A Beaver Dam man has been charged following a disagreement over a transaction initiated on Craigslist. Assistant police chief Steve Klein says the incident on Meadow Lane was not a home invasion. Klein says the Beaver Dam man had advertised record albums on Craigslist and drove to Fond du lac to sell the albums to a couple who had responded to the ad. Klein says a physical confrontation took place […]
Three men arrested in a Fond du lac drug raid this week have been charged. Twenty year old Dazwan Jones, 39 year old Quentin Huston and 29 year old Miguel West made their initial Fond du lac court appearances this week on various drug related offenses. Bail was set at $50,000 cash for West, $20,000 cash bond for Jones and $3000 cash bond for Huston. Police arrested the men following […]
An Oshkosh man who got into a scuffle with a Fond du Lac police officer was in trouble again shortly after he was released from jail. The man appeared in court and Judge Gary Sharpe ordered a signature bond. Assistant police chief Steve Klein says officers were called to the Gratitude Club on Ruggles Street this week after the man became unruly and threatened others in the building. When an […]
An environmental group says the Wisconsin DOT is overestimating future traffic levels when considering road reconstruction projects. The group 1000 Friends of Wisconsin released a report this week arguing future traffic levels have been greatly overestimated resulting in several unneeded highway expansions. 1000 Friends executive director Steve Hiniker says the DOT often projects traffic levels will increase on particular stretches when it designs new and rebuilt roads meaning lanes are […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — State health officials say the number of confirmed cases of enterovirus 68 has climbed to five in Wisconsin. The Wisconsin Department of Health Services says most of the cases involve children, many with asthma or wheezing. Mild symptoms include a cough, runny nose, fever and muscle ache. The department did not have information on the ages, towns or genders of the five patients. Across the country, […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — New data shows the number of workplace deaths is declining in Wisconsin. Ninety-six people died in work-related incidents in 2013 — down from 114 deaths the year before. A sharp drop in violent occupational deaths is highlighted in the data gathered by the Wisconsin State Laboratory of Hygiene. There were 27 violent, work-related deaths in 2012, including 16 homicides. Last year, that number dropped to 11. […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A conservative group has filed a federal lawsuit asking that a Wisconsin law limiting coordination between third party organizations and political candidates be declared unconstitutional. Citizens for Responsible Government Advocates filed the lawsuit in U.S. District Court in Milwaukee on Thursday. It names members of the state elections board and Milwaukee County District Attorney John Chisholm as defendants. The issue of what constitutes illegal coordination between […]
The director of the Marquette University law school poll says the latest figures show a developing trend in the governor’s race. The poll released this week shows incumbent Republican governor Scott Walker up by five points over Democrat Mary Burke…outside the margin of error for the first time since March. Poll director Charles Franklin says negative attacks that Burke plagerized her jobs plan is only part of the story. Franklin […]
An electrical problem is blamed for an apartment fire in Waupun that displaced the tenant. There were no injuries in the fire in the upstairs apartment unit above a Radio Shack business in the 300 block of East Main Street Monday night. Fire and smoke damage was combined to the one unit. The Red Cross is assisting the tenant with temporary housing.