MILWAUKEE (AP) — The Milwaukee Brewers have plans to extend the protective netting on the field level at Miller Park. The netting will now run to the outer edge of each dugout. The Brewers' plans are in line with other ballclubs that will expand netting for the 2018 season after a young girl was injured by a foul ball at Yankee Stadium. The line drive off the bat of Yankees […]
One person was killed in a two vehicle crash in Dodge County. The Dodge County Sheriff’s Office says two cars collided at the intersection of Highways A and B in the town of Beaver Dam Friday killing one of the drivers. The second driver was not jnjured.
One person was injured in a two vehicle crash in Fond du Lac County Friday afternoon. The crash happened on Highway 151 and Silica Road in the town of Taycheeda. The Fond du Lac County Sheriff’s Office says a southbound vehicle on 151 was struck by a northbound vehicle on USH 151 that was attempting to turn left into a residential driveway. The northbound vehicle failed to yield right away […]
The Dodge County Sheriff’s Office says an escaped jail inmate has been taken into custody. Dodge County Sheriff Dale Schmidt says 30 year old Dylan Farber, of Fox Lake was arrested by Wauwatosa police Friday afternoon. Farber escaped from the jail at approximately early Friday morning and stole a GM Suburban in Juneau. He was arrested Friday afternoon in Wauwatosa. Schmidt says Farber was being held jail following a high […]
The Fond du Lac city council is considering hiring a consultant to develop a design master plan for the city’s downtown. City manager Joe Moore says the plan would address what to do with vacant properties and public spaces. "The little parks or the public spaces, Hamilton Park, places like that. How can we best utilize those for the future," Moore said. Moore told the city council this week that […]
More than a year after being placed on a waiting list Fond du Lac resident Rick Gilgenbach has received his new heart. Gilgenbach got the call this week and underwent successful heart transplant surgery Wednesday night at St. Luke’s Medical Center in Milwaukee. Gilgenbach’s brother Scott told WFDL news there was some bleeding after surgery that doctors fixed Thursday, but said the oxygen tube was expected to be removed Thursday […]
A Fond du Lac man convicted of dealing heroin is going to prison. Fond du Lac Judge, Peter Grimm, sentenced Shakie Davis to eight years in prison followed by ten years of extended supervision. Davis told investigators that he estimated that he sold about $4,000 to $5,000 dollars’ worth of heroin per week between April and May of this year.
GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — The daughter of a Wisconsin legislator who's worked to stem the opioid epidemic has been ordered held on bond after a court hearing in connection with the death of a pregnant woman. Brown County sheriff's officials say they are recommending a long list of charges against 28-year-old Cassandra Nygren and her boyfriend, Shawn Gray, including first-degree reckless homicide by delivering drugs. The two appeared in […]
MILWAUKEE (AP) — Gov. Scott Walker says a projected 36 percent jump in average premiums for Wisconsinites buying health coverage through the federal exchange show that "Obamacare" is collapsing. Walker says the increases show that the changes championed by former President Barack Obama are not working to deliver affordable health care. Walker says if federal officials don't repeal and replace the law, Wisconsin will seek greater flexibility from them to […]