Two people were seriously injured in a head on collision in Fond du Lac County Saturday afternoon. The Fond du Lac County Sheriff’s Office says Sara Mertes of Waldo fell asleep at he wheel and crossed the center line on Highway 45 north of Gatzke Lane in the town of Auburn striking a northbound vehicle head-on. The driver of the northbound vehicle Anthony Vander Grinten from Fond du Lac was […]
JANESVILLE, Wis. (AP) — A proposed Wisconsin bill would require gun retailers to lock up their guns when their businesses are unattended. Democratic Rep. Lisa Subeck of Madison proposed the bill last week. She tells The Janesville Gazette that she authored the bill following an April burglary at a Janesville gun shop. Federal rules currently only require gun shops owners to lock their store entrance doors securely after-hours.
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Two deer with chronic wasting disease at a Waupaca County hunting range came from a farm in Mineral Point. The state Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection says that farm has now been quarantined. The deer had been moved to the ranch in September and showed no signs of the disease, but were tested after they died.
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin authorities have released the name of a sheriff's deputy who fatally shot an eighth-grade boy on a Native American reservation. The state Department of Justice says Ashland County Sheriff's Deputy Brock Mrdjenovich shot 14-year-old Jason Pero on the Bad River reservation Wednesday after Pero approached the officer with a butcher knife and refused to drop it. Authorities say Pero lunged at Mrdjenovich twice. Mrdjenovich fired, […]
The Winnebago County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a fatal two vehicle crash. The crash between a semi and a pickup truck happened Friday morning on Highway 44, at County Road FF between Oshkosh and Ripon. The Winnebago County Sheriff's Office says a southbound pickup truck crossed the center line striking a northbound semi trailer head on. The male driver of the pick-up was killed in the crash.
Against the advice of the Dodge County Sheriff’s Office a cattle drive is taking place this weekend. The Sheriff’s Office says a cattle drive is taking place Sunday and is expected to last about 4-5 hours. The drive is apparently going to be taking place starting on Thrush Road in the town of Lebanon. The route will include Bluebird Road to County R, north through the Village of Hustisford, then […]
The Fond du Lac Salvation Army Red Kettle holiday fundraising campaign is underway. The goal this season is $160,000. Money raised will help fund the food pantry, the county’s only warming shelter, a 15,000 Brown Bag Lunch program, a thrift store, free youth programs & summer camps and a Christmas toy, food and gift distribution that helped nearly 12 hundred people last year.
RACINE, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker and Foxconn Technology Group Chairman Terry Gou have signed off on a $3 billion contract for the Taiwanese company to build a massive display-screen factory in southeast Wisconsin. Walker and Gou signed a contract Friday that locks the state into providing up to $3 billion in tax incentives if Foxconn invests $10 billion on a new display-screen manufacturing factory and campus near […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The president of the Professional Fire Fighters Association of Wisconsin is expected to launch his candidacy for governor on Monday. Mahlon Mitchell said Friday he would make a "major political announcement" at a series of events in Green Bay, Milwaukee and Madison. Mitchell has been contemplating joining the large field of Democrats hoping for a chance to take on Republican Gov. Scott Walker next year. Mitchell […]