The Outagamie County Coroner’s Office releases the name of a man killed in a weekend crash in the Town of Maine. The victim was identified as Jeff Meyer, 39. An autopsy will be performed today at the Fond du Lac County Medical Examiner’s Office. The Outagamie County Sheriff’s Department was dispatched to County Hwy. M, south of Hwy. F, at just after 6:00 a.m. Sunday. Authorities say the man was […]
Authorities in Waushara County arrest a man who is accused of shooting a rifle at people and leading officers from multiple jurisdictions on a manhunt. Sheriff Jeffrey Nett says deputies responded to a location in the Town of Wautoma around 8 a.m. Sunday morning for a report of a man who fired a rifle at two people and was walking around on land. A search of the area began. At […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker has proposed ending a beloved magazine put out by the state Department of Natural Resources highlighting Wisconsin's natural splendor. The proposal to stop publishing "Wisconsin Natural Resources" after this year has angered its avid readership and has some Democrats and conservationists wondering if the pro-industry Republican governor wants to pull the plug because the publication promotes science. Walker says the DNR could […]
St. Mary’s Springs Academy, Fond du Lac Christian School and Winnebago Lutheran Academy have joined together to host an evening of education on the Wisconsin Parental Choice Program, or WPCP, from 6 to 7 p.m. on Monday at Moraine Park Technical College, located at 235 N. National Ave., in Fond du Lac.
A Wisconsin man is still on the loose after stealing a large amount of guns from a Janesville business and threatening to use them to use them against law enforcement officers or at an undisclosed school or church, 32-year-old Joseph Jakubowski also wrote a 161-page manifesto and sent it to President Trump.
Dairy farms in Wisconsin and other states could be forced out of business as early as May because of a trade dispute that’s halted the export of their milk to Canada. At issue is a U.S-Canada dispute over what’s called “ultra-filtered milk,” a protein liquid concentrate used to make cheese. Until recently, it had entered Canada duty-free from the United States. Canadian dairy farmers objected, resulting in Ontario and other […]
More than 60 percent of school referendums increasing local school spending by $700 million have been approved. Voters approved 40 of 65 school referendums in Tuesday’s election. Nearly $465 million is for new debt for building projects and $235 million for operating expenses. School officials in the 25 districts where referendums failed say they will be forced to cut programming, lay off staff and eliminate or defer building maintenance and […]
The state Supreme Court says defendants don’t have the right to confront accusers during suppression hearings. The court’s 5-2 decision Tuesday revolves around a Fond du Lac County judge’s decision to allow recorded statements from a police officer who stopped Glenn Zamzow for drunken driving during a hearing on whether to suppress evidence obtained during the stop. The judge allowed the recordings because the officer had died before the court […]
A bill that would relax high-capacity well regulations in the state of Wisconsin made it through another hurdle this morning, as the state senate votes to approve it. The bill was supposed to be voted on last night, but a vote was blocked by Democrats. Ultimately it was approved 19-13. The bill would exempt well repairs, replacements, reconstructions and ownership transfers from state oversight, and also calls for studies to […]