law known as Act 10, which effectively ended collective bargaining for most public workers. Vos says he remains a backer of right to work, but he does not think this is the time […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Republican Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald says he doesn't know if the state Supreme Court ruling upholding the collective bargaining law known as Act 10 will lead to the Legislature expanding the law. Fitzgerald said Thursday he doesn't know if there will be support to expand the law to cover police and firefighters. The 2011 law effectively ended collective bargaining rights for nearly all public employees, […]
OSHKOSH, Wis. (AP) — The Experimental Aircraft Association says a pilot was killed and his passenger seriously injured when a plane crashed at the Oshkosh airport, where planes taking part in the annual AirVenture convention land. EAA spokesman Dick Knapinksi says the plane went down on the southeast side of Wittman Regional Airport about 9:30 a.m. Thursday. Knapinski says the man piloting the custom-built Breezy aircraft died from his injuries. […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Wisconsin Supreme Court has upheld a requirement that voters show photo identification at the polls, but the law remains blocked in federal court. Thursday's rulings have no immediate impact given that the law was struck down in April by a federal judge in Milwaukee. His ruling is under appeal, and a federal appeals court would have to overturn it for the law to take effect. […]
One person is in custody and investigators are interviewing other people following a burglary at Wendt’s on the Lake. The Fond du Lac County Sheriff’s OIffice was called to the scene on Lakeshore Drive in Van Dyne shortly after 10pm last night. Sheriff’s captain Rick Olig says shortly after the burglary there was an attempted car entry nearby.
Minor injuries reported in a two vehicle accident on the Highway 151 Bypass in Fond du Lac. The accident happened on the Bypass at 4th Street road yesterday.
Two people received non-life threatening injuries after a small airplane crash landed on a small grass airstrip near the EAA in Oshkosh. The crash landing happened about 3 p.m. Wednesday near a campground south of Snell Road near Vinland Road. Oshkosh fire officials say the private plane was attempting to land on a grass runway at the Hickory Oaks Campground, when it lost power. The two occupants were extricated from […]
Former Fond du Lac County sheriff Gary Pucker says the issue over the deputy cards raised by the challenger in the sheriff’s race is a joke. Police detective Bill Ledger has tried to make the deputy cards an issue in his bid to unseat incumbent sheriff Mick Fink. Ledger is angry that Fink decided against issuing the cards to him and a couple of other police detectives after Ledger went […]