The Fond du Lac Fire chief says he hopes a new Jt. Public Safety Training Center will become a reality soon. Chief Pete O’Leary will update the city council in a closed door meeting Wednesday night on a potential land purchase for the facility. O’Leary says the training center will be built in phases and will be used for training by firefighters and police. Meanwhile, O’Leary will update the council […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin legislative leaders say they aren't worried about a $51 million hit to the state budget caused by fallout from income tax increases in Illinois. Sen. Alberta Darling and Rep. John Nygren are co-chairs of the Legislature's budget-writing Joint Finance Committee. They said Tuesday they expect the loss to Wisconsin to be temporary "as more and more companies are taxed out of Illinois." And Assembly Majority […]
The American Red Cross-Wisconsin Chapter is making an emergency call for donations. Red Cross spokesperson Laura McGuire says there is a critical shortage of all blood types. McGuire says blood donations have fallen short of expectations the past two months, resulting in about 61,000 fewer donations than needed. McGuire says the shortage is equivalent of not collecting any blood donations for more than four days. She says overall, the summer […]
One person was killed in a two vehicle crash on Highway 151 in Dodge County. Sheriff Dale Schmidt says a 43 year old female passenger in a pick-up was ejected from the vehicle and pronounced dead at the scene on northbound Highway 151 at Gunn Road near Beaver Dam. A preliminary investigation shows that a 27 year old Iowa man was driving the pickup towing a trailer with a […]
An Oshkosh man has been charged in connection with the armed robbery of two Fond du Lac convenience stores over the July 4th holiday weekend. Twenty six year old Joseph Seager III is charged with two counts of armed robbery. Seager is accused of robbing the Marathon gas station on South Main Street July first and the Phillips gas station and convenience store on North Peters Avenue at gunpoint Monday […]
A Green Lake County man has been bound over for trial in Fond du Lac County for his 10th OWI offense. Sixty two year old Michel Wortman is being held in the Fond du Lac County Jail on $10,000 cash bond. Fond du Lac County Sheriff’s captain Ryan Waldschmidt says Wortman was pulled over this month on southbound Highway 26 in the village of Rosendale. Waldschmidt says a female […]
GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — A northeastern Wisconsin couple is charged with starving and abusing their 5-year-old son, accusing him of manipulating a trip to the hospital so he could "vacation" there. Bradley and Kimberly Fahrenkrug are each charged with five felonies in Brown County Circuit Court, including reckless injury, child neglect and false imprisonment. Criminal complaints against the Wrightstown couple say the boy weighed just 29 pounds when he […]
GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — Former Green Bay Packers running back Ahman Green has waived his preliminary hearing on child abuse charges in Brown County Circuit Court. The 40-year-old Green was in court Tuesday on accusations he struck his 15-year-old daughter in the head in a dispute over household chores last month at his Green Bay area home. A complaint says Green told deputies he may have thrown his daughter […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Democratic U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin has raised $4.7 million in the first six months of the year and has $3.9 million cash on hand as she prepares to run for re-election. Baldwin's campaign released her latest fundraising numbers on Tuesday. A number of Republicans have expressed interest in challenging here, but no one has yet to formally launch their campaign. Baldwin raised $2.5 million between April […]