The Fond du Lac County executive says he fully supports the governor’s statewide mask mandate is asking county residents to comply. County executive Al Buechel says he’s been watching the COVID-19 numbers and they are not good. "On July 1 we had 314 cases, now we have 543," Buechel told WFDL news. "That's alarming and it's telling us that doing nothing is not working." Buechel says something had to be done. […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Gov. Tony Evers says he has no secret plans to ban in-person instruction for Wisconsin's K-12 students this fall. Republican lawmakers are worried that Evers is planning to order schools to close their doors and offer online instruction only as the coronavirus pandemic rages on. But the governor told reporters during a video conference Tuesday that he has no plans for such a move and he's […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin election clerks need more than 900 additional workers for the Aug. 11 statewide primary. The Wisconsin Elections Commission on Tuesday put out a call for more volunteers to step forward to work the polls in the middle of the coronavirus pandemic. Wisconsin chief elections official Meagan Wolfe says the shortage of poll workers is driven by older people with underlying health conditions not being willing […]
The Fond du Lac County Clerk is urging voters to return their ballot today for next week’s August 11 primary, given high demand and possible mailing delays. Clerk Lisa Freiberg says while voters have until Thursday to request an absentee ballot, she wouldn’t wait until the last minute. "I strongly suggest you determine that today instead of Thursday," Freiberg told WFDL news. The deadline to return the ballot is 8pm on […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Milwaukee Police Department doesn’t know how many people will show up for the scaled-back Democratic National Convention that begins in less than two weeks. But Police Chief Alfonso Morales said Tuesday that the department is prepared to handle protests without using tear gas. The chief was ordered by the Milwaukee Fire and Police Commission last month to discontinue the use of pepper spray and tear […]
WATERTOWN, Wis. (AP) — Jefferson County’s district attorney says a man who exchanged gunfire with police in Watertown in May took his own life and was not shot by an officer. District Attorney Monica Hall says police stopped a car for a traffic violation in the parking lot of a gas station May 31 and a rear seat passenger produced a fake ID and refused commands to exit the vehicle. […]
SPARTA, Wis. (AP) — Police have made another arrest in a fatal shooting in Sparta. A 38-year-old man was taken into custody in Butler Monday in the death of 61-year-old Anthony Koopman June 11. Twenty-eight-year-old Damara Skenandore-Medina was arrested earlier. She is being held on $1 million cash bond on felony murder/armed robbery, distribution of methamphetamine and aiding a felon. Sparta Deputy Police Chief Booker Ferguson says the fatal shooting […]
MILWAUKEE (AP) — A couple from Milwaukee has been charged in the 2019 stabbing death of an Onalaska man during an altercation over comments made about their bikes. Thirty-three-year-old Ryan Sorensen was stabbed in the chest in West Allis while walking with two friends last September. Thirty-one-year-old Angel Monge-Mathuzima and 32-year-old Shirley Monge are each charged with party to felony murder-battery. A criminal complaint says the couple biked past Sorensen […]
The dairy industry has a familiar question for you: “Got milk?” Six years after the popular tagline was retired, “Got milk?” ads are back. The dairy industry is reviving the campaign hoping to prolong the U.S. sales boost milk has gotten during the pandemic. Fond du Lac County Dairy and Livestock extension agent Tina Kohlman says during its more than 20 year run the ad campaign was very successful. "Twenty, […]