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Get our free mobile app A Wisconsin judge will serve a seven day suspension after admitting to misconduct. The Wisconsin Supreme Court, who handed down the suspension, said his behavior had a significant detrimental impact on the public's view of the judiciary. Judge Scott Woldt - Screen shot from video in story "Winnebago County Judge Scott Woldt used "undignified, discourteous and disrespectful language unbecoming of a judge" and showed "an open disregard of (his) obligation to observe the public in a fair, reasoned, impartial and courteous way," the Wisconsin Supreme Court ruled in a decis...

The mother of accused killer Steven Avery died Thursday morning of dementia Dolores Avery was 83 and had always maintained her son's innocence Steven was convicted in the 2005 death of Teresa Halbach and is now serving a life sentence in Wisconsin prison His case was the focus of the Netflix docuseries 'Making a Murderer,' which cast doubts on the motives of the police investigating Halbach's death He is now waiting for a decision on his case from the Wisconsin Court of Appeals

Fire crews are battling an active fire at the Whiting Mill in Menasha as of 10:20 p.m. Sunday, according to Neenah-Menasha Fire Rescue.  At 8:31 p.m., Urban Suburban Fire Incident Reporting tweeted that there was a "major paper mill fire with exposure" on the 100 block of River Street. The mill is located at 100 River Street.  "Another great loss to Menasha history, the Whiting Mill is up in flames," Menasha Mayor Don Merkes said in a Facebook post. "NM Fire is on scene protecting neighboring properties." The mill is located on a strip of land between the canal and Fox River near the b...

Appleton Post-Crescent APPLETON - An electronic sign on North Richmond Street is again likely to produce outrage, displaying a homophobic slur and images of former Wisconsin Sen. Joseph McCarthy.   The sign, on a building at 200 N. Richmond St., displays a picture of the infamous politician from Appleton and a series of messages that read "Where did the f-----s ... Put My Head?" ... "I'm Joe McCarthey (sic)" ... "I was right."  The "head" in the message might be a reference to the bust of McCarthy, which was dedicated in 1959 at the Outagamie County Justice Center. After on-and-off di...

And on one Friday afternoon in 1984, a newly constructed water tower in Ashwaubenon was used to add fuel to an age-old rivalry.  A couple of days before the Green Bay Packers were scheduled to play the Chicago Bears, the tower near Lambeau Field was painted with a message that, as the Green Bay Press-Gazette put it, being tongue in cheek, "leaned towards the Chicago Bears." In big, simple letters the tower declared "Go Bears." According to a Press-Gazette clipping, a construction crew from Chicago was working on the tower earlier in the day. Water towers have a way of garnering attention a...