The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources will start the new year with a new chief warden. DNR Secretary Preston Cole said Monday that Capt. Casey Krueger will replace retiring Chief Warden Todd Schaller in January. Krueger currently leads DNR warden teams working in south-central Wisconsin. He also has served as a field warden in Oconto and Columbia counites as well as the supervisor of a warden team based in Lincoln […]
The Fond du Lac County Register of Deeds says effective the first of the year it will be easier to obtain a copy of your marriage certificate. Register of Deeds, Jim Krebs, says effective January 2, individuals married in Wisconsin will be able to go to any Wisconsin Register of Deeds office to obtain their marriage certificate. Krebs says its part of a broader goal of providing statewide access to all eligible vital […]
WAUSAU, Wis. (AP) — For decades, those who have participated in snowball fights in one Wisconsin city have risked getting in trouble with the law. But that may be about to change. A 1962 ban on throwing projectiles in Wausau lumps snowballs into the same category as rocks and other items that can cause serious harm. The City Council president says that after recent negative national attention over the rarely used […]
The 20th annual Fond du Lac Community Christmas dinner will be held on Christmas Day at the Eagles Hall in Fond du Lac. One of the event’s organizers, Nancy Elliman, says the dinner was started 20 years ago by the owner of the Oasis restaurant. The public is invited to attend the free event. Today, inmates at the Taycheeda women’s prison help prepare the Turkey and ham meal. Elliman says the dinner is open to anyone who […]
The Fond du Lac Salvation Army is asking the community to make last minute donations to put the Red Kettle fundraising campaign over the top. The campaign is closing in on it's $170,000 goal. To help fill the kettles, West Shore Group, Osborn & Son Trucking, Rotary and The family of John Pelletier will match up to $40,000 of donations received to the Red Kettle Campaign through December 24. Salvation Army Social […]
A Fond du Lac man received non life-threatening injuries during a shooting incident at a northbound Interstate 41 wayside in Dodge County. The Dodge County Sheriff’s Office says the incident happened shortly after 7pm Sunday following a confrontation between a 22 year old Kaukauna man and a 28 year old Fond du Lac man. The Fond du Lac man was shot in the abdomen and flown by helicopter to ThedaCare Medical Center in Neenah.
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Republicans who control the Wisconsin Legislature are considering a property tax cut proposal that would be introduced early in 2020. That's according to Republican Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald. He said at a news conference Friday that details, including the size of the cut, were still being worked out. Discussion of a property tax cut comes in the wake of homeowners receiving tax bills in December. […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — One of President Donald Trump’s top reelection advisers says Republicans plan to make more aggressive use of Election Day monitoring of polling places. Justin Clark discussed strategies for 2020 in wide-ranging remarks to influential Republicans in Wisconsin in an audiotape obtained by The Associated Press. The recording includes Clark saying Republicans have “traditionally” suppressed votes in places before he goes on to talk about “protecting our […]
A teenage girl from Oneida was arrested following a high speed chase in Fond du Lac County. The chase started shortly before 3am Sunday when a Fond du Lac County Sheriff’s deputy attempted to stop a vehicle speeding more than 90 miles an hour on Interstate 41 at Townline Road. The vehicle continued southbound reaching speeds of 128 M.P.H. The chase ended near Lost Arrow Road when the suspect’s vehicle ran over stop sticks placed on the […]