Governor Tony Evers is seeking applicants for Winnebago County District Attorney. The appointment will fill a vacancy created by District Attorney Christian Gossett's resignation effective May 7. The new district attorney will serve the remainder of the term that ends January 2025. The application deadline is Friday March 18.
Seven more COVID-19 deaths have been reported in Fond du Lac County. The deaths include four men and three women ranging in age from 59 to 82. There have now been 220 COVID-19 deaths in Fond du Lac County since the beginning of the pandemic. There are four people hospitalized in Fond du Lac County. The Public Health Department says none of the people who are hospitalized are vaccinated.
Fond du Lac police officers were busy Thursday responding to a series of four drunken driving incidents in less than a 12 hour period. The first incident occured at noon Thursday when officers were investigating a two vehicle crash near West Scott St. and North Hickory St. where a 30 year old man was arrested for operating while impaired. At 6:45 PM police received a citizen tip and arrested a 43 year old […]
CHICAGO (AP) — Milwaukee Bucks center Brook Lopez is ready to participate in contact drills and five-on-five scrimmages after being sidelined since the season opener because of a back injury that required surgery. The 33-year-old Lopez played 28 minutes and had eight points, five rebounds and three blocks in a season-opening victory over the Brooklyn Nets. The 7-footer averaged 12.3 points, 5.0 rebounds and 1.5 blocks last season while helping […]
A Milwaukee man is in custody following a high speed chase in Fond du Lac County. The chase started shortly after 1am Friday when a Sheriff's deputy attempted a trafffic stop on a vehicle for speeding on Interstate 41 northbound at Johnson Street. The Sheriff's Office learned the vehicle had earlier been involved in a separate pursuit with the Washington County Sheriff's Office. The chase ended when the vehicle ran over stop […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A divided Wisconsin Supreme Court has adopted “least change” legislative and congressional redistricting maps submitted by Democratic Gov. Tony Evers, a plan likely to keep Republican majorities in place by making few deviations to current districts. The conservative-controlled court had previously said it would not make significant changes to the boundary lines that were already in place and created by Republicans in 2011. The Evers plan […]
The Republican-hired investigator of Wisconsin's 2020 election says his interim report released this week is just the beginning. Michael Gableman's 136 page report comes amid a nationwide GOP effort to reshape elections following president Joe Biden's victory over Donald Trump. Gableman told the Assembly Elections committee this week he plans to have another report soon focusing on indefinately confined voters. League of Women Voters of Wisconsin executive director Debra Cronmiller […]
The city of Fond du Lac is sharing in more than $200 million awarded by the state to provide affordable housing and economic development efforts. Governor Tony Evers made a stop at the Commonwealth Companies on South Brooke Street to present city manager Joe Moore with a $3.6 million Neighborhood Investment Fund Grant check to convert two buildings into housing units to help address homelessness. Commonwealth Companies is converting the former Northern Casket Company […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Former Assembly Democratic Minority Leader Gordon Hintz says he won't seek reelection this fall. Hintz didn't offer any explanation in Thursday's announcement and said he hasn't made any decisions about his future. Hintz, who represents the Oshkosh area, was first elected to the Assembly in 2006. He made headlines in 2011 when he yelled “You're dead!” at then-Republican Rep. Michelle Litjens in the moments after Assembly […]