Month: June 2019

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Republican legislators have sent the state budget to Democratic Gov. Tony Evers' desk.  Assembly Speaker Robin Vos officially transmitted the budget to Evers on Friday. The governor now has six days, not counting Sunday, to sign the spending plan, veto it or use his partial veto powers to revise it. The deadline for action is July 5.  Evers has not said what he might do with the budget.  Vos […]

MILWAUKEE (AP) — A Wisconsin man has pleaded guilty to illegally shipping guns to an Australian weapons dealer using a crate with a secret compartment to fool customs officials.   Andy Huebschmann, of New Holstein, admitted in federal court to sending the Australian dealer pistols, rifles and rifle parts to convert semi-automatic guns into fully automatic weapons.  Huebschmann owns Germantown-based Thureon Defense LLC and is licensed to manufacture and deal guns. […]

A nine year old Rio boy received life threatening injuries in an ATV crash in Dodge County.  The crash happened shortly before 9:30pm Saturday on County M/Rhine Rd in the Town of Emmet.   An investigation shows that a 48-year-old Watertown man was operating an ATV with a child passenger when he lost control of the ATV in the intersection causing the ATV to roll and eject both the driver and the passenger.  The […]

Thousands of people gathered in Waupun this weekend for  that community’s  biggest summer tourism  festival.  Celebrate Waupun was held this weekend  at Tanner Park.  Waupun city administrator, Kathy Schlieve,  says in addition to the 9/11 Never Forget Mobile exhibit, there were several other activities.   "HispanoFest started last year  to really kind of celebrate the growing diversity in our community,"  Schlieve told WFDL news.  "...live music, lots of kids activities."

Free milk in Waupun.   In a span of about three hours, last Wednesday, as many as 500 people left the Kwik Trip in Waupun with 660 gallons of  free milk.  Kwik Trip manager Joe Lunde says 13 local dairies thought it would be a good way to celebrate June Dairy month.  Participating dairies and farms were: Bresser Family Farm, Bruins Dairy, Buwalda Cottonwood Farms, Daane Dairy, Double S Dairy, Hilltop […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Assembly Speaker Robin Vos says he wants to work on legalizing medical marijuana this fall.  Democratic Gov. Tony Evers' state budget would have legalized marijuana for both medical and recreational use. Republicans, however, stripped those provisions along with dozens of other Evers policy proposals from the spending plan.  Vos said Friday Republicans cut Evers' medical marijuana plan because it was "half-handed" and was really about decriminalization.  But he says […]

RACINE, Wis. (AP) — Sheriff's officials have identified the man suspected of fatally shooting a Racine police officer who tried to stop an armed robbery.  The Kenosha County Sheriff's Office said Friday a 26-year-old Milwaukee man is in its jail following his arrest Thursday, a day after Officer John Hetland's funeral.  Authorities say the suspect was arrested in Milwaukee with Hetland's handcuffs. He has not yet been charged. Officials say the […]

MILWAUKEE (AP) — Singer-rapper Lizzo says a security guard tackled two members of her staff to the ground and used hurtful language just moments after her performance at Milwaukee's Summerfest.  Lizzo late Thursday tweeted the guard "slapped and manhandled" her hair stylist and stylist and that she was "out for blood" after he dragged them off the grounds. She called him a "racist bigot" and said he "needs to be in […]