MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A Wisconsin lawmaker is set to introduce seven bills increasing penalties for drunken driving in the only state where a first-time offense is not a crime. Republican Representative Jim Ott says his bills would increase punishments for drunken driving offenses. And one would require first-time offenders to appear in court.
GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin has seen the number of organ donors increase since relaunching the state's donor registry in 2010. Five years ago, Wisconsin had zero registered organ donors as the state transitioned into a new system. Now, about 2.6 million residents are registered as organ, eye and tissue donors. Gannett Wisconsin Media reports there are still about 2 million eligible residents who have not signed up.
RHINELANDER, Wis. (AP) — Cuts are being made at some recreation areas in the 1.5 million-acre Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest in northern and northwest Wisconsin. Reductions in services are coming next week to 11 percent of sites in the forest. U.S. Forest Service spokeswoman Hilary Markin says some sites will see reduced services, while others will be "hard closures" with gates shuttered. Markin says affected sites don't typically see much use […]
Three people received non life-threatening injuries and two were transported to the hospital following a one vehicle rollover crash in Fond du Lac. The accident happened shortly before noon Sunday at the intersection of 9th and Linden Streets.
A Fond du Lac woman escaped with only minor injuries in a one vehicle accident in Dodge County that could have had a more devastating outcome. On Sunday at about 7:30 pm, the Dodge County Sheriff’s Office responded to a crash on Highway 151 near County Trunk G in the Town of Beaver Dam. The car, driven by 49 year old Tina Groeschel of Fond du Lac, was northbound when […]
Construction is expected to begin this week on a major road reconstruction project in Fond du Lac County. Governor Scott Walker has approved the nearly $11 million project on a 16-mile stretch of Highway 26 from Cattaraugus Drive to County Highway FF. In addition to replacing pavement, a curve in the road near Willow Creek Road will be realigned and reconstructed. Fond du lac County Sherif’s Captain Rick Olig says […]
A Fond du Lac man and his climbing team has been airlifted by helicopter to base camp on Mt. Everest following a massive earthquake that struck Nepal. Fifty two year old Andy Land left March 25th for the epic climb. His wife Mary Sue Land tells WFDL news she talked with her husband Friday…and was alerted early Saturday morning by a neighbor about the earthquake. Mary Sue says she learned Andy […]
L-R Jason Padgett, WFDL news director Greg Stensland, Dr. Darold Treffert Jason Padgett says if he ran into the two men who savagely beat him in 2002, he would probably thank them. Padgett was attacked outside a karaoke bar in Tacoma Washington, leaving him with a severe concussion and post-traumatic stress disorder. But the incident also turned Padgett into a mathematical savant who sees the world through the lens […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — State attorneys are asking a judge to toss out a lawsuit challenging Wisconsin's right-to-work law. The Wisconsin AFL-CIO, Machinists Local Lodge 1061 in Milwaukee and United Steelworkers District 2 in Menasha filed a lawsuit last month in Dane County Circuit Court alleging that the law amounts to an unconstitutional seizure of union property since unions now must extend benefits to workers who don't pay dues. Attorneys […]