Month: July 2017

The Columbia County Sheriff’s Office is identifying the two individuals killed in a motorcycle crash over the weekend. 62-year-old Robert Kelsey was mowing his lawn with a riding mower just before 7:00 Saturday night, according to the Sheriff. He turned onto the road to turn around, when a motorcycle operated by 20-year-old Robert Dawson came flying in and collided with him. Both men, from rural Columbus, died at the scene […]

MILWAUKEE (AP) — The U.S. State Department is warning tourists going to Mexico about reports of tainted or substandard alcohol causing drinkers to become sick or pass out. The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel recently reported about travelers becoming sick after drinking alcohol at Mexican resorts. In January, a 20-year-old Wisconsin woman vacationing in Mexico with her family died after she was pulled from a resort pool. The State Department added the […]

A full-scale exercise is planned for the Grande Cheese Distribution Center in Lomira tonight. The exercise will be held Tonight, July 27, 2017 from 5:00 p.m. until 9:00 p.m. at Grande Cheese Distribution Center – Lomira, 1400 Industrial Drive, Lomira, WI, 53048. The exercise will test communications, coordination, emergency public information and warning, responder safety and health, hazardous materials response, onsite management (Incident Command System/ICS) and Emergency Operations Center (EOC) management abilities, […]

A Fond du Lac woman arrested in a major drug bust is pleading guilty to a felony charge of conspiracy to commit heroin trafficking. 30-year-old Keana Cousin entered the plea in Fond du Lac County Court earlier this week. Three other felony drug charges were dismissed but read into the record. Cousin was allegedly part of a massive drug operation in the Fond du Lac area. She was one of […]

The owner of a Beaver Dam trucking company is pleading guilty in federal court to selling methamphetamine. According to the criminal complaint, 47-year-old Michael Marks, owner of Marks Family Trucking, was stopped in November on his way to Eau Claire with three ounces of meth that he intended to sell. The prosecuting US Attorney says a woman arrested days earlier named Marks as her supplier, setting up a sting operation. […]

Three teenagers are in police custody this morning after being arrested on suspicion of armed robbery and battery. The incident happened at South Park in Oshkosh last Monday night. Two men, ages 18 and 19, both from Appleton, and a 17-year-old Menasha girl, were all arrested in Appleton and taken to the Winnebago County jail. Charges range from armed robbery and battery to being a party to a crime.

A major deal is announced that could bring as many as 13,000 jobs to Wisconsin, if the manufacturing giant delivers on its promises. President Donald Trump, along with Governor Scott Walker, announced yesterday that Foxconn was planning to build a massive, one and a half mile long factory in Racine County. Foxconn will receive an estimated 3 billion dollars in tax breaks for coming to the state, but only if […]

A Fond du Lac man is officially charged with six felonies and three misdemeanors after being accused of selling drugs out the back of a mobile home. 26-year-old Brett Herdt was arrested after authorities received a call about a motor home parked behind Eden Corner Express late last week. A search of the mobile home turned up marijuana, psychedelic mushrooms and pills. Cash and drug paraphernalia were also seized. His […]