The Fond du Lac city clerk is urging residents who receive a voter registration postcard in the mail to take action to ensure their registration address is up to date. Nearly 100,000 Wisconsin voters identified as potentially having moved since the fall of 2019 are being mailed postcards from the Elections Commission. Fond du Lac city clerk Maggie Hefter says the postcard is very specific. In the past Hefter says most of the […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The state Department of Natural Resources has canceled Wisconsin's sharp-tailed grouse season for the third year in a row to protect the population. The DNR announced the decision Monday, saying a population survey this spring coupled with historical data trends and scientific modeling indicate hunting could cause a “marked decrease” in the population. Sharp-tailed grouse populations have been dwindling across the country since the 1900s. The […]
MILWAUKEE (AP) — Lt. Gov. Mandela Barnes quietly received his diploma from Alabama A&M University in May 2020, 12 years after he attended classes there. Barnes came under criticism two years ago for saying that he had a degree even though he had not yet fulfilled all the requirements to receive one. The Barnes campaign provided a copy of his year-old diploma Monday. Barnes is expected to join next year's […]
Two people were treated at the hospital following an altercation in Fond du Lac. Shortly after 5:30pm Sunday police were called to the area of 92 Forest Ave for a report of an altercation taking place and someone possibly being cut with some type of sharp instrument. Two male subjects were transported to St. Agnes Hospital with what appeared to be non-life-threatening injuries to the face. Investigators are speaking with person(s) of interest to determine what […]
An 18 year old Fond du Lac man was arrested following a high speed chase over the weekend. The chase started early Sunday morning when a sheriff’s deputy attempted to stop a vehicle on Winnebago Drive at Prairie Road for a speeding violation. The chase continued south on Highway 151, where the vehicle ran over stop sticks, losing both driver side tires. The suspect turned east on Rienzi Road and was stopped by […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin health officials say an uptick in COVID-19 cases in the state this week is likely connected to the more contagious Delta variant of the coronavirus and reinforces the need for unvaccinated residents to get inoculated. Nearly 51% of people statewide have received at least one dose of the vaccine and about 48% statewide are fully vaccinated, which officials say provides good protection against the Delta […]
MILWAUKEE (AP) — Wisconsin wildlife officials are asking people to be on the lookout for sickly birds. The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources made the request after seeing signs of illnesses that have affected birds in the eastern United States since May. That month, wildlife managers in Washington, D.C, Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia, and Kentucky began receiving reports of sick and dying birds with eye swelling and crusty discharge. The […]
A Beaver Dam man described as a misogynist by prosecutors is going to prison for possession of child pornography. Dodge County Circuit judge Kristine Snow sentenced 51 year old Adam Biddle to six years in prison and twenty years of extended supervision. In 2020, the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children received two tips regarding possible child pornography that was being transmitted through online media accounts. According to a criminal complaint officers […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A Wisconsin bishop has taken the unusual step of removing a defiant priest from the ministry after he made a series of divisive remarks about politics and the pandemic. The Diocese of La Crosse said Friday that Bishop William Patrick Callahan has removed the Rev. James Altman as pastor of St. James the Less, effective immediately. Altman rose to prominence before the 2020 election with a […]