The victim of a fatal two vehicle crash in Dodge County is identified. The Dodge County Sheriff’s Office says 48 year old Chad Sorensen of Waukesha failed to stop at a stop sign at the intersection of County Highway W and Highway A colliding with an SUV. Sorensen died at UW Hospital in Madison. The driver of the SUV, 34 year old JoLean Parsley Gilbert, from rural Juneau was transported […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Republican Senate candidate Kevin Nicholson is going after Democratic incumbent Sen. Tammy Baldwin in a video announcing his candidacy. Nicholson launched his campaign Wednesday with a video touting his experience as a Marine, while also criticizing Baldwin as "liberal, divisive and honestly, just embarrassing." Wisconsin Democratic Party spokeswoman Gillian Drummond says that Nicholson is only out for himself and can't be trusted.
Governor Scott Walker and Assembly Speaker Robin Vos are in Washington D.C. today, for what the governor is calling a "major jobs announcement." Just after 7:00 this morning, Walker tweeted "Major jobs announcement for Wisconsin today at 4:00 p.m. CST at the White House with @POTUS." The tweet is fueling speculation that Wisconsin will be chosen as the site for the first U.S. home of global electronics manufacturing giant Foxconn. Foxconn, […]
A full-scale exercise is planned for the Grande Cheese Distribution Center in Lomira tomorrow. The exercise will be held Thursday, 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) […]
A warrant is issued for a Mayville teen accused of crashing into a police squad car while high on Marijuana and Cocaine. A judge in Dodge County issued the warrant for 19-year-old Cierra Metz after she failed to show up for her court appearance Monday. According to the criminal complaint, Metz slammed into a Mayville police cruiser last July, injuring the officer behind the wheel and sending him to Beaver […]
A Trenton man is injured in a single vehicle accident in Washington County. Sheriff’s officials say the accident happened Saturday morning, when the 50-year-old man driving a pickup truck and utility trailer suffered a medical episode while behind the wheel. The pickup and trailer slammed into a guard rail multiple times before going off the road, rolling down a hill and overturning. The driver was taken to a local hospital, […]
Three of the eight people arrested in a Campbellsport drug bust are back in court. 32-year-old William Merget, 55-year-old Steven Duncan and 23-year-old Katelyn Spang will all appear back in Washington County Court in September for arraignment. A criminal complaint alleges they were all part of a drug ring operating out of a 57-year-old woman’s home, where she was allegedly dealing pills and other drugs from her kitchen table. That […]
Nearly two dozen people are arrested over a three day period as part of a prostitution sting operation in Oshkosh. Police say 20 people were arrested, including six women and one man brought in for prostitution, and 13 “male johns” busted for solicitation. Those arrested for prostitution were all from Milwaukee, while those facing solicitation charges are from various cities across Wisconsin, including Rubicon, Oshkosh, Appleton, Kaukauna and elsewhere. Arrests […]
Oshkosh Police are investigating a report of shots fired on the city's east side. Officers were called to a disturbance Sunday night in the 500 block of Boyd Street. As they were driving to the scene, the officers received reports of shots fired in the area. The Oshkosh Police Department says witnesses described the alleged shooter as a heavyset black male with short, dark hair. He's about 5'6" tall. The […]