Month: October 2017

A former secretary at a Waupun school has been convicted of stealing money from two school accounts.   Kathleen Schwark  pleaded no contest to an amended misdemeanor charge of theft in a business setting.   Waupun Police Chief Scott Louden says Schwark stole the money from the schools’ sunshine and soda accounts while working as a secretary at Meadowview Primary School.  Louden says Schwark admitted to investigators that she took the money […]

RADISSON, Wis. (AP) — Authorities say an improperly installed furnace may have caused the apparent carbon monoxide poisoning deaths of a couple and their 4-year-old grandson in northwestern Wisconsin.  A caller reported three unresponsive people on Sunday. Authorities found two adults and a child dead in the home in the small town of Radisson.  The victims are identified as 61-year-old Steven Michael Ryan, 60-year-old Carolyn Marie Rindahl and their 4-year-old […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A proposal that would make it more difficult for the public to see footage captured on police body cameras is up for a vote in a Wisconsin Assembly committee.  The measure up for committee approval Tuesday is opposed by open records advocates who argue it is too restrictive and will make it nearly impossible for the public to see video captured on policy body cameras.  Supporters […]

CHETEK, Wis. (AP) — Barron County sheriff's officials have confirmed the deaths of a man, woman and teenage girl in Chetek are a case of murder-suicide.  Sheriff Chris Fitzgerald said Monday 55-year-old John Hengst fatally shot 55-year-old Brenda Turner and her 17-year-old daughter Natalie Turner at their Chetek home Friday night before taking his own life.  Autopsy results show all three each died from a single gunshot wound. Fitzgerald says […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Gov. Scott Walker is meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.   Walker is in Israel for a trade mission. His office issued a news release saying he met with Netanyahu one-on-one in Jerusalem for an hour on Monday. The release said they discussed issues facing Israel and how to bolster the relationship between the country and Wisconsin. He release didn't offer any details.  Walker also participated […]

Two dozen Wisconsin lawmakers have sent a letter to the Wisconsin congressional delegation urging them to support J-1 students.   Republican state representative Joan Ballweg of Markesan says ‘the letter urges support for the summer work and travel program and resist any changes that could result from president Trump’s “Buy American and Hire American” executive order.   Ballweg says cities like Wisconsin Dells depend on J-1 students to fill the high workforce […]

Political observers say it remains to be seen how far up the chain of command an investigation into alleged collusion between the Trump campaign and Russia goes.  President Donald Trump says alleged misdeeds by his former campaign chairman were "years ago" and insists there was "NO COLLUSION"  between his 2016 campaign and Russia.   Retired Ripon College political science professor Marty Farrell says whatever the final outcome is this latest development […]

DARIEN, Wis. (AP) — House Speaker Paul Ryan says he knows indictments of President Donald Trump's former campaign chairman and an associate are big news, but he's still not going to comment on it.  Ryan told reporters Monday in Wisconsin that he's not commenting because he hasn't read the indictments.  Ryan says, "It's big news but this is what you get from a special counsel. ... I really have nothing […]