Month: September 2019

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Republican Scott Fitzgerald, a 25-year veteran of the Wisconsin state Senate, announced Tuesday that he is running for Congress in a strongly conservative district to replace longtime U.S. Rep. Jim Sensenbrenner.    Fitzgerald, the first Republican to enter the race, was an early supporter of President Donald Trump in Wisconsin and his campaign website prominently features a picture of Fitzgerald standing next to a smiling Trump […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Gov. Tony Evers has created a task force to study issues facing the growing number of retired people in Wisconsin, particularly the amount of money they have saved.  Evers signed an executive order Monday creating the group that is led by state Treasurer Sarah Godlewski and include members of Evers' administration, Republican and Democratic state lawmakers, retirees and representatives from the business community, the financial services industry […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Wisconsin dairy industry is raising a stink about potential new regulations governing manure storage.  State officials are crafting new farm standards to serve as a template for local ordinances. The standards would expand setbacks for manure storage. New farms with at least 500 animals and farms looking to expand to at least 500 animals would have to place storage facilities between 600 feet and 2,500 feet […]

Its going to cost more for those looking to buy a new car this year.  According to new AAA research finance costs on new car purchases have jumped 24 percent in 2019, pushing the average annual cost of  vehicle ownership to nearly $9,300.  State AAA spokesman Nick Jarmuscz tells WFDL news the spike in finance charges was fueled by rising interest rates and higher vehicle prices.   Jarmuscz says of all costs,  depreciation, a […]

The Fond du Lac animal shelter manager  says she wonders when some people are going to learn you can’t leave a child or a pet in a car on a hot day.   Renee Webb was reacting to the case of a Green Bay woman whose pet Golden Retriever died after being left in a hot car outside Lambeau Field.  "Unfortunately something that happens too frequently and not just with animals being left […]

MENASHA, Wis. (AP) — The Winnebago County District Attorney's office says an officer's use of deadly force in Menasha was justified.   Police fatally shot 43-year-old Shawn Blowers outside his apartment on June 25. Officers were executing a search warrant for child pornography at the apartment.  A 250-page report by Wisconsin's Department of Justice says Blowers was initially cooperative as officers entered his apartment, but then walked to the kitchen, grabbed a […]

MILWAUKEE (AP) — Prosecutors say a Wisconsin man suspected of manufacturing vaping cartridges with THC oil flew to California last month to get the substance in bulk and fill thousands of cartridges daily for sale.  The information is in the criminal complaint filed Monday. Twenty-year-old Tyler Huffhines is charged with maintaining a drug trafficking house and three counts of possession with intent to deliver THC, the psychoactive ingredient in marijuana.  Authorities in […]

A Fond du Lac man was treated at the hospital emergency room Sunday afternoon after accidentally shooting himself in the hand.  The man said he was cleaning his 9mm gun in his apartment at the Countryside Village apartments on Security Drive, when the gun accidentally discharged and  a bullet  struck him in the pinkie finger.   Police say the bullet did not go through the wall.

A small fire on the roof of a building across the street from the South Main Street fire station was quickly extinguished.  Friday night the  Fond du Lac Fire Department was called for a report of a fire on the roof of the Cobblestone Square building, across the street from the fire station.  Chief Pete O’Leary says the fire was out by the time a fire crew arrived and there was minimal damage.