MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A Democratic state representative from central Wisconsin is conceding she lost her seat in last week's elections. Preliminary results from Tuesday's contests showed 85th Assembly District incumbent Mandy Wright of Wausau trailing Republican challenger Dave Heaton by 86 votes. Wright said Tuesday the official canvass shows she lost by 84 votes. She said a recount probably wouldn't change the outcome and she didn't want to put […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The state Department of Natural Resources has reversed course and released nearly all the names of employees who were disciplined last year. An Associated Press review of DNR discipline records obtained through an open records request in March found the agency sent 26 letters reprimanding, suspending or terminating employees in 2013. The agency redacted all the employees' names, saying they weren't needed to satisfy the public's […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — This year's Wisconsin state Capitol Christmas tree is a 40-foot balsam fir from a Pelican Lake farm. Gov. Scott Walker announced Wednesday that the tree to stand in the rotunda of the Capitol this December hails from the farm of Dennis and Kim Schoeneck. Walker says the theme of tree this year will be "Honoring Wisconsin's Veterans." School children across Wisconsin make the ornaments for the […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A judge has declined to release videos of Republican attorney general hopeful Brad Schimel speaking at training seminars while his earlier decision saying they should be made public is appealed. Dane County Circuit Judge Richard Niess (nees) ruled Monday that the state Department of Justice's rights to appeal his ruling making the tapes public would be irreparably harmed if he allowed them to come out now. […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin election officials are predicting a little more than half of the state's voting-age population will go to the polls next week. The Government Accountability Board officials said today it expects about 2.5 million people will vote Tuesday. That's about 56.5 percent of the 4.3 million people in Wisconsin old enough to vote.
A 13-year-old Fond du Lac boy remains in serious condition at Children’s Hospital in Milwaukee after he was struck by a car while riding his bicycle. Police say Grant Corbin sustained head injuries in the crash and is listed in serious condition at Children’s Hospital.. Fond du Lac Assistant Police Chief Steve Klein said Corbin failed to stop for a red light on Western Avenue and collided with a vehicle […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The liberal Center for Media and Democracy is asking the Internal Revenue Service to investigate the conservative group at the center of the John Doe investigation into Gov. Scott Walker's 2012 recall campaign. The Wisconsin Club for Growth filed as a tax-exempt organization in 2011 and 2012 and told the IRS it spent nothing for political purposes. The Center for Media and Democracy's complaint says the […]
Dodge County sheriff's officials say a Rottweiler that killed a 7-year-old boy was owned by his family. The dog attacked Logan Meyer last Friday evening at a Town of Hustisford residence. A 911 caller said the boy was bleeding profusely. Authorities say dispatchers talked the child's mother through CPR. The boy died at the scene despite life-saving efforts by first responders from several agencies.
On October 15, 2014 at 6:08 PM the Dodge County Sheriff’s Office responded to a one vehicle roll over crash on Hickory Point Road in the Town of Westford. Investigation revealed that a 2000 Ford F250 truck was north bound on Hickory Point Road when the driver lost control. The truck went into the ditch and overturned. The driver and sole occupant (Paul L. Minnig, 47 years of age from […]