The Fond du Lac County Sheriff’s Office has released another photo of the suspects involved in a high speed chase last month. The chase started on Interstate 41, and ended when the pursuit was terminated in the city of Fond du Lac at Military Road and Ninth Street. The vehicle was found abandoned on Harrison Place near Forest Avenue. Sheriff’s captain Bill Tadych says a cell phone picture of the suspects was initially posted […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A Kansas-based hunting advocacy group is suing to force the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources to restart in-person hunter education courses. The DNR canceled the courses as part of a stay-at-home order Gov. Tony Evers issued in March. The state Supreme Court struck the order down in May. Hunter Nation filed a lawsuit in Marathon County on Wednesday arguing that the DNR has no authority to […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Juneteenth flag celebrating the a day that commemorates the end of slavery in the U.S. will fly over the Wisconsin Capitol for the first time in state history. Gov. Tony Evers announced Wednesday that the flag will be up all day on Friday. It will replace the rainbow gay pride flag for one day. That flag is up all month and flew for the first […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The National Transportation Safety Board has opened an investigation into a chain-reaction crash that killed four people and injured several others in southern Wisconsin last week. The NTSB tweeted that the agency is coordinating the investigation with the Wisconsin State Patrol and does not plan to send NTSB investigators to the scene near Lodi at this time. Eight vehicles were involved in the Friday morning crash […]
PULASKI, Wis. (AP) — State regulators say mismanagement at an assisted living facility in northeastern Wisconsin made a deadly coronavirus outbreak worse. Forty-six people have been infected by COVID-19, including 10 residents who died, at Country Villa Assisted Living in Pulaski. The Wisconsin Division of Quality Assurance determined the facility failed to adequately monitor residents with coronavirus symptoms and did not follow public health guidelines until it was too late. […]
TOWN OF SUMNER, Wis. (AP) — State investigators say two people have died at the scene of a shootout and house fire in Jefferson County. The Division of Criminal Investigation confirmed the deaths Wednesday. Deputies were sent to the house in the Town of Sumner Tuesday night on a report of a possible burglary. A responding deputy found two people down in the driveway and they were later determined to […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Wisconsin Elections Commission has given final approval to a mailing that will put absentee ballot application forms in the hands of 2.7 million registered voters ahead of the November presidential election. The commission previously voted unanimously in favor of sending the mailing to about 80% of registered voters. On Wednesday, it approved the letter that will accompany it. The commission was also to consider a […]
The Waupun Area Chamber of Commerce has announced that Volksfest has been cancelled this year due to the pandemic. The Chamber says it plans to relaunch the German-inspired festival in 2021. Meanwhile, the Waupun Farmers Market is happening as planned as is a Chamber Golf Outing that was rescheduled for late July. The Farmers Market is held Saturday mornings from June through September.
With professional fireworks shows being cancelled in communities across the state including Fond du Lac, due to COVID-19 fire safety professionals fear illegal consumer fireworks shows may be more prevalent this Fourth of July holiday. Fond du Lac Fire Chief Pete O’Leary says each year consumer fireworks are responsible for nearly 20,000 fires in the U.S. each year resulting in nearly 13,000 emergency room visits. Fond du Lac Fire Rescue demonstrated the dangerous effects of improper […]