Month: January 2022

A Rubicon man convicted several years ago in a violent domestic battery case is going back to prison.  Dodge County Circuit judge Kristine Snow sentenced 46 year old Graham Lulich to two and a half years in prison followed by one and a half years of extended supervision for felony battery.  Lulich had previously been sentenced to 5 ½ years in prison and 2 years of extended supervision for Felony Substantial Battery with two repeaters, […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Democratic Gov. Tony Evers has pardoned 54 more people, bringing his total to nearly 400, the most of any Wisconsin governor. Most of the pardons Evers announced Thursday involved low-level drug offenses. Other offenses included fraud, burglary, theft and drunken driving. Evers has granted 391 pardons over three years in office, more than the nearly 300 pardons that former Democratic Gov. Jim Doyle issued over eight […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Madison-based company that specializes in the detection of early stage cancers announced Thursday that it will invest $350 million to expand its work in Wisconsin. Exact Sciences said in a statement the expansion at its Madison campuses, including a new research and development center, could eventually create an additional 1,300 jobs. The cancer screening and diagnostics company may be best known for its noninvasive colorectal […]

Fond du Lac Fire and Rescue is asking residents to  donate cold  weather gear to help those in need during the cold winter months.  Fond du Lac Fire and Rescue Community Risk Reduction specialist Calie Tasch says it's part of the Department's  Roll Out the Warmth program to help the homeless and warming shelters.  Division Chief of Fire Prevention Garth Schumacher says residents are asked to  donate new gloves and hats . People can […]

The Fond du Lac County Sheriff says the Fond du Lac  County Jail follows FCC guidelines when it comes to charging fees for phone calls.   Sheriff Ryan Waldschmidt was responding to a proposed bill that would stop county jails from charging excessive fees for phone calls by inmates.   Waldschmidt says inmates in the Fond du Lac County Jail are charged 21 cents a minute for phone calls.  Waldschmidt says because of visitation restrictions […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Prosecutors have added dozens of charges against a man accused of driving his SUV through a Christmas parade in suburban Milwaukee last year. Darrell Brooks Jr. was charged in November with six homicide counts in connection with the Nov. 21 killings in Waukesha. Prosecutors added 71 additional charges against him Wednesday, including multiple counts of reckless endangerment, hit-and-run involving death, bail jumping and battery. New court […]