A Columbus man received life-threatening injuries in an apparent alcohol-related crash in Dodge County. The Sheriff’s Office says shortly after 10:30pm Saturday the driver of a Ford Ranger pick-up, 28 year old Joshua Marks, was eastbound on Highway 60 in the town of Elba when the vehicle left the road striking a tree in the front yard of a home. Marks was transported to UW Hospital. The Sheriff’s Office says […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Gov. Scott Walker has signed a bill aimed at deadly opioids known as fentanyl analogs. Fentanyl is a synthetic opioid far more powerful than heroin, and its analogs have slight variants in the chemical makeup. They have been blamed for a spike in overdoses around Wisconsin. The new law makes it easier for prosecutors to go after manufacturers.
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The head of Wisconsin's economic development agency says the full board will have access to a proposed $3 billion contract with Taiwanese manufacturer Foxconn Technology Group before voting on it. The Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation's board will vote on the contract Wednesday. After mounting public pressure, agency chief executive Mark Hogan issued a letter Friday saying board members will see the contract Monday. It will be […]
A portion of North Peters Avenue will be closed this week for emergency repairs to the sanitary sewer. Fond du Lac Public Works says starting Monday North Peters Avenue between West Johnson Street and North Berger Parkway will be closed for approximately one week. On West Johnson Street, the outside lane for westbound traffic will also be closed and two through lanes will remain open. Turn lanes for southbound N […]
Fond du Lac police are investigating a suspicious substance found in a bag of Halloween candy. A Fond du Lac woman said she found two pieces of what looked like a pill inside a package of Mike and Ike’s candy. The packaging had a hole in it. Police say at this time the substance and whether it is harmful is unknown. No one was injured. The woman posted on Facebook […]
Thelma Sadoff Center for the Arts in Fond du Lac has announced that Jacqui Corsi has been named THELMA’s new executive director. Corsi has been the interim executive director since July, and prior to that, she was Director of Marketing and Operations. She has been with the organization five years, including when the organization was still Windhover Center for the Arts. Corsi says she is honored and thrilled for the […]
The Fond du Lac County Medical examiner has confirmed that a Fond du Lac man died from hypothermia after he was found in the Fond du Lac River this week. Police identified the victim as 57 year old James C. Pugh. Pugh was pronounced dead at St. Agnes Hospital after he was pulled from the river shortly before 3am Wednesday. Police were called to an area of the river at […]
Wisconsin Republican congressman Glenn Grothman says a proposed tax overhaul plan is a once in a generation opportunity to clean up an inefficient, loophole-cluttered tax code. Grothman says the plan preserves current tax rules for retirement accounts popular with middle class Americans. Grothman told AM 1170s Between the Lines program that overall the plan is good for the middle class. A budget watchdog group has crunched the numbers on the […]
The author of a bill designed to protect teachers in the classroom says his bill would not infringe on the privacy rights of students. Republican state representative Jeremy Thiesfeldt of Fond du Lac introduced the bill last week. Critics argue the bill would violate student privacy and disproportionally criminalize students of color and those with disabilities. The ranking Democrat on Thiesfeldt’s Education committee, state rep. Sondy Pope, says its putting […]