MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A federal judge has given prosecutors, a conservative group and two unnamed parties more time to review what documents could be unsealed in a secret investigation into whether Governor Scott Walker's campaign and right-leaning organizations violated campaign finance law. On Tuesday, the parties involved filed a joint motion asking to extend the deadline to July 17th. The judge granted the motion this afternoon.
Traffic is expected to pick up Thursday afternoon as residents leave home for the long Fourth of July holiday weekend. A Triple A survey projects about a two percent increase in holiday travel compared to last year. AAA spokesperson Pam Moen says the majority of travelers, more than eight in 10 will travel by automobile, the highest level since 2007. On the downside, Moen says travelers will likely pay the highest gas […]
The Fond du Lac County Sheriff’s Office will be out in force on land and on the water during the 4th of July holiday weekend. Sheriff’s Captain Rick Olig says peak travel times are expected to be Thursday afternoon and evening and again Sunday afternoon and evening. Olig says the department’s boat patrol will also be on Lake Winnebago.
Fond du Lac residents have an opportunity to see a warbird during a rare flyover this Independence Day holiday weekend. Retired Navy Lieutenant Commander Ron Roen has arranged an AT-6 flyover of Fond du Lac for Sunday afternoon. Roen says the AT-6 will make an initial approach around 2:30pm Sunday, weather permitting. Roen says the plane will approach from the south on Main Street, flying north about 1,000 feet over Veterans […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — President Barack Obama is stepping up pressure on states that have refused to expand Medicaid eligibility. The White House Council of Economic Advisers has released a report saying expansion in Wisconsin would mean health coverage for an additional 120,000 people in 2016. The report says expansion would lead to 11,200 new jobs by 2017 and result in nearly $2.6 billion in additional federal spending in Wisconsin. […]
OSHKOSH, Wis. (AP) — A Wisconsin man's boast about selling high-quality heroin has led to a homicide charge in a fatal overdose. Twenty five year-old Patrick Schreck, of Oshkosh, was charged June 16 with first-degree reckless homicide in the 2012 death of 44-year-old Stephen Hidde, of Appleton. A criminal complaint says Schreck was charged after boasting to another inmate at the Winnebago County Jail that he sold the best heroin […]
A Waupun man accused of stealing a vehicle to drive to Milwaukee to buy heroin has been charged. Twenty one year old Joshua Gierach, is charged with burglary, operating a motor vehicle without the owner’s consent, misdemeanor theft and bail-jumping. According to a criminal complaint, Gierach told Waupun police he used heroin before allegedly breaking into a State Street home and stealing jewelry and a car and drove to Milwaukee to buy more […]
WAUKESHA, Wis. (AP) — Doctors say one of two 12-year-old girls accused of stabbing a classmate to please a fictional online horror character is not competent to stand trial. The doctors' reports have not been made public, but attorneys said Wednesday that a doctor for the state of Wisconsin and a doctor hired by the girl's defense agree that she is not mentally competent. Prosecutors have asked for further evaluation […]
A month after a major liquid manure spill at a Fond du lac county dairy farm the Fond du lac County Department of Public Health says no additional water testing is necessary. On May 26th an estimated 50,000 gallons of liquid manure spilled at Lake Breeze Dairy into nearby Pipe Creek…making its way into Lake Winnebago. Public health officer Kim Mueller says the surface water of Pipe Creek has been […]