Fond du lac police are investigating reports of counterfeit money surfacing in the city. Police say a counterfeit $100 bill was reported at the O’Connor Quick Mart on Fond du Lac Avenue this week and another report of a woman who was paid with two counterfeit $50 bills for driving two men to Milwaukee. Police say there have been several reports of counterfeit money in the last few weeks.
A Watertown man has been convicted of sexually assaulting a child. As part of a plea agreement 27 year old Juan Malaga was found guilty of 2nd Degree Sexual Assault of a Child in Dodge County Circuit Court. He is accused of fondling one of his stepchildren. The charge carries a maximum sentence of 25 years behind bars. A sentencing hearing is scheduled for November 22.
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A pair of Republican legislators is introducing a package of legislation designed to combat elder abuse. Sen. Patrick Testin and Rep. John Macco's bills would expedite hearings in criminal cases involving elderly victims or witnesses and allow brokers and investment advisers to delay transactions from vulnerable adults' accounts when they suspect financial exploitation. The bills also would allow banks, lenders and check-cashing services to refuse or delay […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The push is on for the Wisconsin Legislature to create a dental therapist license as part of an effort to address a dentist shortage, particularly in rural areas. A coalition of more than 50 groups is urging the Legislature to join with other states and countries facing similar shortages and pass a bill licensing dental therapists. The position is a step below a dentist. Wisconsin's bipartisan measure […]
A Wisconsin environmental group is praising governor Tony Evers for issuing an executive order to create a new office to help achieve his goal of 100 percent carbon-free electricity in 30 years. The governor issued an executive order Friday to create the Office of Sustainability and Clean Energy within the state Department of Administration. Ryan Billingham with the Wisconsin Conservation Voters says the order requires the office to achieve his 100 percent carbon […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Former House Speaker Paul Ryan is moving his family from his hometown of Janesville, Wisconsin, to a house in a Washington, D.C., suburb less than a year after he retired from Congress saying he wanted to spend more time with his children. Ryan spokesman Kevin Seifert said Tuesday that Ryan and his family will be "temporarily" renting a house in Maryland and splitting their time between […]
A 28 year old Waupun man is being held in the Dodge County Jail as Waupun police continue to investigate a fire that destroyed a Waupun mobile home last week. The fire Friday destroyed the side by side trailer at 916 South Madison Street. Waupun Police Chief Scott Louden told WFDL news the man was taken into custody on a probation hold. According to the Waupun police log police were […]
POYGAN, Wis. (AP) — A woman has died and her husband was injured after they fell into a quarry in Winnebago County. The incident happened Monday in the town of Poygan. Authorities say they are still investigating, but it appears the couple from Oshkosh had been at a nearby business and walked to the top ridge of an adjacent quarry. It appears they were unfamiliar with the terrain in the […]
Fond du Lac Republican state representative Jeremy Thiesfeldt says he is opposed to universal gun background checks. Wisconsin governor Tony Evers and Democratic lawmakers are proposing an expansion of background checks for gun sales in the state. Representative Thiesfeldt says universal background checks would not accomplish anything. "It is a pathway toward a much larger restriction of second amendment rights in the United States of America," Thiesfeldt told WFDL news. […]