SHEBOYGAN, Wis. (AP) — A large-scale search for a missing 7-year-old Sheboygan girl ended when the child showed up for school. Dozens of volunteers had gathered Tuesday morning to continue a search for Lilleona Rose Badtke. The girl never made it home after school Monday, prompting police and volunteers to search well into the night. The Sheboygan Area School District issued a statement Tuesday that said the girl arrived safely […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Opponents of Wisconsin's voter photo identification law have again asked the U.S. Supreme Court to block the mandate from taking effect. The American Civil Liberties Union and allied groups have filed a federal lawsuit challenging the requirement. The 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled last month the law could go into effect while it pondered the case. The court decided the case on Monday, finding […]
MILWAUKEE (AP) — The legal director of the American Civil Liberties Union of Wisconsin says the U.S. Supreme Court's decision not to hear Wisconsin's gay marriage appeal is a "watershed moment" for same-sex couples and the nation. The Supreme Court on Monday rejected appeals from five states seeking to prohibit same-sex marriages, paving the way for ceremonies to start in Wisconsin, Indiana, Oklahoma, Utah and Virginia. ACLU legal director Larry […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — State health officials say the number of confirmed cases of enterovirus 68 has climbed to five in Wisconsin. The Wisconsin Department of Health Services says most of the cases involve children, many with asthma or wheezing. Mild symptoms include a cough, runny nose, fever and muscle ache. The department did not have information on the ages, towns or genders of the five patients. Across the country, […]
Fond du lac police say the victim in a weekend shooting incident Is not cooperating with investigators. A Fond du Lac man received non life threatening injuries when he was shot in the leg in the 300 block of North Seymour Street early Sunday morning. Assistant police chief Steve Klein says a preliminary investigation has determined that there was an argument before shots were fired. "One of the frustrating things […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The director of a conservative group wants a prosecutor investigating whether right-leaning organizations illegally coordinated with Gov. Scott Walker's campaign to ask a judge to appoint a special investigator to look into whether the probe is political. Milwaukee County District Attorney John Chisholm helped start the so-called John Doe investigation in 2012, looking for evidence conservative groups, including Wisconsin Club for Growth, illegally coordinated with Walker's […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Unemployment fell in every Wisconsin city and county last month. The state Department of Workforce Development reports today that unemployment dropped in all of the 32 largest cities and in all 72 counties in August compared with July. The state's overall unemployment rate in July was 5.6 percent, the lowest it's been since 2008.
MILWAUKEE (AP) — A spokesman for the Archdiocese of Milwaukee says mediation in its bankruptcy case has ended without a deal with sexual abuse victims and others owed money. A second round of talks started Monday in Minnesota. Archdiocese spokesman Jerry Topczewski said in an email Tuesday afternoon that it had ended without an agreement. Attorneys for the archdiocese, victims of clergy sexual abuse and others involved in the case […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A civil rights group has filed a lawsuit seeking recognition of gay couples who married in June after a judge struck down Wisconsin's ban on same-sex marriage. U.S. District Judge Barbara Crabb found the ban was unconstitutional. Hundreds of gay couples married before Crabb put her ruling on hold pending appeals a week later. The 7th Circuit Court of Appeals upheld Crabb earlier this month but […]