Month: January 2024

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Democrats are appealing a judge's dismissal of their lawsuit as they once again seek to allow Wisconsin voters to return absentee ballots in drop boxes, bringing the challenge one step closer to the liberal-controlled state Supreme Court.  Absentee ballot drop boxes were barred in Wisconsin in 2022 following criticism by former President Donald Trump.  Attorneys for the national Democratic firm the Elias Law Group filed notice Tuesday that it […]

With sturgeon spearing season right around the corner above normal temperatures are in the forecast for the foreseeable future. National Weather Service meteorologist Denny Van Cleve says high temperatures are expected to be close to 10 to 15 degrees above normal into next week.    "We were expecting it to be a mild winter with El Nino.  It's not unusual to get a warm-up in winter but to have these […]

The Dodge County Sheriff says a high speed chase over the weekend reached dangerous speeds in foggy conditions.  A DeForest man was clocked in  excess of 130 miles an hour early Sunday morning on state Highway 60 east of Columbus.  Sheriff Dale Schmidt says fortunately the suspect eventually pulled over and nobody was hurt.  "Very unfortunate those individuals make those decisions to flee,"  Schmidt told WFDL news.  "Fond du Lac County (chases) […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A Wisconsin judge ruled Tuesday that state regulators can force factory farms to obtain permits before they discharge pollutants, ensuring protections continue to apply preemptively for lakes, streams and drinking water.  Calumet County Circuit Judge Carey Reed issued the decision from the bench in a lawsuit brought by factory farm lobbyists, finding the state Department of Natural Resources has clear legal authority to protect the state's waters.  “This […]

MADISON, Wis. – Tax-related identity theft involves the theft and misuse of your Social Security number (SSN). It generally happens in one of two ways: someone uses your SSN to get a job and their employer reports that person’s income to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) as if it were yours, or someone uses your SSN to file for your tax refund. You may not even know your identity has […]

MADISON, Wis. –  The Wisconsin Department of Justice (DOJ) Office of School Safety (OSS) today kicked off the first of eleven Behavioral and Threat Assessment Management (BTAM) trainings around the state of Wisconsin. These trainings are designed to provide school administrators, school mental health professionals, security personnel, community partners, and law enforcement with an understanding of why threat assessment is an important part of violence prevention in schools.   “We must […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin Democratic Gov. Tony Evers on Tuesday vetoed a redistricting proposal that the Republican-controlled Legislature passed last week in a last-ditch effort to avert the drawing of legislative boundaries by the state Supreme Court.  The veto came a day after five of Wisconsin’s Republican members of Congress, along with the GOP-controlled Legislature, asked the newest liberal member of the state Supreme Court not to hear a lawsuit that seeks […]

A Taycheeda Correctional Institution inmate accused of killing her cellmate last summer has made her initial court appearance.   Twenty eight year old Taylor Sanchez is charged with First Degree Intentional Homicide in the death of 68 year old Cindy Schulz-Juedes.   Juedes was found unresponsive in her cell at TCI July 20th with head injuries.  According to a criminal complaint Sanchez hit and kicked Juedes because she was hearing voices telling […]

Two Fond du Lac County committees are considering a naming rights donation proposal for a new music stage at the Fond du Lac County Fairgrounds.  The county finance and ag and ed committees meet Wednesday afternoon to consider whether to accept a $300,000 donation from the National Exchange Bank Foundation for naming rights for the stage, and a $375,000 donation from the city of Fond du Lac for construction of the […]