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MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The state Justice Department's crime labs processed DNA test results faster in 2022 despite receiving hundreds more cases, according a report released Thursday.  The department's annual crime lab performance report shows the labs received 4,347 cases involving DNA analysis last year. The labs completed the analysis in 3,715 cases, with testing taking an average of 84 days.   That's an improvement over 2021. The labs took on 3,612 […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Wisconsin Elections Commission has declined to vote on whether the top elections official should appear before a state Senate hearing on her reappointment. It's the latest in an ongoing fight over who will lead elections in the critical battleground state ahead of the 2024 presidential race. Meagan Wolfe will decide whether she will testify in front of Republicans who are trying to force a vote […]

A $50,000 Powerball winning ticket was sold at Pick N Save on 6760 W. National Ave. in West Allis for the Wednesday, August 16 drawing. The winning ticket matched four of five numbers (9-11-17-19-55) plus the Powerball (1).  The West Allis Powerball win is the third big Powerball prize won in August so far. On August 9, a   100,000 Powerball winning ticket was sold at Kwik Trip in Luxemburg and on August 7, a $50,000 Powerball winning ticket was purchased at […]

Before Justin Vernon burrowed in the woods to make the music that became the Grammy-winning Bon Iver, he had an indie folk band with his childhood buddies that changed their lives forever.  DeYarmond Edison, a moniker taken from Vernon's actual middle names, lasted a mere two years. It evolved from the high school act Vernon played with brothers Brad Cook and Phil Cook in Eau Claire, Wisconsin. The split came suddenly in 2006 in Raleigh, […]

Wisconsin governor Tony Evers visited the Fond du Lac School District this week to help with  the Fondy CARES (Community Access Responding and Empowering Students)  School-Based Mental Health Kick Off event.   The governor spoke at the Goodrich Little Theater, on his theme of   “what's best for our kids is what's best for our state—that includes supporting student and youth mental health.”   In the 2022-23 school year alone, the Fondy CARES program provided 7,312 […]

Advisory for PM2.5 & Ozone (Orange/Red) Start Date/Time: Thursday, August 17 - 6:00 am CDT End Date/Time: Monday, August 21 - 6:00 am CDT Counties: Statewide Comments: Smoke originating from wildfires in Canada will move into the state from the northwest Thursday morning and travel south southeast throughout the day. The PM2.5 air quality index (AQI) is expected to range from the UNHEALTHY FOR SENSITIVE GROUPS (USG) level to the […]

One person was injured and transported to the hospital with minor injuries following a t-bone collision at a Fond du Lac intersection.  The crash happened shortly before 2:30pm Wednesday at the intersection of 6th Street and Park Avenue.  The collision sent a car into a house on the corner of the intersection.

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The former director of Wisconsin’s court system who was fired by liberal state Supreme Court justices the day after they gained control of the panel has filed complaints against his replacement and the justices who voted to oust him. In complaints filed Tuesday, Randy Koschnick argues that the Milwaukee County judge appointed to replace him is not eligible to serve as director of state courts until […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Ada Deer, an esteemed Native American leader from Wisconsin and the first woman to lead the Bureau of Indian Affairs, has died at 88. Deer's godson Ben Wikler, chair of the Democratic Party of Wisconsin, confirmed Wednesday that Deer had died in hospice care of natural causes on Tuesday evening. Deer was born on a Menominee reservation in Keshena, Wisconsin, in 1935. She was influential in […]