Month: April 2015

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin Supreme Court justices disagree about whether there will be a chief justice on the court shortly after 9 a.m. on Wednesday.  That's when the state elections board is scheduled to certify results of the April 7 election. Voters approved a constitutional amendment giving justices the power to select who is chief justice, rather than have it go automatically to the most senior member. Longtime Chief […]

GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — There's a new restaurant at Lambeau Field.  The Green Bay Packers and the team's food and beverage service partner unveiled the atrium restaurant Tuesday called 1919 Kitchen & Tap.  1919 is a nod to the year the team was organized. The Packers say the restaurant should be open by the start of training camp. The restaurant replaces Curly's Pub, which closed in January. The restaurant […]

Fond du Lac resident Andy Land says he’s fine and is still at base camp on Mt. Everest as his climbing team prepares to trek down the mountain.  An exclusive interview with Land can be heard on AM 1170 WFDL’s Between the Lines program. If you missed the interview click here to check it out on demand!

A Fond du Lac mountaineer has made it safely to base camp on Mount Everest.  Fifty two year old Andy Land was trapped at the the first camp, above the Khumbu Icefall, after the earthquake and avalanche Saturday.  His wife Mary Sue talked with Andy Monday morning.  She says Andy and the other climbers were rescued by helicopter and flown back to base camp Sunday.  "He said that they heard […]

A UW Madison geologist and tectonics expert tells WFDL news this past weekend’s earthquake in Nepal is not a surprise.   The magnitude 7.8 earthquake Saturday has killed and injured thousands.   Professor Chuck DeMets says  a major quake in that region of the world had been predicted for some time.  "I wasn't surprised.  The earthquake has been predicted or forecast for a long time and that's a region where historically there have […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Members of the Nepal Student Association at the University of Wisconsin-Madison are brainstorming on how to help relatives and friends in the aftermath of the earthquake that has killed 3,700 in their home country.  Association members met Sunday afternoon to talk about plans for collecting donations and raising awareness of the needs in the devastated country. Many members have family members who were directly impacted by […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court is struggling over when jail officials should be held accountable for using excessive force against inmates who are accused — but not yet convicted — of crimes. The argument comes amid a national debate over how police use force in arresting unarmed suspects. The case involves a Wisconsin man in jail pending trial on drug charges. Michael Kingsley claims officers used excessive force while […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The legal fight over what type of identification Wisconsin voters can show at the polls and be allowed to cast ballots continues. The American Civil Liberties Union and state of Wisconsin are still battling more than a month after the U.S. Supreme Court rejected a constitutional challenge to the state's voter ID requirement. Tthe ACLU wants the state to be required to accept out-of-state driver's licenses […]

L-R:  school board vice president Mark Jurgella, superintendent Dr. Jim Sebert and board president Julie Nett The Fond du Lac School Board has a new look and new leadership.   Julie Nett was elected board president, replacing Elizabeth Hayes.  Mark Jurgella was elected board vice president.  The newest board member, Linda Uselmann, was sworn into office along with Susan Jones who was re-elected  earlier this month.   Nett says she […]