Fond du Lac County sheriff’s deputies will be stepping up patrol to crack down on drunken driving. Sheriff’s captain Ryan Waldschmidt says the Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over campaign started Friday and runs through September 4th. Waldschmidt says choose a sober designated driver before you start drinking, if you are feeling buzzed you are likely over the legal limit and should not drive. The Zero in Wisconsin traffic […]
MOUNT PLEASANT, Wis. (AP) — A community in southeastern Wisconsin is planning ahead in case it becomes the site for a major Foxconn facility. Mount Pleasant officials are planning to create the position of project director to handle business related to the project. The Mount Pleasant Village Board is scheduled to meet behind closed doors Monday to outline details of the position, which will include a job description and […]
The 29th annual Agnesian HealthCare Foundation Charity Open golf tournament is slated for Monday at South Hills Golf & Country Club. Proceeds support Agnesian HealthCare Hospice Hope. This year’s raffle first place prize is a 2017 Buick Encore or a $15,000 cash, donated by Holiday Automotive.
Taste of Fond du Lac 2017, presented by Society Insurance will take place this weekend. The 29th annual event is being held Sunday from noon to 5 p.m. on Oven Island at Lakeside Park. The cost is two dollars in advance or three dollars day of, and children five and under are free. Food and beverage tickets will be for sale in sheets of 10 tickets for five dollars. Handicap […]
WAUSAU, Wis. (AP) — Offers of support are pouring in for a 9-year-old Wausau girl who was allegedly scammed while trying to sell her Pokemon card collection. Kaitlynn Cooper's mother, Sarah Hesbol, said several people have offered to reimburse her after a man gave her a fake $100 bill in exchange for more than 500 cards. The family has filed a report with the Wausau Police Department, which is investigating […]
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Minnesota is giving up efforts to reach a tax reciprocity agreement with Wisconsin. The end of negotiations means the state of Wisconsin will give Minnesota residents who cross the border a tax credit to make up for the higher Wisconsin taxes. That tax credit will be in effect for 2017. It is estimated that it will cost the state more than $8 million. Minnesota lawmakers […]
A Fond du Lac woman who was one of eleven people arrested earlier this year in what was described as a major heroin bust has been convicted. Jody Wegener has pleaded guilty to a heroin trafficking charge. Two other felony bail jumping charges were dismissed and read into the record. Judge Richard Nuss revoked bail and ordered a pre-sentence investigation.
The Dodge County Sheriff’s Office has identified the Beaver Dam woman killed when she stopped on Highway 151 to help two motorists involved in a crash and was hit by another vehicle. Sheriff Dale Schmidt says 37 year old Kayla Davis was struck by a pickup that swerved to avoid hitting her vehicle early Thursday morning on Highway 151 south of Beaver Dam.
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Wisconsin state Assembly has passed a $3 billion tax break package for Taiwan-based electronics giant Foxconn Technology Group. The bipartisan vote Thursday now sends the bill to the Senate, where it must also pass in identical form before it goes to Republican Gov. Scott Walker. The Assembly passed the measure on a 59-30 vote, with three Democrats joining 56 majority Republicans in support. Twenty-eight Democrats […]