MILWAUKEE (AP) — Prosecutors have charged a 26-year-old man in the fatal shooting of a Milwaukee police officer. Jordan P. Fricke, of Milwaukee, was charged Sunday with first-degree intentional homicide and other crimes in the fatal shooting Wednesday of 35-year-old Officer Matthew Rittner, who was serving a search warrant. Police say Fricke was the target of the warrant and was wanted for the illegal sale of firearms and drugs.
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — University of Wisconsin System regents have approved raising graduate tuition at eight schools and out-of-state undergraduate tuition at six schools. Resident graduate tuition will increase at Eau Claire, Green Bay, La Crosse, Oshkosh, Parkside, Stevens Point, Stout and Whitewater. Green Bay will see the biggest increase, from $7,793 to $7,996. Nonresident graduate tuition will increase at all those schools except La Crosse. Green Bay will see […]
(photo: near subway road) The sturgeon spearing season got underway this weekend on the Lake Winnebago system. DNR fisheries biologist Ryan Koenigs says people need to be careful when venturing out on the lake this year. "I have heard quite a few reports that there are more pressure cracks than what there normally are," Koenigs told WFDL news. Koenigs says water clarity varies, but all indications are the season will […]
The fourth annual Sturgeon Spectacular is underway in Fond du Lac this weekend. Fond du lac Area Convention and Visitors Bureau director Craig Molitor says there are events in downtown Fond du lac, Lakeside Park and the World Ice and Snow Sailing Championships on Lake Winnebago. Molitor says another highlight of the weekend is a snow sculpting competition in downtown Fond du Lac. A new event this year is curling. […]
A Fond du Lac man convicted of sexually assaulting young boys will spend the rest of his life in prison. Fond du Lac judge Robert Wirtz sentenced James Rasmussen to 203 years in prison and more than 60 years of extended supervision. Last November a Fond du Lac jury found Rasmussen guilty of more than 40 counts of child sex assault. At sentencing, Judge Wirtz stated Rasmussen’s behavior was "monstrous, […]
Six heifers died in a fire that destroyed a barn in Fond du Lac County. Shortly before 1:30pm Friday firefighters were called to the Harold Steger farm at N3340 Highway 175 south of Fond du Lac for a report of a calf barn on fire. The cause of the fire remains under investigation. The barn is a total loss.
The Fond du lac County District Attorney says no criminal charges will be filed against three Fond du Lac police officers following the death of a Fond du lac man shortly after his arrest two days before Christmas. DA Eric Toney says an investigation shows that 37 year old Christopher Cary died from a cocaine overdose and that the officers acted appropriately during the traffic stop. Police officers Sandra O’Donnell, […]
The Wisconsin State Patrol is continuing its investigation into a crash this week involving a Fond du lac County sheriff’s deputy vehicle in the city of Fond du Lac. The crash happened February 5 at the intersection of National and Merrill Avenue. According to the state patrol a mini van operated by Jarrett Anderson of Fond du Lac failed to stop for a stop sign and was struck by an […]
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