MENOMONIE, Wis. (AP) — Authorities say four people found slain in an abandoned SUV in a western Wisconsin cornfield had been shot and were all from Minnesota. Dunn County sheriff's officials said Tuesday autopsies showed the two men and two women died of gunshot wounds. Authorities don't have a suspect or motive and believe the victims were randomly brought to the cornfield. A father of one of the victims said […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — About 100 people who believe ongoing Republican-ordered investigations into the 2020 presidential election in Wisconsin aren't broad enough are pressuring the state’s GOP legislative leadership to approve a more expansive review. The group backing a “full forensic physical and cyber audit” includes the Republican chair of the Assembly elections committee, Rep. Janel Brandtjen, and Republican Rep. Tim Ramthun. They both spoke at an event Friday outside […]
There is a new class pet up for adoption in Wisconsin classrooms: calves. The Adopt a Cow pogram from the Dairy Farmers of Wisconsin works to pair dairy farms with primarily elementary-age classrooms and allow classrooms to “adopt” a calf on the farm. Sara Ladwig works for Farm Wisconsin in Newton. "I think it's a great idea," Ladwig told WFDL news. "...its a great hands-on experience whether it's virtual, in-school they […]
BUTLER, Wis. (AP) — Former Wisconsin Lt. Gov. Rebecca Kleefisch launched her campaign for governor by likening herself to former President Donald Trump and deriding the Democratic incumbent as a weak failure. Kleefisch is seeking to take on Gov. Tony Evers next year in a top race for Republicans who control the Wisconsin Legislature but have been blocked by the Democratic incumbent. Kleefisch told a couple hundred supporters Thursday that […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Gov. Tony Evers has named Anne Sayers as the state tourism secretary, a post she’s held as interim director since November. Sayers replaced Sara Meaney who resigned from the post amid speculation that Republicans were going to fire her. Sayers had been deputy secretary under Meaney since 2019 when Evers took office. Evers on Thursday praised the job Sayers has done over the past nine months, […]
WEST BEND, Wis. (AP) — Family members have identified the inmate killed in the Washington County Jail last month. Relatives of 23-year-old Jalen Proft, of Germantown, say they are looking for answers and accountability from law enforcement. Sheriff’s officials say the inmate was in jail on a probation hold from the Wisconsin Department of Corrections for two days when he was brutally attacked in his cell by another inmate on […]
Nobody was injured in a fire that damaged a garage in Waupun. Smoke and flames were visible when firefighters arrived on the scene at 516 Grace Street about 11:15am Friday. Fire chief B.J. DeMaa says it appears a lightning strike may have started the fire.
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — “Making a Murderer” subject Steven Avery has appealed his latest unanimous legal defeat, asking the Wisconsin Supreme Court to take the case. The 59-year-old Avery filed the request Wednesday. Avery is serving a life sentence for the 2005 killing of photographer Teresa Halbach. The case became the focus of a popular Netflix series whose creators raised questions about the convictions of Avery and his nephew, Brendan […]
On August 15, 2021 at 8:24 pm the Fond du lac County Sheriff’s Office, North Fond du Lac Ambulance, Van Dyne Fire Department and First Responders were dispatched to single motorcycle crash on County Road RP/Van Dyne Road south of Cemetery Road in the Township of Friendship, Fond du Lac County. The motorcycle was traveling northbound on County Road RP/Van Dyne Road when the driver lost control of motorcycle and […]