A Fond du Lac man accused of helping to supply the heroin that led to the death of a Fond du Lac County man has reached a plea deal. At a hearing Tuesday in Fond du Lac County Circuit Court Jason Van Norman pleaded no contest to charges of first degree reckless homicide and delivery of heroin. Other drug related counts were dismissed and read into the record. A pre-sentence […]
MILWAUKEE (AP) — The FBI says heroin abuse seems to getting worse in Wisconsin as abusers seek a cheaper alternative to prescription pills such as Vicodin and Percocet. Law enforcement officials have seen a spike in heroin usage since about 2008. The FBI says heroin apparently arrives in Wisconsin by way of Minneapolis, Chicago, and Rockford, Illinois. One hit costs $12 to $15 in Milwaukee and about twice that, due […]
A Dodge County judge has placed an Oakfield man on probation and ordered he spend time in jail for an owi injury crash last summer Dodge County Circuit Court judge Brian Pfitzinger placed 52 year old Bryan Novak on probation for two years with six months conditional jail time for the June 2nd crash that injured a Mayville woman. According to a criminal complaint Novak collided with a vehicle after running a stop sign at […]
The outgoing director of Wisconsin Right to Life says she is hopeful the group’s No. 1 priority next session will be approved. Barbara Lyons says the “fetal pain bill” would ban abortion after 20 weeks. "The bbasis for the prohibition would be that science has proven that an unborn child at that age can feel extreme pain from the abortion procedure," Barbara Lyons said. Lyons says the bill will take […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Gov. Scott Walker's administration is looking at ways to streamline hiring for state jobs to help cope with a looming wave of retirements. Department of Administration spokeswoman Stephanie Marquis says the agency is querying other state agencies to understand why the hiring process can sometimes take as long as four months and find ways to tighten the timeframe. She insists the administration has no intention of weakening […]
After a stormy start to the week and near record rainfall last month…things are looking up for the 4th of July weekend. Back to back storms toppled trees and power lines in southern Wisconsin and flooded streets. But National Weather Service meteorologist Denny Van Cleve says the forecast looks great for people planning picnics and watching fireworks shows across the state. "No chance of precip and a good amount of sunshine," Van […]
MILWAUKEE (AP) — Crews are working to restore power to thousands of customers left without electricity after storms battered southern Wisconsin. At least 115,000 customers of Milwaukee-based We Energies were without power at the peak of the outage. We Energies spokesman Rick White says power has been restored to more than 80,000 customers, but about 36,000 customers were still without electricity Tuesday morning. White says Monday's storm damaged 29 power […]
COLFAX, Wis. (AP) — A weak tornado that struck last week caused more than $1 million in damage to Colfax schools and the district's athletic complex. The Chippewa Herald reports the tornado touched down briefly twice Friday before reaching the building housing the elementary, middle and high schools. Besides causing significant roof damage to the building, the tornado also took out two storage sheds in the athletic complex as well […]
UNDATED (AP) — The state Department of Administration has put together a list of state properties that could end up for sale. The list DOA sent to the state Building Commission on Monday includes underused acreage at the Department of Transportation's Hill Farms building in Madison; a hangar at Dane County Regional Airport; telecommunications infrastructure around the state; Ethan Allen School, a now-shuttered juvenile prison in Wales; the Badger Road […]