Month: February 2021

RICHLAND CENTER, Wis. (AP) — A high school basketball referee in Wisconsin has died after collapsing on court during a game. Tracy Krueger was stricken while officiating a game between Richland Center and Mt. Horeb on Monday night. He received immediate attention on the court and was taken to a hospital, where he died that night. The game did not resume after he collapsed. Tracy Krueger was 69 years old.

Republican congressman Glenn Grothman says president Biden’s decision to halt construction on the U.S.-Mexico border wall will undo progress made to make the border safer for Americans and immigrants.   Grothman returned this week after a trip to the border wall with a group of nine Republican congressmen.  Grothman says not completing the wall will make it easier for undocumented immigrants to cross the border and says gangs are capitalizing on public statements by the president […]

Wisconsin does not do well in the latest American Lung Association State of Tobacco Control Report.   Wisconsin received F grades in funding for state tobacco prevention programs, coverage and access to tobacco quit services and ending the sale of flavored tobacco products.  The state received a D grade for tobacco taxes.  The only area where the state did well was in the strength of it’s smokefree workplace laws where it received an A grade.  American […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A national hunting group is suing to force an immediate start to Wisconsin's wolf season. Kansas-based Hunter Nation Inc. filed the suit Tuesday in Jefferson County Circuit Court in Wisconsin. The group is seeking an order forcing the state Department of Natural Resources to start the season immediately. The Trump administration removed wolves from the federal endangered species list last month. The DNR is planning to […]

Firefighters quickly extinguished a fire after bales of straw in a dump truck caught on fire in Waupun.   Waupun Fire Chief B.J. DeMaa says there was smoke and flames visible from the truck box when firefighters arrived Monday afternoon.  DeMaa says 20 bales of straw were destroyed by the fire which was contained to the dump truck box.  DeMaa says the driver apparently forgot to turn off the box heater before […]

The Dodge County Sheriff’s Office is seeking the public’s assistance in locating 40 year old, David Pirtle, a Huber Inmate walk away.   Pirtle has an active arrest warrant through Dodge County. His last known address is on North Military Road in Fond Du Lac, WI, but has also been known to frequent an address on Morris Street in Fond Du Lac and Michigan Street in North Fond Du lac.   Pirtle […]

Nobody was injured in an explosion and fire that destroyed a garage and house in Fond du Lac County.   Firefighters and rescue personnel were called to the scene on Highway 23 near County Highway W Monday afternoon to a report of an explosion and garage on fire.  Sheriff Ryan Waldschmidt says the cause of the fire remains under investigation.  Waldschmidt says an initial investigation determined that nobody was home at the […]