Month: March 2017

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A Republican state senator is questioning a bill that would grant people who overdose on heroin legal immunity.  The measure is one of 11 bills included a special legislative session Gov. Scott Walker called in January to address opioid and heroin abuse. The proposal would ensure someone who suffers an overdose would be immune from having his probation, parole or extended supervision revoked and from being […]

The Fond du Lac County District Attorney says while the spread of methamphetamine is a concern it hasn’t hit Fond du lac County as hard as other parts of the state.  Attorney general Brad Schimel testified at a legislative hearing last month that meth use and abuse is rampant across the state.  Fond du Lac County DA Eric Toney says every county in Wisconsin has different issues.  "I know from […]

A free property monitoring service is now available through the Register of Deeds Office.  Fond du Lac County Register of Deeds, Jim Krebs, says Land Notification is a website that allows residents to monitor their real estate activity.  Krebs says Land Notification can be used to monitor real estate transactions in your name and prevent property fraud.  Krebs says also beginning the first of this year the Register of Deeds […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A liberal advocacy group has asked the district attorneys in Milwaukee and Rock counties to investigate state superintendent candidate Lowell Holtz for allegedly misusing public resources. One Wisconsin Now on Tuesday submitted letters asking for investigations. The request is in reaction to campaign-related emails Holtz sent from his Whitnall public school email account when he was superintendent there. It is against state law to use government […]

WAUKESHA, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin Lt. Gov. Rebecca Kleefisch won't serve as a juror in the homicide trial of an Oconomowoc woman. Kleefisch was struck as a potential juror Tuesday in the trial of Amy Van Wagner, after a judge found that political donations Kleefisch has made to the district attorney's campaign could give an impression of impartiality. Wagner is on trial for being a party to first-degree intentional homicide […]