Month: October 2017

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin Republicans are increasingly picking sides in the U.S. Senate primary fight that pits a former Marine casting himself as a political outsider against a longtime elected official.  Neither President Donald Trump nor Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker has publicly engaged in the state's Senate race while the two announced Republican candidates work to win over wealthy donors and influential insiders 10 months before the primary.  And […]

Walk to School Day also hopes to address the growing concern with lack of physical activity as well as increase awareness in protecting our environment. Over the last 30 years, the percentage of children biking and walking to school has declined from 50% or more to where it is now closer to about 15% that bike or walk.  For some families, this is an opportunity to give walking and bicycling […]

North Military Road from West Follett Street to West Scott Street Schedule:  May 2017 to November 2017 Description:  The project includes reconstruction of the sanitary sewer, water main, storm sewer, street, and lighting. October 2nd to October 6th: The utility contractor will install storm sewer from Follett to W. Arndt Street and then install sanitary and water services from Arndt to Cotton Street.   The second utility crew will continue watermain […]

The last several months have proven to be dangerous and deadly on Dodge County Highways.  There have been a number of contributing factors to these fatal crashes which include but are not limited to speed, alcohol/cocaine/marijuana use, inattentive driving, and failure to stop at a stop sign.  While it is always our goal to have zero traffic fatalities we have already seen 15 this year in Dodge County and 431 […]

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Police say the man who killed at least 50 people and wounded more than 400 at a Las Vegas concert was a retiree with no criminal history in the Nevada county where he lived.  The brother of 64-year-old Stephen Paddock said he's "completely dumbfounded" by the shooting at a country music concert Sunday night, which is the deadliest in modern U.S. history.  Eric Paddock told the […]

The Dodge County Sheriff’s Office is investigating the death of a person struck by a train in the Village of Lomira.   The incident was reported at about 11:50 pm Sunday west of Industrial Drive, north of the grade crossing at CTH HH.  The Canadian National Railroad train was northbound on the tracks at the time the person was struck. The area of the collision was not at a road crossing.  […]

A welcome home ceremony is being held Monday for a Fond du Lac firefighter who is returning after his third tour of duty in the middle east.   Fond du Lac Fire Lieutenant, Shawn Kneeland, is a master sergeant in the Wisconsin Air National Guard.  Kneeland spent the last six months overseas.  Kneeland was previously deployed to Iraq in 2004 where he served as a firefighter on a heavy rescue truck, […]

A mother and daughter from Manitowac are urging legislators to reject bills  that would attempt to force local governments to comply with federal  immigration laws.   Jennifer Estrada and her 12 year old daughter  Isabelle Martinez  joined about 200 immigrant workers at a state capitol rally.   Five years ago Estrada’s husband was arrested by ICE agents and deported to Mexico.  "My husband was working at a restaurant in Manitowac County.  He […]

The Fond du Lac County Sheriff's Office says a 62-year-old man strangled his 27-year-old daughter before killing himself with a knife.  Sheriff's officials released details of the deaths Saturday after the local coroner completed autopsies for Dr. Mark Whitmore and Julia Whitmore. Both lived at the home where they were found shortly before 8 a.m. Friday in the Town of Empire.  The sheriff's office says investigators have not established a […]