Month: April 2016

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Attorneys David Halbrooks and Mark Thomsen are the latest Democratic picks for Wisconsin's newly created, partisan ethics and elections commissions. Democratic Assembly Minority Leader Peter Barca says he's confident the pair will bring experience and professionalism to the commissions. Halbrooks is the former chair of the State Elections Board and will serve on the ethics commission. Thomsen is former president of the Wisconsin Association for Justice […]

Fond du lac police blocked off several streets near the city-county government center Tuesday evening after a resident reported finding what appeared to be an old rocket grenade in their basement.  Fond du Lac assistant police chief Steve Klein says a man was cleaning out his basement when he found the military ordnance.  The man put the device in his vehicle and drove to the government center and called police. "From our sources, Lieutenant Ed […]

Motorists may have noticed a huge plume of smoke to the southwest of Fond du Lac Tuesday afternoon.  The DNR is conducting a controlled burn on land off of Breakneck Road.

The Fond du Lac County Public Health Officer didn’t have the information some town of Marshfield residents wanted to hear when it comes wind turbines at a Fond du lac County Board of Health meeting last week.  Following up from a meeting earlier this year Public Health Officer Kim Mueller presented the board with the latest information provided by state and federal officials.  Mueller says the most up to date information gathered can’t find […]

Funeral services were held Monday for a Fond du Lac High School guidance counselor killed in a traffic crash last week while driving to work.  Services were held Monday in Cedar Grove for Matt Heinen.  Heinen was killed last Thursday morning when he lost control of his car on slippery Highway 23 and was hit by an oncoming vehicle. Superintendent Dr. Jim Sebert and other school officials attending a visitation for Heinen Sunday.  Sebert […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Gov. Scott Walkerhas signed multiple bills expanding domestic abuse and other crime victims' rights.  The bills would ensure victims have a right to an advocate; can learn when their offender's parole has been revoked; give domestic abuse victims the right to transfer rights to their phone numbers from their abusers to themselves; and allow the state Justice Department to receive abuse, stalking and human trafficking victims' […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker says he's "thrifty" and is offering T-shirts for craft projects while asking donors to help pay off the $1.2 million debt from his short-lived presidential campaign.  The Republican sent an email to donors Sunday saying, "if there is one thing the American people learned about me during our presidential campaign, it is that I am thrifty." He cites his use of coupons […]

Members of the Waupun Memorial Hospital Medical Staff continue to show their support of the Waupun community, and in particular The Christian Home and Rehabilitation Center, through their recent $6,000 donation to the center's capital campaign.   "We're proud to help The Christian Home and Rehabilitation Center as it works to achieve this noteworthy goal," says Robert Nagle, DO, Waupun Memorial Hospital Medical Staff chief of staff and Christian Home medical […]

Wisconsin Emergency Management reminds you that two statewide tornado drills are scheduled for this Thursday, April 14, 2016. The drills are part of the annual spring severe weather campaign to encourage people in Wisconsin to get ready for possible tornadoes and severe weather.  For the first time, a mock tornado warning will be issued at 6:55 p.m. to give families and businesses a chance to test their emergency severe weather […]