A vehicular homicide trial for a North Fond du Lac man is underway in Fond du Lac County Circuit Court. Travis Wollersheim is charged with two counts of homicide by negligent operation of a vehicle. Wollersheim is accused of rear-ending a car that had slowed on Interstate 41 in a construction zone in Fond du lac in June 2016, killing 26 year old David Button andhis eight year old son Joseph Button of Neenah.
Authorities have identified the victims of last week’s fatal fire at a Fond du Lac group home. Fond du Lac Fire Chief Pete O’Leary says the victims have been identified as 24 year old Taylor Lavallee, 53 year old Lisa Eastham and 72 year old Donna Frederick. A preliminary investigation has determined the fire on South Military Road was accidental, caused by improperly discarded smoking materials.
The director of the Center for Suicide Awareness in Wisconsin is expressing concern that politics is jeopardizing a program designed to help prevent suicides in Wisconsin. Barb Bigalki says the Speaker’s Task Force on Suicide Prevention wants to recommend a bill for a statewide suicide prevention text service, even though the governor included funding for the Hopeline in the state budget. Bigalki says her concern is that introducing a new bill puts the […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin's Democratic governor announced Monday that the special election to fill Republican Sean Duffy's congressional seat will be held in January, a move that avoids potentially boosting GOP turnout in a state Supreme Court election next spring. Duffy's House district, in mostly rural central, northwest and northern Wisconsin, is the heart of President Donald Trump country, so holding the special election during the already-scheduled April 7 […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin communities could apply for money to bolster election security under a $1.1 million grant program being proposed by the state agency in charge of elections. The Wisconsin Elections Commission board was to vote Tuesday on approving the new grant program. It would be funded with federal money. The move to create the grant program comes after the commission last month rejected the idea of buying scores of […]
An Appleton man who led Fond du Lac County Sheriff’s deputies on a 29 mile long chase on Interstate 41 with speeds up to 107 miles an hour has been bound over for trial. Ladonaven Brown waived his preliminary hearing Friday in Fond du Lac County Circuit Court. Sheriff’s captain Bill Tadych says deputies terminated the September 6 chase after getting the suspect vehicle’s license plate number. Brown is being held in the […]
The Fond du Lac city council may go to referendum to help pay for additional staffing for public safety. Council president Brian Kolstad says the council will start evaluating fire and police staffing needs in January. Kolstad says the council could decide next summer whether to put a referendum question on the 2020 presidential election ballot. Kolstad says specific dollar amounts have not been discussed yet. He says adding a million […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Republican leader of the Wisconsin Senate who last week announced he is running for Congress is raising the possibility of cutting taxes next year. Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald said that he thinks the Legislature will be able to cut taxes next year. He says the Legislature could tap additional tax revenue the state is projected to collect. Fitzgerald made the comments just days after he […]
EAST TROY, Wis. (AP) — Organizers of an annual festival to help struggling farmers say it was fitting to hold Farm Aid 2019 in Wisconsin farm country. It's the second time the event has been held in Wisconsin in its 34-year history. The last time was Farm Aid's 25th anniversary show, which was held at Miller Park in Milwaukee. That concert drew about 35,000, only slightly more than were expected […]