Month: January 2022

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Republican state lawmakers are pushing a plan that would lower the minimum age to legally carry a concealed weapon in Wisconsin. Currently, a Wisconsin resident needs to be 21 before they can apply for a concealed carry permit. The GOP-backed bill would lower it to 18. The measure’s sponsor, state Rep. Shae Sortwell says 18-year-olds have the right to vote or go to war so they […]

MILWAUKEE (AP) — The Milwaukee County Medical Examiner’s Office has identified the young girl fatally shot over the weekend in Milwaukee. Police say they are investigating the death of 8-year-old Tiana Huddleston as a homicide. A 47-year-old man is accused of handling a firearm that discharged and struck the girl, who died at a nearby hospital on Saturday. The man was taken into custody. Acting Milwaukee Mayor Cavalier Johnson called […]

A Fond du Lac man was seriously injured after falling from a ladder.  Rescue personnel were called to the scene at 69 8th Street shortly after 8am Monday.  Fire Chief Pete O'Leary says the victim was flown by helicopter to ThedaCare Medical Center in Neenah.  "We had a report of a person who fell from a ladder, 15 to 20 down,"  O'Leary told WFDL news.  O'Leary says FDL Fire and Rescue initially […]

Americans, beset by product shortages, rising prices and the arrival of omicron, sharply cut their spending in December after a burst of spending in the fall that helped bolster the holiday season.  Retail sales fell a seasonally adjusted 1.9 percent in December compred with the previous month when sales increased0.3 percent.  Retired Ripon College economist Paul Schoofs says it doesn't come as a surprise.  Schoofs says as COVID-19 cases continue to spike he […]

The Fond du Lac Area United Way is closing in on 90-percent of it's fundraising goal.  With two weeks left in the campaign, United Way executive director Amber Kilawee says the fund drive is at 88-percent of the $625,000 goal. People can still make donations for this year's campaign through January 31.

Gov. Tony Evers  has announced  that he is seeking applicants for appointment as coroner  in Green Lake County.  The appointment will fill the vacancy created by the death of Daniel Krieser, who died last November  at the age of 54.  The new coroner will complete a term through Jan. 1, 2023.  Applications  can be found on the “Apply to Serve” page on Gov. Evers’ website and the application deadline is January 28.

A one vehicle rollover crash in Fond du Lac County has claimed the life of a  Campbellsport woman.  The victim has been identified as 65 year old Margaret Weaver of Campbellsport.  The crash happened shortly before 6:30pm Friday on state Highway 45 south of Mitchell Road.  A preliminary investigation shows the vehicle  was southbound on 45  when it failed to negotiate a  curve, entered the ditch and overturned.    Speed appears […]