Month: March 2019

An Oakfield man involved in a traffic crash last week in Dodge County has died from his injuries.   Twenty two year old Nathan Pattee was pronounced dead at Froedert Hospital in Milwaukee.  He was a passenger in a car that collided with a pickup truck February 28 on Highway 60 near Jefferson Road in the town of Rubicon. The driver of the car, 25 year old Tamara Bratten, from Hustisford […]

The Senate Republican leader says the state budget unveiled by Democratic Governor Tony Evers last week is the most left leaning budget he has ever seen during his time in the state legislature.  Senate majority leader Scott Fitzgerald says Evers budget is nine million dollars more than the last budget proposed by former  governor Scott Walker.  Fitzgerald says the governor’s plan to freeze expansion of the private school voucher program […]

The senate Democratic leader says there are a lot of things in the budget that Democrats  have waited eight years to hear.   Senator Jennifer Shilling says Governor Tony Evers’ proposed budget reflects his education background as a former public school superintendent and state superintendent.  Shilling says Republicans who are critical of the governor’s budget are still in denial that a Democrat is in the governor’s office.   Shilling says many of […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Gov. Tony Evers says he is confident a "good budget" for the state of Wisconsin will eventually get enacted, but for now Republicans and Democrats "just need to let the dust settle a little bit."  Evers spoke with reporters Tuesday following a tour of the University of Wisconsin-Madison's Institute for Discovery. Evers' budget introduced last week includes $150 million more in funding for the UW System, […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — State records show 11 of Democratic Gov. Tony Evers' top aides are being paid at least 10 percent more than their predecessors under former Republican Gov. Scott Walker.   The figures were first posted online last week by the conservative MacIver Institute.  In total, 27 of Evers' aides were set to make $3.5 million this year. That is about $200,000 more than the equivalent Walker aides were […]

GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — More cheese, butter and yogurt makers than ever before have entered the U.S. Championship Cheese Contest.  The three-day event started Tuesday in Green Bay. It's considered the largest technical cheese, butter and yogurt competition in the country.  Organizers say there were 2,555 entries this year, an 11 percent increase compared to 2017, the last year the biennial event was held. There were also 29 new […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin Attorney General Josh Kaul has joined his first multistate lawsuit, signing on to an action challenging the Trump administration's attempts to set up obstacles for women seeking abortions.  A coalition of 21 attorneys general, including Kaul, filed the lawsuit Tuesday in Oregon. The lawsuit seeks to block a new U.S. Health and Human Services Department rule barring taxpayer-funded family planning clinics from referring patients to […]

GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — Police say a number of people were injured in a series of crashes involving 30 vehicles on an interstate bridge in Green Bay. All lanes of Interstate 43 on the Leo Frigo were closed Tuesday morning as crews worked to clear the pileup which began shortly before 8 a.m. Police Capt. Kevin Warych says there are multiple injuries, including broken bones.   The bridge reopened at […]

A Fond du Lac man arrested following a shooting incident last month has been charged.  Twenty five year old Mohamed Elmhdati made his initial Fond du Lac court appearance Tuesday on eight counts including first degree reckless injury, recklessly endangering safety and armed robbery.  Bail was set at $100,000 cash.  A preliminary hearing is scheduled for March 15.   Elmhdati  is accused of shooting another man in the leg outside the […]