Month: April 2018

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Gov. Scott Walker has signed a package of legislation cracking down youthful criminals and repeat offenders. The bills eliminate the three-year maximum sentence for youthful offenders; create a mandatory five-year prison sentence for repeat offenders convicted of a wide range of crimes; create a mandatory three-year minimum sentence for illegally possessing a firearm while on probation; and make carjacking a felony punishable by up to 15 […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Gov. Scott Walker has signed into law a bill that would prohibit local governments from enacting a wide variety of employment regulations. The new law Walker signed Monday would block local officials from setting requirements for overtime or benefits, minimum wages for local government employees, employment discrimination ordinances and requirements for labor peace agreements. Those are deals in which employers agree to allow a union to […]

The Waupun K9 officer helped apprehend an escaped prison inmate over the weekend.  Waupun Deputy Police Chief Jeremy Rasch says an inmate escaped from the prison farm on Highway 49 Saturday.  Officer Ryan Schneider and his K9 partner Boomer were first on scene.  Officer Schneider located the 25 year old Burke Center inmate in the area of STH 49 near USH 151 walking east toward the city of Waupun.  The […]

It was a storm for the ages in Wisconsin this past weekend.  National Weather Service meteorologist Ben Herzog says the storm dumped eight to ten inches of snow and ice in the Fond du lac area Saturday and Sunday, and closer to four inches of snow in southern Fond du lac and Dodge counties.   "It was really pretty incredible,"  Herzog told WFDL news.  "Just kind of speaking about southern Wisconsin […]

Several mostly minor traffic crashes, vehicles getting stuck in the snow and widespread power outages were reported in Fond du lac County during the weekend snow and ice storm.  Fond du lac County Sheriff’s captain Ryan Waldschmidt says ice accumulation snapped tree branches and caused power outages in the city of Fond du lac and  throughout the county.  "Saturday afternoon and evening when we had that ice move through, plus […]

The Fond du Lac County District Attorney  says he’s confident the law is on the  county’s side when it comes to the placement of an out of county child sex offender in Fond du Lac County.  A Marinette judge last week stayed his order to place Jeffrey Butler at a town of Eldorado residence  pending a hearing on a motion to rescind  his order.  Fond du Lac County DA, Eric […]

Nobody was injured  in a fire  that damaged the outside of a home in Fond du Lac.   Shortly after 5pm Sunday firefighters were called to 479 North Hickory Street for a report of smoke in the house.  Firefighters quickly extinguished the fire on the exterior of the home with no interior damage.    The cause of the fire is believed to be electrical in nature. photos: fdl fire and rescue

ASHWAUBENON, Wis. (AP) — Officials say no one was hurt when heavy snow caused part of a hotel roof to collapse in northeastern Wisconsin.  The roof collapsed Sunday over the pool at an Econo Lodge Inn & Suites in Ashwaubenon. No one was in the pool area at the time.  The hotel was evacuated and guests weree being moved to other area hotels.  More than a foot of heavy snow […]

Several mostly minor traffic crashes, vehicles getting stuck in the snow and widespread power outages were reported in Fond du lac County during the weekend snow and ice storm.  Fond du lac County Sheriff’s captain Ryan Waldschmidt says ice accumulation snapped tree branches and caused power outages in the city of Fond du lac and  throughout the county.