Three people were injured in a two vehicle crash Tuesday night in Dodge County. The crash happened on County Trunk G near Hawk Road in the Town of Westford. The Dodge County Sheriff’s Department says a pickup truck driven by a 34 year old Beaver Dam man and a sedan driven by an 18 year old Beaver Dam man collided head-on. The 18 year old suffered life threatening injuries and […]
SHEBOYGAN FALLS, Wis. (AP) — Police say two children have died in a house fire in eastern Wisconsin. Authorities previously had said three children had died. But the Sheboygan Falls Police Department now says it can confirm that only two of the children have died. Among the dead is an 11-year-old who re-entered the house to rescue two other children. A fourth child, a 9-year-old girl, escaped from the burning […]
https://twitter.com/fdlfire/status/692049827006382083 Nobody was injured in a garage fire in Fond du Lac. Firefighters were called to the scene at 440 Portage Street Tuesday afternoon to find smoke coming from the door and window. The fire was quickly extinguished but not before causing heat and smoke damage. The cause of the fire remains under investigation.
The Dodge County Sheriff says a bill that would impose tougher penalties on repeat drunken drivers is a good step. The proposal would make a fourth offense a felony punishable by up to three years in prison regardless of when the charge is filed. Right now, a fourth offense is a felony only if it's committed within five years of a third offense. Dodge County Sheriff Dale Schmidt says more an more owi […]
A plea and sentencing hearing is scheduled for a Fond du Lac man accused of crashing into several vehicles while intoxicated. Thirty five year old Raoul Rosario is charged with OWI 5th and three counts of criminal damage to property. According to a criminal complaint Rosario was kicked out of the Bullpen bar last October 28th. According to the complaint Rosario smashed into several vehicles in the tavern parking lot. Rosario has previous OWI […]
The Fond du Lac school superintendent says it remains to be seen how much money could be saved by restructuring state employee health care coverage . Superintendent Dr. Jim Sebert was in attendance at a conference last week when Governor Scott Walker said he would invest any savings created by the move into public education. But Sebert says just how much money could be saved is unknown. "If you really break it down, I […]
MILWAUKEE (AP) — Former U.S. Sen. Russ Feingold says the country's top priority should be national security. But Feingold, who is trying to win his old seat back from GOP Sen. Ron Johnson, said that has to be balanced with the economic concerns of middle-class people. Feingold, a Democrat, says his campaign can be about both issues. Feingold spoke Tuesday in Milwaukee at a town hall meeting sponsored by Marquette. […]
MILWAUKEE (AP) — A state senator whose husband died while waiting for a transplant is proposing legislation requiring Wisconsin employers to allow unpaid leave for donating an organ. Republican Sen. Alberta Darling's bill, to be unveiled Tuesday, would apply to companies with 50 or more full-time employees and would provide up to six weeks of unpaid leave. Darling's husband died in March at age 71 while waiting for a kidney […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A legislative committee has approved a bill that would allow libraries to use the police and collection agencies to reclaim overdue materials and collect fines. The bill allows libraries to report borrowers who haven't returned their materials to collection agencies. They also could report them to police if the overdue materials are worth at least $50. The bill also would carve out an exception to privacy […]