Month: March 2020

RHINELANDER, Wis. — Authorities say one person has been injured in the crash of a single-engine plane at the Rhinelander airport. The Federal Aviation Administration says the single-engine Cessna 208 Caravan crashed, flipped over and came to rest between a taxiway and a runway Thursday morning.  Airport director Matthew Leitner says the plane belongs to CSA Air in Michigan. The airport has been closed. Rhinelander police confirm one person who […]

A Fond du Lac woman was killed, and a Fond du Lac man was injured in a crash on an Illinois Interstate this week.  Authorities say 82 year old Robin Francis of Fond du Lac was killed in the crash on I-55.   She was a passenger in a car that struck a vehicle that had stopped on the road, and then struck a semi on the shoulder of the Interstate.  The driver, 74 […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Health leaders coordinating Wisconsin's reaction to the new coronavirus are assuring lawmakers that the risk of infection remains low in the state. But they said at a Wednesday briefing that discussions are underway about how to handle potential outbreaks at prisons, long-term care facilities and other places where people congregate. State health officials urged calm, while also acknowledging that much is not known about the virus […]

Gov. Tony Evers has awarded $75 million in grants for 152 local transportation projects across Wisconsin. The one-time funding approved in the state budget last year comes from a program to bolster local transportation projects. Evers on Wednesday announced the grants for 84 towns, 34 cities and villages and 34 counties.  Projects in Dodge County include  South Spring Street in Beaver Dam, Highway DJ and East Lake Street in Horicon.  Fond du Lac County projects include […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The operator of the Wisconsin brewery where an employee opened fire on co-workers last week says someone years ago placed a noose on the gunman's locker. Anthony Ferrill gunned down five co-workers at Molson Coors' brewery in Milwaukee before killing himself last week. His motive remains unknown. Ferrill was black. Four victims were white and one was Latino. Local media have reported on speculation that the […]

Navy Midshipman Ashley Pluim, from Brandon, Wisconsin, participated in the 2020 spring Naval Reserve Officer Training Corps (NROTC) ship selection draft as a future member of the Surface Warfare Officer (SWO) community.  More than 270 midshipmen from NROTC units around the country chose to serve as surface warfare officers. Each selecting midshipmen are ranked according to their grade point average, aptitude scores and physical fitness.   “NROTC has benefitted me personally […]

Congressman Glenn Grothman (R-Glenbeulah) will be holding three town hall meetings on Tuesday, March 17, 2020. Town hall meeting times and locations are as follows: Tuesday, March 17, 2020 9:00 a.m. - 10:00 a.m. Poynette Village Hall 106 S. Main Street Poynette, WI 53955 11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. Wyocena Village Hall 165 E. Dodge Street Wyocena, WI 53969 2:30 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. Friesland Village Hall 113 S. Madison […]