MILWAUKEE (AP) — In a plaza outside the Milwaukee Brewers' ballpark stands a 12-foot statue. Not one that honors a baseball hero, but one that is dedicated to the workers who built Miller Park, including the three who lost their lives when a huge crane collapsed during construction on this day 15 years ago. Jeffrey Wischer, William DeGrave and Jerome Starr were killed on July 14, 1999 when their man […]
RACINE, Wis. (AP) — U.S. Rep. Paul Ryan has set a new personal record for fundraising. Ryan raised $1.6 million in the quarter that ended June 30. It is the most the Republican congressman has ever raised in a quarter. Ryan was first elected to Congress in 1998. He ran for vice president in 2012 and is frequently mentioned as a possible presidential contender in 2016. This year has seen […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Tesla Motors has settled a lawsuit alleging the company sold a defective electric car to a Wisconsin doctor. The deal calls for the California-based company to pay Franklin physician Robert Montgomery nearly $127,000 to cover the car's cost, his taxes and his attorney fees. Montgomery filed the lawsuit in Milwaukee County Circuit Court in April alleging his 2013 SP Sedan was in the shop for more […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A moratorium on a historic tax credit program in Wisconsin announced three weeks ago over concerns about how expensive it had become is being partially lifted. The Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation placed a moratorium on the program after costs for the tax credits grew from the original estimate of $4 million to more than $35 million. WEDC spokesman Mark Maley said Monday that the moratorium will […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A federal appeals court in Chicago will hear arguments in challenges of gay marriage bans in Wisconsin and Indiana's on Aug. 13. Federal judges in both states have struck down the bans as unconstitutional. The 7th Circuit Court of Appeals consolidated the Wisconsin and Indiana cases on Friday and put them on the fast track. The court separately rejected a request by Wisconsin Attorney General J.B. […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin wildlife officials are warning hunters, trappers and sturgeon spearers the application deadline for fall and winter season permits is approaching. Anyone planning to participate in fall turkey, bobcat, fisher, otter, wolf or upriver lakes sturgeon seasons must submit their permit applications by Aug. 1. People can buy applications through the DNR's online licensing center, authorized license agents or at DNR service centers. They also an […]
Another liquid manure spill has been reported in Fond du lac County. County executive Al Buechel says the spill was reported by Vir-Clar Dairy shortly after 9pm Saturday. An estimated 1,000 gallons of liquid manure spilled onto Fourth Street Road shortly after 8:30pm Saturday. Buechel says no evacuations were necessary and no injuries ere reported. The spill clean-up was done in house by Tausch Custom Work. That’s the same firm that was responsible for the Memorial […]
Dredging work in Fond du Lac’s Lakeside Park is almost done. Public Works Director Jordan Skiff says crews should have the project completed in the next couple of weeks. The sludge has been dumped at Lakeside Park west.
The Dodge County Sheriff’s Office has added an emergency rescue vehicle to its fleet. The Caiman armored vehicle was obtained with the help of a 1033 federal grant. Sheriff Pat Ninmann says the value of the vehicle is estimated at $733,000. Ninmann says the vehicle will be used in natural disaster situations and to protect officers and In some cases medical personnel who are making rescues in a dangerous location.