Month: July 2019

Three people were transported to a hospital after the horse drawn buggy they were in overturned in Green Lake County Sunday afternoon.  A 40 year old man, 31 year old woman and 10 month old infant were taken to a Berlin hospital with undisclosed injuries.  Police say the accident was caused when a truck pulling a camper passed the buggy, spooking the horse which ran into the ditch off State Highway 44 east of Hilltop […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Gov. Tony Evers has created a new position in state government to coordinate the state's efforts at combatting lead in drinking water.  Evers on Monday signed an executive order in Kenosha creating the position within the state Department of Health Services. No one was immediately named to the post.  The order calls for someone within the health department to be designated as coordinator of the state's efforts to […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Wisconsin Legislature's top Republicans are denying reports that their party is looking to circumvent Democratic Gov. Tony Evers when redrawing political boundary lines in 2021.  The Wisconsin Examiner in a story Monday quoted both liberal and conservative attorneys who said they had heard that Republicans were considering using a joint resolution in 2021 to accomplish redistricting.  That approach wouldn't require Evers' signature, meaning he couldn't veto […]

CHIPPEWA FALLS, Wis. (AP) — A shooter killed three family members at a home in a small Wisconsin town, then went to a residence in a nearby community and opened fire on more people, sheriff's officials said Monday.   The shootings some 9 miles (14.5 kilometers) apart in northwestern Wisconsin left a total of five people dead, including the suspect, and two others wounded, authorities said.  Authorities found the shooter and another […]

BRAYMER, Mo. (AP) — Heavy rains in recent days slowed the search for the bodies of two Wisconsin brothers who have been missing in Missouri for more than a week but law enforcement agencies are following multiple leads in the case, a sheriff said Monday.  Several law enforcement agencies have searched since July 21 after Nick Diemel, 35, and his 24-year-old brother Justin Diemel, missed their flight home after visiting northwest […]

A Powerball winner in Fond du Lac over the weekend.  The winner  in Saturday's drawing matched 4 of 5  numbers plus the Powerball. Since they also purchased the Power Play prize multiplier feature, the  $50,000 prize was automatically multiplied by two; turning the $50,000 ticket into a $100,000 winner.  The numbers drawn were 1, 19, 31, 48, 61, PB-6 and PP-2X.   Kwik Trip (980 S. Hickory Street) in Fond du Lac sold the winning ticket.

All lanes have reopened on Interstate 41 in Fond du Lac following a car fire.  Shortly before 7am firefighters were called to southbound Interstate 41 south of Highway 000 for an automobile fire. Upon arrival companies found a fully involved “smart car” with one occupant who had safely exited the car.  The vehicle was pulled off on the far right shoulder.  One lane of traffic was halted so fire rescue […]

A Fond du Lac judge has granted a defense motion to  disqualify the District attorney from prosecuting a homicide case.   At a hearing Monday afternoon Judge Gary Sharpe  granted the motion by attorneys for Devon Neuman to disqualify DA Eric Toney  because Toney had represented Neuman twice in juvenile delinquency matters.    Toney  said he will review the options, including the possibility of appointing a special prosecutor.  The ruling postpones a  jury trial that was […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Brian Hagedorn's inauguration as a Wisconsin Supreme Court justice marks the end of a legal era.  Hagedorn will be sworn in Aug. 1. He replaces retiring Justice Shirley Abrahamson, Wisconsin's longest serving justice and the high court's first female member.  Hagedorn has had a meteoric rise. Former Republican Gov. Scott Walker appointed him as an appellate judge in 2015 before he went on to win his position […]