Fond du Lac police are investigating the vandalism of donation boxes at Lakeside Park. Police say the boxes at Park Avenue and Harborview Drive and Lighthouse Drive were damaged and any money inside was stolen. Any money donated go toward purchasing new holiday lights and repairing current lights. Police say the boxes will be repaired and enhanced in an effort to prevent future break-ins.
The Fond du Lac County Public Health Officer says more flu cases have been reported locally so far this year compared to last. Mueller says four positive influenza cases were reported in October compared to one last year. Six positive cases were reported through December 9, compared to five for the entire month last year. Mueller says its still not too late to get a flu shot. She says there […]
A coalition of faith-based networks and anti-poverty groups have launched a campaign to end child poverty in Wisconsin. The campaign has a goal of reducing child poverty and racial disparities by half in the next decade. Peter Bakken with the Wisconsin Council of Churches says it’s a moral issue. "Whether we think its high, whether we think its low, for any child in our state to be in poverty to […]
The Dodge County Sheriff’s Office has released the names of the drivers of two vehicles involved in a crash that seriously injured a child passenger. The Sheriff’s Office says a car driven by 35 year old Jesse Sebero of Reeseville failed to yield at a stop sign at the intersection of State Highways 28 and 67 Sunday afternoon and was struck by a car driven by 60 year old Barbara […]
The Dodge County Sheriff’s Office continues to ramp up patrols over the holidays to prevent serious injury and fatal crashes. Sheriff Dale Schmidt says the crash reduction effort is ongoing primarily at areas prone to crashes in the past. Schmidt says 18 people have lost their lives on Dodge County roadways this year. That’s up from 12 in 2016, and an average of 10.6 traffic fatalities from 2011 through 2015.
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Gov. Scott Walker is making a big push to highlight the elimination of a state property tax that will save the owner of a typical home an estimated $27 a year. Walker has been touting the tax cut across the state and this week both his re-election campaign and the Wisconsin Republican Party are spreading the word through online advertising and billboards. The budget Walker signed […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Primaries will narrow the field of candidates running in three open legislative seats across Wisconsin. The most closely watched vote Tuesday comes in the Republican primary in western Wisconsin's 10th Senate district. In that race, two Republican state representatives are facing each other hoping to replace Sen. Sheila Harsdorf, a Republican from River Falls. The winner of Tuesday's Republican primary between Reps. Adam Jarchow, of Balsam […]
MILWAUKEE (AP) — U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions says he's assigning two additional federal prosecutors to the Milwaukee office to focus on violent crime. Sessions was at the U.S. Attorney's office in Milwaukee Monday to make the announcement. Sessions said Milwaukee is not immune to rising violent crime. He cited sexual assaults increasing 21 percent in two years, assaults up nine percent and murders up 57 percent. Milwaukee's murder rate […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Attorney General Brad Schimel says evidence collected looking into whether Republicans were illegally campaigning on state time was done under the state's John Doe law. In a statement Monday, he says revealing details about that investigation was critical to his investigation into a leak of secret documents. The judge overseeing the case said Monday he should not have released the names of those involved in what […]