Fond du Lac police say the Department of Health Services is still looking for an approved location for a high risk child sex offender. Assistant police chief Steve Klein says Allen Sabel has moved from 457 Thomas Street this week and is living with relatives until a permanent location is found. Police say Sabel spent time in prison for the repeated sexual assault of the same child. When he was 13 years old […]
Fire damaged a residence in Fond du lac County Thursday afternoon. The fire at N7697 County Road C in the town of Eldorado was reported shortly before 3pm Thursday. The fire appeared to have started in the roof of the residence and is under investigation by the Fond du Lac County Sheriff’s Office. Nobody was injured.
A Fond du Lac County Sheriff’s captain says alcohol and failure to wear seatbelts were factors in more than half of the traffic fatalities on Fond du Lac County roads last year. Sheriff’s captain Rick Olig says there were 12 trraffic fatalities in the county in 2015. "Of those 12 nine of them happened within six months," Olig told WFDL news.
MILWAUKEE (AP) — A juror involved in the homicide case that spawned the popular Netflix series "Making a Murderer" says she stands by the verdict. The 10-part series about the convictions of Steven Avery and his nephew Brendan Dassey, which casts doubt on the legal process in the case, has been a huge hit. But Diane Free tells the Associated Press she's "comfortable with the verdict we reached."
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Two Republican legislators are trying again to drum up support for a measure that would increase penalties for repeat offenders. Representative Jim Ott and Senator Alberta Darling urged the Senate judiciary committee during a hearing Thursday to approve their proposal to change a fourth offense from a misdemeanor to a felony punishable by up to three years in prison.
NEW YORK (AP) — Cancer is becoming the No. 1 killer in more and more states as deaths from heart disease have declined. Federal health statistics show heart disease is still the leading cause of death nationwide, just ahead of cancer. While death rates for both have been falling for nearly 25 years, heart disease has dropped at a steeper rate. As a result, cancer moved up to the top […]
SHEBOYGAN, Wis. (AP) — The Sheboygan County sheriff is defending his decision to hire a man convicted of killing and dismembering his girlfriend nearly 40 years ago. Sheriff Todd Priebe says Rafael Macias is very grateful he's been given a second chance. Priebe says Macias had been working as a contractor on the sheriff's department radio system for about 10 years before he was hired in 2011. The sheriff says […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The University of Wisconsin-Madison plans to end its dairy sheep research program and get rid of hundreds of ewes in northwestern Wisconsin. The Department of Animal Sciences officials say it's no longer financially viable to have species-specific faculty members. It instead will focus more broadly on agricultural sectors. Agricultural senior associate dean Richard Straub says the dairy sheep industry has not grown much in the past […]
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A lottery official says the estimated prize for this weekend's Powerball drawing is the largest jackpot of any lottery game in U.S. history. Texas Lottery spokeswoman Kelly Cripe says Saturday's drawing will be worth about $675 million. That's because no one matched the numbers drawn for Wednesday night's estimated $500 million jackpot. Wednesday's numbers were 2, 11, 47, 62 and 63, and the Powerball was […]