A North Fond du Lac man charged in connection with a fatal crash is free on a $20,000 signature bond. Travis Wollersheim made his initial Fond du Lac court appearance Tuesday on two counts of homicide by negligent operation of a vehicle. He is accused of rear-ending a car that had slowed on Interstate 41 in a construction zone in Fond du lac in June of last year, killing two […]
A Fond du Lac man was killed and three Fond du Lac residents were injured when their car collided with a Regional Transit Authority bus in Lima Ohio. The Ohio State Highway Patrol says a passenger in the car, 29 year old William Samp of Fond du Lac was killed in the crash. The car driver, 25 year old Lance Ward and a second passenger, 25 year old Samantha Beck […]
Fond du Lac resident Joan Pinch says she feared for her life when shots rang out in Las Vegas this week. "Yep, I was. It was the unknown, I think, just that sight of people scrambling," Pinch told WFDL news. "For an instant I thought, where am I going to go?" Pinch was in Las Vegas with her nephew to celebrate his 21st birthday at the nearby Bellagio when a […]
A former Fond du Lac County Sheriff’s Office SWAT team leader says this weeks’ massacre in Las Vegas is another reason why citizens need to know what to do in the event of an active shooter situation. A man opened fire on a group of concert goers Sunday night killing dozens and injuring hundreds of people. Fond du Lac County Sheriff’s captain Ryan Waldschmidt is the former head of the […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A Wisconsin man convicted in the killing of a woman that was the focus of the hit Netflix series "Making a Murderer" has been denied a request for a new trial. Steven Avery's request was rejected Tuesday by a Wisconsin circuit judge. Avery had argued that his conviction in the 2005 death of photographer Teresa Halbach was based on planted evidence and false testimony. But Sheboygan […]
MILWAUKEE (AP) — Authorities allege a 24-year-old man opened fire on two former co-workers on a Milwaukee freeway the day he was fired. Jonathan Perez appeared in court Tuesday on felony charges of first-degree reckless injury and first-degree recklessly endangering safety, both by using a dangerous weapon. Perez was arrested Monday in Friday's shooting on Interstate 43. The complaint says the two co-workers were in a Ford Explorer after working […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A Wisconsin appeals court has upheld a ruling dismissing a lawsuit brought by former Crivitz High School girls basketball players who were accused of cyber bullying a teammate. The 3rd District Court of Appeals on Tuesday upheld the 2016 Oconto County circuit court order dismissing the lawsuit. Three basketball players from Crivitz were kicked off the team in February 2014 after one of them took pictures […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — State superintendent and Democratic candidate for governor Tony Evers says he opposes a resolution before the University of Wisconsin Board of Regents that could lead to students being expelled for obstructing speakers. Evers said Tuesday at a luncheon hosted by Wispolitics.com that he "can't imagine" supporting the resolution that's up for a regents vote Friday. Evers is a member of the Board of Regents. He calls […]
A Fond du Lac man was killed and three Fond du Lac residents were injured when their car collided with a Regional Transit Authority bus in Lima Ohio. The Ohio State Highway Patrol says a passenger in the car, 29 year old William Samp of Fond du Lac was killed in the crash. The car driver, 25 year old Lance Ward and a second passenger, 25 year old Samantha Beck […]