KENOSHA, Wis. (AP) — School officials in Kenosha, Wisconsin, released surveillance footage that shows an off-duty police officer putting his knee on a 12-year-old girl’s neck to restrain her amid a lunchtime fight. The Kenosha Unified School District released redacted footage of the March 4 fight on Friday. It shows a Kenosha officer who was working as a security guard intervening in the fight and scuffling with the girl. He […]
WAUKESHA, Wis. (AP) — A judge has set an October trial date for a Milwaukee man accused of driving his SUV into a Wisconsin Christmas parade last year, killing six people and injuring dozens. Waukesha County Circuit Judge Jennifer Darow during a hearing Friday scheduled Darrell Brooks Jr.'s trial to begin Oct. 3 and run through Oct. 28. Darow also acknowledged she knows the father of the one of the […]
The Fond du Lac School Board has approved the hiring of five individuals as part of an administrative reorganization plan designed to boost student achievement. Fond du Lac School District superintendent, Dr. Jeff Fleig, says High School principal Matt Steinbarth has been selected as the Chief of Schools and Educational Accountability. "Matt's primary job is to oversee the day to day operations of our schools, work with principals day to […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Republican candidate for governor Rebecca Kleefisch is proposing shifting some election-related duties from the bipartisan Wisconsin Elections Commission to the state Department of Justice. Kleefisch is a former lieutenant governor under Scott Walker who supports dissolving the commission that Republicans created and that Walker signed into law. Another Republican running for governor, former Marine Kevin Nicholson, also wants to do away with the elections commission, but […]
Nobody was injured and the Fond du Lac County Sheriff's Office is investigating following an incident that forced a lockdown at Amity School Thursday afternoon. According to a Sheriff's log shortly after 12:30pm Thursday two 8th grade students were throwing items at a teacher and roaming the halls. Staff and students were placed in a temporary lockdown until the situation was resolved.
A Marquette Law School Poll survey of adults nationwide finds that Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and former President Donald Trump run equally well against Democratic President Joe Biden in hypothetical 2024 matchups, although Biden leads both Republicans. Poll director Charles Franklin says in a head-to-head matchup, DeSantis is supported by 33%, while Biden is supported by 41%. A substantial 18% say they would support someone else, and 8% say they would not vote. In a Trump […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A member of the Department of Natural Resources policy board is suggesting that the agency's new wolf management plan not include a specific population goal. The DNR's current wolf management plan dates back to 1999 and sets out a population goal of 350 animals. The DNR's latest population estimates, compiled over the winter of 2019-20, totaled about 1,030 animals. Wolf hunt supporters have used the 350-animal […]
The City of Fond du Lac Park’s Division has announced the opening of the McDermott Park Outdoor Skating Rink. The rink is currently open every day from 8:00 am to 10:00 pm through the middle of March, weather permitting. The Warming Shelter with restrooms will be open on Saturdays and Sundays from 12:00 pm -5:00 pm. Restrooms will be open during the week from 8:00 am to 2:30 pm. Lights will be available for the […]
WASHBURN, Wis. (AP) — Authorities are searching for a snowmobile driver who veered into a highly touted sled dog team in northern Wisconsin and injured two of the dogs, including one that ran the Iditarod last year. Ryan Redington, the Alaskan musher and two-time winner of the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon, was out with his dogs on the Tri-County Corridor trail in Bayfield County at 6:45 p.m. Saturday when […]