The Fond du Lac County District Attorney says a Fond du Lac city councilmember may have violated the State Ethics Code regarding his involvement in a lawsuit filed against the city regarding a Lakeside Park Development project. A May 11 email from DA Eric Toney to city attorney Deb Hoffman says Patrick Mullen remained a party to the lawsuit while he was a city council candidate and after he was […]
Fond du Lac County is getting more state assistance to help with the coronavirus pandemic. The county board has approved a resolution authorizing the acceptance of Epidemiology and Laboratory Capacity Enhancing Detection funds from the Wisconsin Department of Health Services for any expenses related to COVID-19. Fond du Lac County Public Health Officer Kim Mueller says the grant money will help ensure that if the county needs to do any more mass vaccination […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Republican William Penterman holds a slight lead in a special election primary for the right to run for an open state Assembly seat. Penterman, a U.S. Army Reserve member, holds a 16-vote lead in southeastern Wisconsin’s 37th Assembly District, according to Tuesday’s unofficial results. He is one of eight Republicans in the race. Others include Steve Kauffeld, Spencer Zimmerman, Jenifer Quimby, Nick Krueger, Cathy Ann Houchin, […]
For the second time in a couple of weeks a suspect has been captured with the help of the Fond du Lac County Sheriff’s Office drone. A driver involved in an alcohol-related crash in the town of Auburn fled into a wooded area. Sheriff’s captain, Bill Tadych, says with the help of a drone the suspect was located less than a half mile from the crash scene and taken into custody. […]
Crews have completed their search of the Fond du Lac River after a citzen reported seeing what they thought may have been a human hand in the river. Sheriff Ryan Waldschmidt says sonar images identified several items of interest, all of which were examined further and visually confirmed to be debris. No human body or body parts were located, and the Fond du Lac Police Department is closing their investigation. The search focused on […]
Two people were killed in a three vehicle crash in Dodge County. The crash happened Tuesday afternoon on State Highway 33 at the intersection with Breezy Point Road. A preliminary investigation shows a southbound van struck a vehicle that was stopped behind a car attempting to make a turn at the intersection. A 68 year old passenger and six month old passenger in the vehicle struck by the van were […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Postcards are being mailed this week to about 187,000 voters in Wisconsin who have not cast a ballot in the past four years, informing them that they will have their registration deactivated unless they take action within 30 days. If the voter does not take action, or the mailing is undeliverable, the voter will have to reregister in order to vote. To remain registered, voters must […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The superintendents of Wisconsin’s five largest school districts are telling members of the Legislature that they’re “dismayed” that $2.3 billion in federal aid is at risk because of low funding for K-12 schools. The heads of the Milwaukee, Madison, Racine, Kenosha and Green Bay districts urged legislators in letter sent Tuesday to set aside partisan differences to do what is best for the state’s schools. The […]
A little more than a year since the beginning of the pandemic Wisconsin Governor Tony Evers says he feels good about how the state has responded. On AM 1170s Between the Lines program the governor says he feels good about the state’s public health response and the public’s resilience. "Obviously politics played a role in it unfortunately with people fighting over whether they should wear masks or socially distance, but at […]