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A five-day jury trial has been scheduled next June in Fond du Lac County Court for a 24-year-old Fond du Lac man suspected of trying to kill his 51-year-old mother.
Luis Antonio Sevilla Benavidez is charged with attempted first-degree intentional homicide, mayhem and aggravated battery.
During a hearing Thursday, a plea and sentencing hearing was scheduled for January 13th.
If Sevilla Benavidez maintains his innocence during that hearing, a five-day jury trial is scheduled to start June 7th.
charges them from a brutal stabbing in Fond du Lac last March 21st.
According to the criminal complaint, Sevilla Benavidez had been drinking and became angry when he was asked to turn some music down.
Later, he attacked his mother with a knife.
She suffered 26 stab wounds.
According to the Department of Homeland Security, Sevilla Benavidez is in the country illegally.
A Fond du Lac County court on Monday scheduled a jury trial for a man accused of possessing a quote significant amount on quote of child sexual abuse materials.
On December 1st of 2025, investigators executed a search warrant at the home of Jeffrey Riggs, now 67.
He was arrested without incident a few weeks later on December 22nd after an analysis of his electronic devices.
Riggs pleaded no contest to 10 charges of possession of child porn with each charge
carrying a maximum 25 years in prison.
His two-day trial is scheduled to start March 8th of 2027.
After Riggs' attorney entered not guilty pleas to fondle on County Court, schedule a plea and sentencing hearing for October 5th indicating a plea deal is expected to be worked out over the next few months.
Riggs remains free on $100,000 bond.
Oshkosh is pursuing a new ordinance that would prohibit smoking in parks at special events and near city-owned buildings.
Oshkosh Common Council has the final decision.
It'll likely decide at its next meeting on November 17th.
City Manager Rebecca Grill and Council Member Joe Stevenson said they received regular complaints about smoking in parks and other public places.
If the Common Council approves this, it would prohibit smoking in any city park, smoking on the road next to a park,
within 25 feet of any city-owned building and smoking at or within 25 feet of any special event held on public property like the farmer's market.
Open House Square in downtown Oshkosh is among the city's parks.
A violation would result in a fine between $100 and $250.
The official said littering was a big part of the smoking ban proposal.
The park's advisory board unanimously approved the ordinance.
Health officials confirmed a case of measles in Shono County.
The case may have exposed the measles to others at the Marshfield Medical Center, Western Emergency Department on November 5th between 1.30 and 3.30 p.m.
The Shono Monomony County's Health Department and the Wisconsin Department of Health Services continue to investigate the case and identify people who may have been exposed and notify them directly.
People who are at most risk are those who are not vaccinated or don't know their vaccination status.
If you're unsure if you're vaccinated against measles, contact your health care provider or local or tribal health department.
If you develop symptoms, call your health care provider before going into the clinic.
Last week, an infant in southwest Wisconsin died because of measles and the number of measles cases in the state are rising.
The Fond du Lac County Board last week got an idea of what it will cost the county to build a new jail.
Kurt Berner of the Samuels Group gave a presentation during the Board's meeting Thursday.
The least expensive option would be to build a new Fond du Lac County jail near the highway garage at an estimated $215 million.
The downtown Fond du Lac option across the street from the current jail would be closer to $240 million.
A skywalk to connect the two buildings would be $8.5 million.
The estimate to build a new jail and Sheriff's Office at the Highway Garage site is $249 million.
A full-blown justice facility and juvenile detention center would be over $360 million.
County Executive Sam Kaufman says county listening sessions about the new jail will be held in January with a final decision by the county board sometime next year.
Thanks to a career pathways grant, Fox Valley Technical College will be able to offer courses for
agricultural essential certificate at its Wautoma campus.
Bob Nelson has more for Civic Media News.
Mary Fronic is the department chair of the agribusiness agronomy and animal science program.
She says you need to take four courses for the certificate and the first an introduction to agribusiness will be offered in the spring.
These are for individuals in high school right now or even those out working that are looking to learn more about agriculture.
She says the course offers some basics on getting started in agribusiness.
A little bit of career planning so making sure that we have our interview skills and our resume and cover letters up to date and then we really dive into the heart of it which is understanding how an agribusiness runs.
Fox Valley Technical College is currently
registering people for spring classes at the Wautoma Regional Center, including introduction to agriculture.
I'm Bob Nelson for Civic Media News.
Rippon Main Street officials say the 32nd season of the Hurricane Bank Rippon Summer Concert Series on the Village Green was one of their most successful seasons.
Week after week, concert goers filled the Village Green to enjoy an incredible variety of live music and atmosphere that has made summer concerts in
a tradition for generations.
