Month: November 2015

A Democratic congresswoman from Milwaukee says she doesn’t believe Donald Trump or Ben Carson are truly the frontrunners among the Republiccan presidential candidates, even though the polls may indicate otherwise.  Congresswoman Gwen Moore says at this stage the Republican race has been more of a popularity contest than a debate of the real issues.  "I think that once voters really engage to the issues they're going to choose someone else […]

A UW Oshkosh journalism professor says he is hopeful a fundraising campaign will keep the student newspaper afloat.  The AdvanceTitan faces $74,000 in debt and launched a fundraising campaign a couple weeks ago.  Newspaper advisor Dr. Vince Filak says its not that students aren’t reading the newspaper.  He says studies show that more students read the paper in its printed form as opposed to digital, but the problem is where […]

Fond du lac area veterans are being recognized during a special fundraising dinner next week.  The second annual Veterans Gala is  being held Tuesday evening at Marian University.  The cost is $75 a person with proceeds going to Salute the Troops to benefit area veterans.  Local veteran Ed Barnes says dinner starts at 6pm with a presentation at 7pm.  Tina Treffert with Salute the Troops says a silent auction will […]

TOWN OF SHERMAN, Wis. (AP) — Sheriff's officials say a pedestrian has been struck and killed on a highway in Sheboygan County.  The person was hit on Highway 57 in the Town of Sherman, near Random Lake about 6 a.m. Wednesday.  Authorities say the person died at the scene. No one else was hurt.

At about 6pm on November 3, 2015 the Dodge County Drug Task Force and the Beaver Dam Police Department served a search warrant for a residence in the 800 block of Madison St in the City of Beaver Dam.  The Dodge County Multi-Jurisdictional SWAT Team deployed a loud distraction device during the service of the warrant.  No injuries were reported following the service of the search warrant and no shots […]

A Fond du Lac man involved in a 2012 crash that killed a passenger has been charged.  Thirty seven year old Richard Hartung is charged with homicide by negligient operation of a motor vehicle.  He is free on a $10,000 signature bond.  A preliminary hearing is scheduled for December 18th.  Investigators say Hartung was the driver of a pick-up truck that slammed into a tree on Highway 175 north of […]

The Dodge County Sheriff says an inmate who attacked a correctional Officer at the Waupun prison last Friday has been transferred to another correctional institution.  WFDL news was first to report Saturday that the officer was severely beaten by an inmate.  The incident was reported Friday afternoon during second shift.  Sources told  WFDL news the female officer was dragged into a secluded area and physically assaulted.  She was transported to the […]

The Fond du Lac County planner says a dispute between property owners and non-metallic mining companies is not something new.  A group of residents in a town of Auburn subdivision has filed a lawsuit in attempt to stop a proposed sand mine across the road in the town of Ashford.  Fond du lac County planner Sam Tobias there are six or seven lots that abut the property.  Tobias says he […]

The Fond du Lac Fire Chief says his initial reaction is that a proposal requiring Wisconsin schools to provide CPR training in health classes for 7th and 8th graders is a good thing.  The bill would require schools to offer CPR and defibrillator training in any health classes offered to grades seven through 12.   Fire chief Pete O’Leary says the bill makes sense.  "It does.  Anytime we can teach […]