Month: November 2021

The Fond du Lac County Sheriff's Office and State Patrol are investigating if two cars were drag racing prior to a fatal crash over the weekend   The crash happened Saturday night on Highway T at Townline Road in the town of Lamartine, when a car attempted to pass another car, lost control and struck a parked vehicle on the shoulder of the Highway.   The driver of the passing car was pronounced dead […]

KENOSHA, Wis. (AP) — A forensic pathologist says the first man killed by Kyle Rittenhouse during a night of turbulent protests in Kenosha was shot at close range of just a few feet and had soot injuries that could indicate he had his hand over the barrel of Rittenhouse’s gun. But Dr. Doug Kelley from the Milwaukee County medical examiner’s office testified Tuesday that it was unclear from video footage […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A bipartisan group of more than 50 elections officials is rallying behind the Wisconsin Elections Commission administrator who has come under attack by Republican legislators with claims of voter fraud. Assembly Speaker Robin Vos has called for Meagan Wolfe’s resignation for decisions the Elections Commission made last year during the coronavirus pandemic. The elections officials from states across the country sent a letter Monday to Vos […]

A Fond du Lac County Sheriff's captain says the rescue of a lost hunter in the Eldorado Marsh is another example of how invaluable a drone is when it comes to search and rescue.  Sheriff's captain Bill Tadych says it was getting dark out when the hunter called the Sheriff's Office Sunday evening to report he was lost on the west side of the marsh.  Tadych says the area is a sea of  […]

(Fond du Lac, Wis.) – Congressman Glenn Grothman (WI-06) will be holding two town hall meetings on Friday, November 12. Town hall meeting times and locations are as follows: Friday, November 12 9:30 a.m. - 10:30 a.m. Town Hall of Black Wolf 380 E Black Wolf Avenue Oshkosh, WI 54902 11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. Campbellsport Library 220 N Helena Street Campbellsport, WI 53010 3:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. Oostburg Municipal Building/Village Hall […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Republican-controlled Wisconsin state Senate has approved a redistricting plan similar to one passed a decade ago. The Senate on Monday voted along party lines, 21-12, in favor of GOP-drawn maps that would stay in place for the next 10 years in legislative and congressional districts. The Assembly is set to vote on the maps Thursday. Democratic Gov. Tony Evers promised early to veto the maps. […]

The Green Bay Packer Foundation is helping to make a new Fond du Lac Pier Elementary School playground a reality.     The Foundation has awarded the Pier PTO a $5,000 grant toward the project to help upgrade the current playground and it's aging equipment.   Pier principal Amy Jahns says the grant is part of a $130,000 fundraising effort, that has so far raised nearly $84,000.   Jahns says the first phase of the project will […]

Republican congressman Glenn Grothman has introduced a bill that targets the growing fentanyl problem.  The Fentanyl Penalties Parity Act would reduce the amount of the drug an individual can be in possession of before they are charged with a federal crime.  According to a press release from Grothman, under current law, an offense must involve 400 or more grams of a substance containing fentanyl  to trigger a mandatory minimum sentence.  By comparison, the mandatory […]