None of it would be possible without the support of the community.
Main Street officials extended a heartfelt thanks to Horecon Bank, whose continued support as title sponsors helps make this free community concert series possible along with 15 other local sponsors during the 2026 concert series.
They also say they're grateful to the volunteers who gave their time throughout the summer, the performers, and the thousands of concerts.
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I'm Wayne Mauser for Civic Media News.
Just one day later, they named the first potential public exposure site at Marshfield Medical Center's Western Emergency Department.
They say a person infected with measles visited the location while they were contagious.
The most recent numbers from state health officials confirm 477 cases of measles across our state.
Updated numbers are expected later today.
Wisconsin drivers are getting a pleasant surprise at the pump for a change.
Gas prices dropped below 4 bucks a gallon for the first time since September.
Civic Media's Maddie Schaefer has more.
Gas prices are continuing to fall across Wisconsin, with the state once again seeing one of the largest weekly declines in the country.
According to GasBuddy, Wisconsin's average gasoline price dropped nearly 29 cents over the last week, the fourth largest decline nationwide.
The statewide average is now about $3.90 per gallon.
Patrick DeHaan, head of petroleum analysis at GasBuddy, says prices are falling as refineries finish seasonal maintenance and increase production while demand slows with
cooler weather," he says.
Increased oil shipments through the Strait of Hormuz are also helping bring prices down, and the national average could remain below $4 in the coming weeks.
For Civic Media News, I'm Maddie
Schaefer.
Dahan also says where you buy your gas matters right now.
Busier stations that go through gas faster can replenish their supply at current market rates, but slower stations still need to sell their more expensive shipment without taking a loss.
For consumers, that just means it'll pay to shop around over the next few weeks.
WeE Energy's recent announcement of rate hikes is prompting significant local government action in southeastern Wisconsin.
The Milwaukee Common Council voted unanimously last week to approve up to $1.35 million in borrowing for a comprehensive feasibility study.
The study will evaluate the potential replacement of WeE Energy's service within the city by creating municipal, city-owned public utility.
Meanwhile, Alliant Energy, which serves areas in the southern, eastern, and central part of our state, recently disclosed ongoing talks for seven potential new sites and three expansions to existing data centers.
Over the next six months, the utility anticipates securing contracts for an additional one gigawatt of data center power supply to accommodate the rapid
increase in AI and data center electricity demand which is projected to raise peak system load by approximately 60% by 2031.
Alliant has expanded its four-year capital expenditure plan to $15.9 billion.
The U.S.
Department of Energy's Office of Energy Dominance Financing finalized a $5.1 billion loan package for Alliant Energy to support grid reliability and power generation expansion across Iowa and Wisconsin.
This federal package aims to lower electricity costs and deliver more than $1 billion in savings to regional consumers while funding natural gas-fired facilities, energy storage systems, and infrastructure upgrades.
The rapid expansion of data centers has drawn significant local pushback in communities all around the state.
Milwaukee recently joined places like Superior, Madison and Wisconsin Rapids in passing their own data center construction moratorium.
Many smaller communities have done the same thing at the local level.
Grassroots groups and political figures have advocated for rate payer protections and moratoriums to ensure that large corporate energy demands do not result in higher utility bills for local residents.
That's your state news update.
I'm Connie Feldman for Civic Media News.
A setback for the pack.
Hi, I'm Mike Clemens with Sports NFL.
The Green Bay Packers coming off that impressive win over New England, now dealing with the news that running back Josh Jacobs suffered a severe broken finger while carrying the ball Sunday.
Will it require surgery?
Head coach Matt LaFleur.
He does.
It should happen sometime this week and then as far as how long he'll be out, I think that's to be determined.
Estimates are a three-week recovery.
Meanwhile, backup Caleb Johnson could get more reps at
running back, what's
he been working on to improve?
Protection, past protection, you know, me knowing my stuff.
And I feel like I've been doing that very, very well.
So ever since I got here, you know, I've been knowing it and, you know, just been applying myself every day to it and showing him that I can be reliable on every down.
I feel like to me, you know, that's my confidence right now.
So I feel like I can do it.
The
Packers host the Viking Sunday NBA, the Bucks in New York tonight, taking on the defending champions, the Knicks, College Hoops, the Badgers at the Coles Center.
They're playing the Fairfield Stags out of Fairfield, Connecticut with Sports on Mike Clemens.
I'm meteorologist Brandon Bormas.
Another mild November day on tap for us with sunny skies, high temperatures in the mid to upper fifties.
For tonight, increasing clouds with lows in the upper thirties.
On Tuesday, mostly cloudy with some scattered light showers, a cooler day with highs near 50.
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