Fond du Lac fire investigators say hot oil from a homemade batch of bear bait apparently started a fire that damaged a Fond du Lac Fire chief Pete O’Leary says a plastic container containing the concoction was placed too close to the side of the home igniting the siding. Nobody was injured in the fire at 777 Grove Street. A neighbor across the street noticed the flames early Sunday morning […]
The Fond du Lac County Sheriff’s Office says alcohol appears to be a factor in a one vehicle rollover crash that seriously injured two people. Sheriff’s captain Rick Olig says the driver 18 year old Burt Derkson of Waupun was ejected from the vehicle on Brown Road near Willow Creek Road. Derkson and a passenger, 17 year old Emily Moore from the Plymouth area were seriously injured. Another passenger, […]
MILWAUKEE (AP) — U.S. Rep. Paul Ryan says the circumstances that led to the purported beheading of a second U.S. journalist by the Islamic State group reflect a weakness of President Barack Obama's foreign policy. Ryan heard the news Tuesday while taking questions at a luncheon at the Rotary Club of Milwaukee. An organizer told him of news reports saying an Internet video had just been posted purporting to show […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Gov. Scott Walker says he won't make another job-creation promise like he did four years ago. Walker said Tuesday that his economic development plan to be unveiled in coming weeks will be a detailed proposal about how to grow jobs, but it won't include a specific promise of how many jobs would be created. Walker promised during his first campaign for governor in 2010 that if […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Gov. Scott Walker says making Wisconsin a "right to work" state is not a part of his agenda, but he refused to say if he would veto such a bill. In "right to work" states, private-sector workers can't be required to join a union or pay dues as a condition of employment. Walker has repeatedly been cool to the idea, saying it wasn't a priority and […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A conservative investigative group is accusing Democratic attorney general hopeful Susan Happ of letting a child molester off easy because he was in a contract to purchase her house. Court and land documents show Happ and her husband entered into a three-year land contract calling for Daniel J. Reynolds to purchase their home in late 2009. In early 2013 Happ's office charged Reynolds with two felony […]
One person is killed and another injured following a two vehicle accident in Green Lake County. The crash happened Sunday afternoon just past 3:00 p.m. at County Highway PP and McConnell Road in the Town of Brooklyn. Investigation shows a 2006 Pontiac Torrent, driven by 85-year-old Anthony Vranak of Ripon, was traveling east on McConnell Road and a 1995 Ford F350, driven by 47-year-old Brian Fralish of Berlin, was traveling […]
The Fond du Lac County Sheriff’s Office is looking for a motorcyclist clocked at 158 mph on Highway 41 in Fond du lac County. Sheriff’s captain Rick Olig says the incident was reported early Monday morning…with reports of a speeding motorcycle in Washington and Dodge counties heading north. "We had some deputies on Highway 41 and one checked the vehicle at 130 mph near the Highway 151 area. Further north […]
GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — One of the traditions connecting the Green Bay Packers and their fans is an annual slogan painted on a fence across from Lambeau Field. The slogan goes up on Fred Harrsch's fence just before the Packers start the regular season. The fence is even on Green Bay's historical sites list. It's been around since 1984. Packers President Mark Murphy shows up with a paintbrush when […]