A 67-year-old man has died and a 28-year-old man was arrested after a stabbing inside a home in Oshkosh. Oshkosh police say they were called to a report of a disturbance with a weapon on Sunday evening, and learned that someone had been stabbed. They arrived to find the victim had been stabbed with a knife. He died at a hospital. The suspect was arrested for first-degree intentional homicide. A […]
Milwaukee police say a 17-year-old boy from Milwaukee was fatally shot by a police officer after a disturbance outside a suburban shopping mall. Authorities say the teen allegedly had a handgun and was running from police. The shooting happened Sunday evening after security at Mayfair Mall in Wauwatosa reported a disturbance involving about 10 people. Four people ran away when officers arrived. The Wauwatosa police chief says the male suspect […]
With less than a week to go before the sturgeon spearing season, the Fond du laC County Sheriff’s Office is expressing concern about the ice conditions on Lake Winnebago. Lieutenant Chris Dobyns heads up the Sheriff’s Office Water Patrol/Rescue Team. "We're very concerned. Obviously we want people to be able to go out there and enjoy the resource and the time and do it safely," Dobyns told WFDL news. "With the […]
Fond du Lac Police Department are investigating a report of a possible attempted child enticement incident. Assistant police chief Steve Klein says the incident occurred between 5:30 p.m. and 6p.m. Saturday in an alley way between East Johnson and East Follett Streets. A witness reported seeing a man driving a pick-up truck into the alley and stop and open the door to talk to a three-year-old child that was playing nearby. […]
The Dodge County Sheriff hopes a landscaping project helps improve safety at an Interstate 41 wayside. Sheriff Dale Schmidt says over the years the Sheriff’s Office has received many complaints of criminal activity at the wayside on the northbound side of the Interstate in the northeast corner of the county. Schmidt says the problem is the wayside was blocked from the view of the highway by brush and trees. Schmidt says […]
The Wisconsin DNR continues to investigate following manure runoff from a farm in the town of Calumet in Fond du Lac County. The runoff at the Loron Bock Farm near Artesian Beach Road and Highway 151 was reported last Wednesday. The DNR is working with the Fond du Lac County Conservation Department to monitor the cleanup of the runoff into a ditch and two intermittent streams. Neighbors are asked to monitor […]
Republican lawmakers have introduced a bill designed to prevent a backlog of untested sexual assault kits, scrapping proposals championed by Democratic Attorney General Josh Kaul. Kaul calls the move "a charade." The Senate overwhelmingly passed bills in October that would create new kit submission and tracking requirements but they've stalled in the Assembly. Kaul has blasted Republicans who control that chamber for doing nothing. GOP representatives on Friday introduced a […]
Warm temperatures in Wisconsin could threaten traditional winter events including sturgeon spearing, ice castles and ice bars. Forecasters anticipate temperatures could reach 50 Sunday. Organizers at the Ice Castles in Lake Geneva are watching the weather closely. The popular event features massive ice castles that people can walk through. The warm temperatures will leave the castle floors slippery. And the ice may not be thick enough on Lake Winnebago to […]
Gov. Tony Evers has declared a state of emergency in southeastern Wisconsin in the wake of severe winter storms in the region. The governor issued an executive order Friday declaring an emergency in Milwaukee, Racine and Kenosha counties in response to the storms Jan. 10-12. The storms caused extensive flooding along the Lake Michigan shoreline and significant infrastructure damage. The declaration directs state agencies to help people affected by the […]