MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The University of Wisconsin System has eliminated dozens of administrative and academic affairs positions in a cost-saving measure to help cope with state budget cuts. UW spokesman Alex Hummel says the 36 positions were eliminated through attrition as employees retired or took other jobs. Nobody was laid off. The total dollar amount of savings was not immediately available. Hummel says reductions were the result of changes […]
A motorcycle operator was killed when his bike collided with a deer in Dodge County. The crash happened Saturday evening on STH 73, just south of CTH CD in the Township of Westford. Meanwhile an investigation has concluded that a Beaver Dam man died from a medical condition, not from injuries sustained in a motor vehicle crash. The Dodge County Medical Examiner says Steven Langfeldt suffered a medical event prior […]
We stroll down our streets, relax in our houses, and feel safe driving our cars without really considering how these blessings exist. Most people just assume this is how everyone lives because they are protected from seeing the other sides of our community. The only time we think of a police officer is when we get the occasional speeding ticket, and usually we are disgruntled. But stop for a moment […]
Employing tools from social media and the social sciences, the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources has launched a mobile friendly means to report findings of unwanted gobies in the lower Fox River above the Rapide Croche Dam and in Lake Winnebago. Anglers who catch a round goby should kill it and if they have access to a mobile device, immediately submit a report of their catch to DNR via an […]
The Fond du Lac County Sheriff’s Office is looking for a man who reportedly exposed himself to two children in Eden. Sheriff’s captain Rick Olig says the incident happened a week ago near the Post Office in Eden. Olig says two children were walking to school when they saw a man get out of a vehicle and expose himself to them. There was no actual contact made nor any conversation. […]
GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — A Wisconsin lawmaker has proposed a change in state law that would end the ability of municipalities to set their own local sex offender residency rules. The bill would create a new, statewide standard buffer of 1,000 feet between sex offenders and parks, schools and other gathering places for children. It also would require the Department of Corrections to try to place sex offenders within […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Republican leaders say the Wisconsin Legislature will vote next month on a bill prohibiting the use of secret John Doe investigations into political crimes. Assembly Speaker Robin Vos and Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald issued a joint statement Friday saying they have agreed to pass the bill in October. The proposal targets investigations like the ones that looked into Gov. Scott Walker's 2012 recall campaign and […]
A Fond du Lac man accused of threatening an ex girlfriend with a gun at a nail salon has been bound over for trial. Nineteen year old Jerry Yang waived his preliminary hearing Friday on charages of recklessly endangering safety, carrying a concealed weapon without a permit and disorderly conduct with a dangerous weapon. Police say the incident occurred Friday August 28th when Yang entered the Sky Nails Salon […]
Fond du lac police are investigating vandalism complaints at several downtown businesses. According to a police report graffiti vandalism was reported at the Goldsmith, Team Sports, Main Exchange building and Beernuts tavern.