A North Fond du Lac man involved in a fatal crash in a construction zone on Interstate 41 more than a year ago has been charged. Travis Wollersheim made his initial Fond du Lac court appearance Tuesday on two counts of homicide by negligent operation of a vehicle. He is free on a $20,000 signature bond. Wollersheim was the driver of an SUV that slammed into the back of a […]
A Fond du Lac woman was killed and a Fond du Lac man was injured after a motorcycle crash in Calumet County. The crash happened Sunday afternoon on Highway 55 in Stockbridge. Officials say a car was stopped on the highway, waiting to turn, when a motorcycle slammed into the back of the car. The victim was identified as Sandra Birschbach, 53, of Fond du Lac. She was a passenger […]
A Fond du Lac man is going to prison for dealing heroin. At a hearing Monday Travis Kind was sentenced to eight years in prison followed by 12 years of extended supervision for conspiracy to deliver heroin. Kind was one of 11 people arrested earlier this year in a drug bust conducted by Fond du lac police and the Lake Winnebago MEG Drug Unit. District attorney Eric Toney says Kind […]
Fond du Lac Fire Lieutenant Shawn Kneeland says its great to be back home. Kneeland returned to work Monday after a six month tour of duty in the middle east. He was greeted at work with a welcome home celebration. "When we come back it really makes us feel like the mission was well worth it," Kneeland said. Kneeland is a master sergeant in the Wisconsin Air National Guard. This […]
The Fond du Lac County Parks director says steps will be taken to address eroded trails at Hobbs Woods, including closing some trails that were not part of the original park. Parks director Sam Tobias says increased useage combined with fewer dollars for maintenance have taken a toll over the years. Tobias says work will be done to address areas of the trail that have been washed out…including a portion […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — University of Wisconsin System leaders are poised to adopt a policy that would punish students who disrupt speeches and presentations. Under the policy up for a Board of Regents vote Friday, students accused of twice engaging in violent or other disorderly conduct that disrupts free expression of others would be suspended for at least a semester. Any student who disrupts free expression of others three times […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — An environmental group says Republicans are letting developers pay the state to fill wetlands. Sen. Roger Roth and Rep. Jim Steineke have introduced a bill that would eliminate the state permitting system for filling wetlands, allowing developers to fill any wetland under state jurisdiction without oversight. Developers would still have to follow a state law that requires creating 1.2 acres of wetlands for every acre filled. […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Republicans are proposing eliminating any state air pollution rule that goes beyond federal regulations. Reps. Jesse Kremer and Cody Horlacher and Sen. Duey Stroebel have introduced a bill that would eliminate any state air pollution rules that go beyond federal regulations. They said in a memo seeking co-sponsors that the state regulates nearly 300 more air pollutants than the federal government and less than a third […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Democratic state Rep. Chris Taylor, of Madison, has been named to the Legislature's budget-writing Joint Finance Committee. The appointment was announced Monday by the new Democratic Assembly Minority Leader Gordon Hintz. Taylor had previously served on the committee from 2015 to 2017 and will take Hintz's spot. The appointment was one of the first official actions Hintz has taken as Assembly minority leader, a job he […]