Cash and electronics were stolen from an Elba home during a burglary earlier this week. The Dodge County Sheriff’s Office is now investigating the Tuesday afternoon incident. They say a resident of a home on Poser Road came home to find the front door broken and reported the stolen cash and other items. Anyone with information is encouraged to contact the Sheriff’s office.
A McFarland woman has reached a plea deal with prosecutors after leading Waupun police on a chase while under the influence of cold medicine. 62-year-old Kathryn Brown will plead guilty to a reduced misdemeanor charge of Failure to Stop after originally being charged with felony Fleeing an Officer. According to the criminal complaint, when police finally used a spike strip to get her to stop, they found nearly 20 empty […]
A former nurse at the Waupun Correctional Institution is pleading “not guilty” to one felony count of Delivering Illegal Articles to an inmate. Amy Gunderson is facing up to three and a half years in prison if convicted. According to the criminal complaint, staff at the prison noticed an inmate had multiple letters from Gunderson containing explicit material. The man also admitted to having received materials from the woman, and […]
Former Mayville Police Chief Christopher MacNeill waived his right to a preliminary hearing in Dodge County Court Thursday, entering pleas of "Not Guilty" to one felony count of Misconduct in Office and one misdemeanor count of Obstructing an Officer. A Dodge County judge found there is enough evidence that a felony crime has been committed, and bound MacNeill over for trial. However, a plea deal was presented to the court, and […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Frack sand companies doing business in Wisconsin are seeing their stock prices fall despite high demand for the sand. Wisconsin Public Radio reports that this year companies focused on developing sand mines in Texas, which has caused the stock price of companies that focused on developing Wisconsin mines to drop. Oil companies use the sand in hydraulic fracture drilling for oil and natural gas.
JEFFERSON, Wis. (AP) — Sheriff's officials have identified a man and a teenage boy killed when an ultralight plane crashed into a river in southern Wisconsin. Jefferson County Sheriff Paul Milbrath says the pilot, 51-year-old David Plambeck of Edgerton, and his passenger, 16-year-old Max Burlingame of Fort Atkinson, died when the aircraft went down in the Rock River near Jefferson shortly after taking off from Fort Atkinson Airport Tuesday night. […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — Wisconsin Sen. Ron Johnson has suggested fellow Republican Sen. John McCain's brain tumor and the after-midnight timing of the vote were factors in McCain's decisive vote against the GOP health care bill. Johnson's comments in a radio interview drew a response from McCain spokeswoman Julie Tarallo. She said, "it is bizarre and deeply unfortunate that Senator Johnson would question the judgment of a colleague and friend."
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald says he doesn't know if he has the votes to pass a $3 billion incentive package for a Foxconn electronics plant. Fitzgerald said Wednesday he's not sure how much support the bill has in the Senate Republican caucus. Fitzgerald added that Assembly Republicans have started working on amendments to the package without any Senate input.
Mayville’s former chief of police is due back in Dodge County court Thursday morning. Christpoher MacNeill has a preliminary hearing set for 8:30 am, where a judge will decide if there is enough evidence to send the case to trial. MacNeill is facing one felony county of misconduct in office and one misdemeanor count of obstructing an officer. He is currently out on $1,000 signature bond and not allowed to have […]