Fond du Lac police say an 11 year old boy admitted to police officers that he made up a story about being abducted after attempting to run away from home. The boy’s father called police Monday afternoon to report his son didn’t come home from school. About an hour later police received a call from someone who reported seeing a young child riding a BMX bike in the rain along […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A number of Wisconsin state parks and forests will offer guided New Year's Day hikes. America's State Parks and American Hiking Society are teaming up with state parks around the country to promote so-called First Day Hikes as a healthy way to start 2015. The hikes will be offered at a number of state parks, including Buckhorn, Devil's Lake, Mirror Lake, Harrington Beach, Whitefish Dunes and […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The state Department of Justice is recommending police don't submit evidence from some sexual assault exams to the state crime lab without the victim's consent. The recommendation is part of a plan for the DOJ's Sexual Assault Response Team to ensure sexual assault kits are efficiently distributed, used and sent to the crime lab. The agency estimates local police departments have 6,000 untested kits on their […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources officials say wolf hunters trapped 80 percent of their kills and used dogs to take six animals. DNR carnivore specialist Dave MacFarland told the agency's board Wednesday that hunters killed 154 wolves during the season that ended last week. That's four more wolves than the statewide limit for nontribal hunters. MacFarland said 123 wolves were trapped. Of the remaining 31, 3 […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Local Wisconsin governments are making their case to get more money to pay for roads. A coalition of groups representing Wisconsin towns, villages, cities and counties presented a report Wednesday spelling out how funding has decreased for local roads needs over the past decade, and offers ideas on how to address the problem. Some solutions include making vehicles subject to the personal property tax and allowing […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin hunters killed far fewer deer this gun season than a year ago. The Department of Natural Resources says preliminary figures show 191,550 deer were taken, down 25 percent from last year. The overall buck harvest was a little over 90,000, down about 8 percent from a year ago. The DNR said the biggest drop-offs came in the far north, where tighter restrictions were in place […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin's unemployment rate stands at 5.4 percent in October, dropping slightly from 5.5 percent the previous month. The state Department of Workforce Development reported Thursday that the state added 4,000 private sector jobs over the last month at the same time unemployment went down. The unemployment rate is the lowest since the recession in October 2008. It remains below the national rate of 5.9 percent. The […]
Fond du Lac St. Mary’s Springs has completed an undefeated season by defeating Darlington in the WIAA Division 6 state football championship game at Camp Randall stadium in Madison. The Ledgers built an early lead then had to come from behind before defeating Darlington 37-28. St. Mary’s Springs made its 12th playoff appearance and seventh in a row. It was the Ledgers' fifth finals appearance in six years, having […]
GILE, Wis. (AP) — More than four feet of snow has hit a small Wisconsin village on the Michigan border this week. National Weather Service Meteorologist William Leatham says it started with a low pressure system that caused snow Monday and Tuesday, which helped bring in lake effect snow the rest of the week. Leatham says 50.1 inches fell in Gile. He says it's not unusual for the area to […]