A Fond du Lac man has been convicted in the shooting death of a Beaver Dam man. Twenty one year old Nigel Schultz pled guilty to First Degree Intentional Homicide in the death of Bradlee Gerke of Beaver Dam. According to a criminal complaint shortly after being released from prison for a previous felony, Schultz shot Gerke 16 times in the back of the head and torso and buried Gerke in a shallow grave. Schultz told […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin Republican lawmakers find themselves in an unusual position, advocating for a bill they've introduced that broadens birth control access. Anti-abortion groups that are typically their allies are firmly against the measure, which would allow pharmacists to prescribe birth control pills. A public hearing on the bill was set for Wednesday in the Assembly Health Committee. The measure gives Republicans a chance to argue they are advocating for […]
Fond du lac High School students will have a once in a lifetime opportunity to learn about the cultures in South America and Japan. The Fond du lac School Board has approved a science adventure field trip to Ecuador in South America and a field trip to Japan. Superintendent, Dr. Jim Sebert, says the trip to Ecuador will be in June 2021, and to Japan in the summer of 2022. Sebert says the […]
The Campbellsport police chief says a Social Security phone scam this week had a new twist. The caller claimed he was with the Campbellsport Police Department. Police Chief Tom Dornbrook says a Campbellsport resident says he received a call from someone initially claiming to be with Social Security who told the victim his Social security number had been hacked, and the hackers were using the money to buy vehicles to […]
The Dodge County Sheriff’s Office is asking for the public’s help in locating a Huber inmate walk away. Sheriff Dale Schmidt says 36 year old Valerie S. Thorsen was serving a 180-day sentence with Huber privileges at the Dodge County Jail for Contempt of Court when she failed to return to the jail from a pre-approved appointment. Anyone with information about Thorsen’s whereabouts is asked to call the Dodge County Sheriff’s Office. Thorsen […]
A retired Ripon College political science professor says there were no blockbluster revelations during this week’s testimony by former special counsel Robert Mueller. Mueller testified this week before the House Judiciary and Intelligience committees on his two year probe into Russian interference in the 2016 election. Retired Ripon College political science professor Marty Farrell says he doesn’t know if this is the end of the chapter as Republicans want, but also doesn’t believe there […]
VERONA, Wis. (AP) — Dane County sheriff's deputies say a bicyclist has died after crashing into an SUV in the Town of Verona. The collision happened shortly before 4 p.m. Sunday when the 56-year-old female bicyclist missed a stop sign at an intersection and struck a Ford Escape. She was pronounced dead at the scene. The 34-year-old woman driving the Ford Escape was not injured.
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Democratic lawmakers on Tuesday worked to generate momentum for a bill calling for civil servants to draw legislative district boundaries, insisting it's the right time to pass the measure after the U.S. Supreme Court killed a lawsuit challenging Wisconsin's Republican-drawn boundaries. The measure faces major obstacles given that the GOP controls both the state Senate and Assembly. The Legislature currently draws district boundaries after every U.S. census […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Assembly Republicans and the state Elections Commission want Democratic voters to pay $64,351 in costs after a U.S. Supreme Court ruling last month negated the voters' lawsuit challenging Republican-drawn legislative boundaries. The voters filed a federal lawsuit in 2015 alleging maps the GOP drew in 2011 unconstitutionally consolidated Republican supporters. The Supreme Court ruled in late June that federal judges have no role in gerrymandering […]