MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Democratic Gov. Tony Evers has this to say on whether Republican legislative leaders are sexist: "You connect the dots." Evers spokeswoman on Saturday accused Assembly Speaker Robin Vos and Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald of refusing to negotiate with the governor's chief of staff because she is a woman. Evers initially declined to answer questions about it Monday, but later put out a statement. He says […]
A Campbellsport man accused of trying to kill his fiancée has been bound over for trial. Thirty three year old James Allen is charged with attempted first degree intentional homicide and aggravated battery. Allen is accused of stabbing his fiancée, Michele Fleischman, in the neck with a pocket knife while she was driving at highway speed south of Campbellsport in March. Investigators say the incident followed an argument between the […]
A Fond du lac teenager accused of trying to kill his stepfather with a tire iron has been bound over for trial. Nineteen year old Ryan Robison faces multiple charges including attempted homicide. Robison is accused of attacking his stepfather, 73 year old Gary Bloedorn, with a tire iron at the Evergreen apartments near the Forest Mall. Bloedorn suffered severe head injuries and part of a finger was severed in […]
The Dodge County Sheriff’s Office continues to investigate a shooting incident last week that injured a Reeseville man. Sheriff Dale Schmidt says a 26 year old Reeseville man suffered a non life-threatening gunshot wound to his shoulder at a residence the small village south of Beaver Dam last Thursday night. Schmidt says investigators are trying to determine if the two suspects involved fled on foot or left in a vehicle. […]
A new manned security checkpoint at the Fond du lac city-county government center is expected to be in operation next month. The checkpoint, including metal detector will be located at what will be the lone public entrance on the northside of the building. County executive Al Buechel says government employees will be issued fobs for building access. He says officers who will man the checkpoint will be trained on the […]
A Fond du Lac woman who was pulled unconscious from a burning house Sunday afternoon has died. Division Chief of Fire Prevention Troy Haase says the woman the woman was pronounced dead at the hospital and an autopsy will be conducted to determine if she died from smoke inhalation. Firefighters were called to the scene at 29 Woods Place Sunday afternoon and found the woman in a bedroom during a […]
OSHKOSH, Wis. (AP) — Republican U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson says Joe Biden poses the greatest threat to President Donald Trump in Wisconsin. Johnson gave his assessment of the large Democratic presidential field at a news conference Saturday during the Wisconsin Republican Party convention. He calls Biden a "nice" and "likable guy" and compares him to a company's sales manager. Johnson helped lead a review of the Wisconsin Republican Party to […]
APPLETON, Wis. (AP) — Funeral arrangements are set for an Appleton firefighter who was killed in the line of duty. Appleton Fire Chief Jeremy Hansen says the 6 p.m. service Monday for Mitch Lundgaard at Appleton Alliance Church is not open to the public. Hansen says citizens are encouraged to line the processional route from the Brettschneider-Trettin-Nickel Funeral Chapel to the church, as well as the return trip to the […]
A man who exchanged exchanged gunfire with police leading to his death and that of a firefighter was released from the Fond du lac County Jail earlier this month after his bond was lowered. Ruben Houston, of Wausau, had been the subject of a medical call to a bus near downtown Appleton on Wednesday afternoon. Police say Houston was treated, but after he walked away from the bus, the incident […]