The Van Horn Automotive group has announced the acquisition of Grovert Chevrolet, located in Newhall, Iowa . According to a press release this marks the 11th dealership to be part of the Van Horn Automotive Group, and the 2nd Chevrolet dealership, since the original Joe Van Horn Chevrolet of Plymouth, WI, opened in 1966. Van Horn has a dealership in Fond du Lac. This will be the first dealership location […]
A woman described as a Beaver Dam drug ring leader is going to prison. Lacreshia “L.A.” Lightfoot was sentenced to 6 years in prison and 6 years of extended supervisionand placed on probation for five years during a sentencing hearing Wednesday in Dodge County Court. Lightfoot was described by prosecutors as the central figure in a large-scale, organized, drug distribution ring operating in the City of Beaver Dam. […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Two Iowa teenagers have filed federal lawsuits alleging they were placed in solitary confinement for months at Wisconsin's troubled youth prison even after they both tried to kill themselves. The girls alleges a guard helped her hurt herself after she became suicidal in solitary by walking on top of her cot after she placed her head beneath it. The lawsuits are the fourth and fifth lawsuits […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Gov. Scott Walker has signed a bipartisan bill that requires guards at Wisconsin's troubled youth prison to report child abuse. The bill makes guards at the prison in Irma mandatory child abuse reporters. That will protect them from retaliation for reporting incidents. Workers in nearly 30 other professions are already considered mandatory reporters under Wisconsin law. The FBI is currently investigating allegations of widespread abuse at […]
A Fond du Lac man tried to elude police by climbing a tree. Police were called this week to a report of a domestic disturbance on East Arndt Street and when officers arrived the suspect fled on foot. A police K9 found the man hiding in a tree in the 200 block of Amory Street. The 37 year old man eventually climbed down and was arrested. Nobody was injured in […]
The Fond du Lac County Sheriff’s Office is continuing its investigation into a fatal traffic crash over the weekend. A 73 year old Waupun woman was killed in the crash when the car she was a passenger in was broadsided by a vehicle at the intersection of Kinker and Van Dyne Roads Saturday evening. Sheriff’s sergeant Ryan Waldchmidt says it appears the setting sun was a factor. Waldschmidt also says […]
Environmental groups are blasting a proposed bill that would exempt Foxconn from many environmental regulations. Governor Scott Walker and president Trump announced last week a $3 billion incentives package for the company. Walker says the bill would streamline the construction process. But Wisconsin League of Conservation Voters executive director, Kerry Schumann says eliminating a number of key environmental compliance requirements threatens the environment. The legislation eliminates the need for […]
Waupun Memorial Hospital is sponsoring a free community rummage for local residents. The sale is scheduled from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Thursday, August 3 in the hospital's Marsh Conference Room. It will feature gently-used clothing for all ages and sizes, just in time for back to school. Participants have the opportunity to donate one non-perishable food item for the Waupun Food Pantry.
Two Madison men received non life-threatening injuries following a shooting incident at a Dodge County strip club. Shortly after 2am Wednesday sheriff’s deputies responded to a report of shots fired at TNT Gentlemen’s Club on County Highway R. The Sheriff’s Office says two men, ages 27 and 23 were victims of the shooting. They were transported to UW Hospital for treatment. Sheriff Dale Schmidt says there are no suspects […]