Wet weather has delayed construction work on Highway 151 between Columbus and Sun Prairie. Wisconsin Department of Transportation officials say construction is expected to continue for most of the summer and completed shortly after Labor Day, Sept. 2. The project, which began in April, was original scheduled for completion next month. Work is also taking place on the on and off ramps at Highways 16 and 73.
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Police in Madison have arrested woman after she allegedly brandished a lighter near a man's gas tank while he was fueling up. Police said officers arrived at a Citgo station late Thursday night. They found a 38-year-old woman in the station's parking lot swearing, kicking vehicles and trying to start fights with customers. As an officer approached her she held out a lit cigarette lighter and […]
A Marshall man has been arrested for his 9th operating while intoxicated offense after hitting a concrete barrier wall in Winnebago County. The crash happened Thursday morning on I-41 northbound at Prospect Avenue. A state trooper found 46 year old Larry Eldridge unconscious in an SUV and open intoxicants in the vehicle. Eldridge transported to a Neenah hospital and later arrested for OWI 9th offense and 2nd offense Operating After Revocation.
A Fond du Lac County man has been arrested in southern Wisconsin for his fourth OWI. Thirty six year old Aaron Roffers of Ashford was stopped by police in Middleton early Sunday morning after reports he was driving all over the road. He was arrested for his alleged fourth operating while intoxicated offense.
A Mayville man is charged with his 7th OWI. Fifty-five year old Gregory Cundy is being held in the Dodge County Jail on $25,000 cash bond. The charge carries a maximum sentence of more than 12 years in prison and a $25,000 fine. According to a criminal complaint Cundy backed into another car and left the area. He was later arrested at his home.
Starting Friday the Fond du Lac County Sheriff’s Office is joining other groups and local law enforcement in sending a message that alcohol and boating don’t mix. Fond du Lac County Sheriff’s captain Bill Tadych says the Sheriff’s Office Boat Patrol will be out on Lake Winnebago this holiday weekend for Operation Dry Water. "We have extra boat patrols out there for the weekend and we're trying to promote safe habits out […]
The Dodge County Sheriff says an ATV crash last weekend that seriously injured a nine year old boy raises questions about Wisconsin’s drunken driving laws. Sheriff Dale Schmidt says investigators believe alcohol was a factor in the crash that critically injured the nine year old boy who was a passenger on the ATV when it rolled over in an intersection. Schmidt says under current state law being convicted of operating […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Republican legislators have scheduled a hearing on a bill that would keep the names of lottery winners secret. Assembly Speaker Robin Vos introduced the bill in April on the same day 24-year-old Manuel Franco came forward to claim a $768 million Powerball prize. Franco said at a news conference that he began feeling paranoid as soon as he realized he had the winning ticket. Vos cited Franco in […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The state Assembly's top Republican is attacking Democratic Gov. Tony Evers' partial budget vetoes. Evers made 78 partial vetoes to the spending plan before he signed it Wednesday. Assembly Speaker Robin Vos issued a statement saying the budget deserved to be signed without political partial vetoes. He says the vetoes shave dollars off important programs, give government bureaucrats more spending authority and allow people to cheat the […]