Month: April 2015

A new state law is taking effect that greatly expands the collection of DNA samples by law enforcement officials.  Local police are now required to take DNA from anyone arrested for a violent felony and send the sample to the Wisconsin Department of Justice. The agency won't process the samples until a judge finds probable cause that a crime was committed.  Waupun Deputy police chief Scott Louden says he thinks […]

GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — Shoppers in Brown County will soon have a little extra cash in their wallets.  The Green Bay-Brown County Professional Football District Board says the half-percent sales tax imposed nearly 15 years ago for Lambeau Field bonds and maintenance is coming to an early end.  Unlike the Miller Park tax which includes five counties around the Milwaukee area, the Lambeau tax was only in Brown County. […]

LA CROSSE, Wis. (AP) — A Lutheran pastor has resigned in La Crosse days after an email threatening rape and laced with expletives was sent from his home account to a Milwaukee blogger.  Liberal Milwaukee activist and blogger Claire Van Fossen posted the email on social media. Van Fossen says the threat was one of many emails she received after criticizing police on her independent blog.  The Rev. David Wendt […]

TWO RIVERS, Wis. (AP) — Authorities say five students on a field trip were hurt when a tree fell on them at a Wisconsin nature center.  The students were sitting on bench at Woodland Dunes Nature Center in Two Rivers when a willow fell Wednesday afternoon. The tree was 20 to 30 feet tall.  The students were on a field trip with Bethany Lutheran School in Manitowoc. All five were […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Gov. Scott Walker's promise of a "big announcement" on April Fool's Day turned out to have nothing to do with presidential politics.  Walker, widely expected to compete for the GOP presidential nomination, took to Twitter to promise his followers big news at 10 a.m. on Wednesday.  At the appointed hour, Walker tweeted his support for the Wisconsin Badgers, who play top seed Kentucky on Saturday in […]

An Eden man convicted of attacking and  trying to disarm a sheriff’s deputy is going to prison.  At a hearing Tuesday afternoon Fond du lac judge Peter Grimm sentenced 22 year old Colton Obrien  to six years in prison and 11 years of extended supervision.  "It was certainly a significant incident, anytime someone reaches for a police officer's gun,"  Fond du Lac County District attorney Eric Toney told WFDL news […]

A Fond du Lac man convicted in a shooting incident is going to prison.  At a hearing Tuesday afternoon Fond du Lac judge Peter Grimm sentenced 23 year old James Tucker Junior to 11 years in prison followed by six years extended supervision.  Fond du Lac police chief Bill Lamb is satisfied with the sentence.  "We're very pleased with the sentence, we commend the court,"  Lamb told WFDL news.  "This […]