Month: June 2022

The Fond du Lac County Sheriff's Office is considering what's called a one to one assignment for squad cars.  The program permits deputies to take their assigned vehicles home during their off hours and prorvides limited personal use of the vehicles.  Fond du Lac County Sheriff Ryan Waldschmidt says the biggest hurdle is the one time expense of covering all of the employees.  Waldschmidt says under the plan deputies, even if […]

CROSSLAKE, Minn. (AP) — A researcher trying to understand what's causing a decline in Wisconsin's loon population is expanding his project into Minnesota. Chapman University biology professor Walter Piper has found that Wisconsin's loon population has decreased by about 22% in the last 25 years. Chicks also are smaller and young loons' survival rate is lower. Minnesota Public Radio reports that Piper has partnered with the National Loon Center to […]

The Dodge County Sheriff’s Office is hosting a public open house this Friday.  The open house, will be held  from 2:00 PM to 6:00 PM.   The open house will include tours of the sheriff’s office along with short tours at the jail.   Presentations will be made by members of the SWAT Team, the Crash Investigation Team and the Recreation Patrol .   You will be able to see the inside of a squad […]

MILWAUKEE (AP) — George Thompson, who played for Marquette from 1967-69 and remains one of the program’s all-time leading scorers, has died. He was 74. Marquette announced Thompson died Wednesday at his Milwaukee home due to complications from diabetes. Thompson scored 1,773 points for Marquette and owned the school’s career scoring record for 40 years. Thompson now ranks fourth on Marquette’s career scoring list. Thompson played five seasons in the […]

Fond du Lac County Board chairman Sam Kaufman was sworn into office Thursday as the third county executive in Fond du Lac County history.  Fond du Lac County Clerk Lisa Freiberg administered the oath of office before a packed legislative chambers at the Fond du Lac city-county government center.  Kaufman easily won a special election this week to replace longtime county executive Al Buechel who died from a heart attack […]

MILWAUKEE (AP) — The two frontrunners for the Republican attorney general nomination say they want to expand gun rights for nonviolent felons. The Wisconsin State Journal reports that former state Rep. Adam Jarchow and Fond du Lac County District Attorney Eric Toney both said during a debate in Milwaukee on Tuesday night that gun rights should be restored for people convicted of nonviolent felonies when they re-join society. Jarchow said […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers has called a special session for the Republican-controlled Legislature to repeal the state’s dormant 173-year-old law banning abortion. Evers' move on Wednesday is more likely to win him political points with his Democratic base in a reelection year than it is to result in a repeal. Republican legislators support banning abortion and are not obligated to take any action during the special […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A Republican attorney appointed to the Wisconsin Elections Commission to fill a key vacancy is winning praise from both a Democratic member of the panel and the GOP-hired investigator looking into the 2020 election. Assembly Speaker Robin Vos appointed Don Millis to the commission on Wednesday. Millis will fill a key vacancy just days before the panel was to vote on who will serve as its […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A federal judge in Milwaukee has dismissed a lawsuit seeking to bar Republican U.S. Reps. Scott Fitzgerald and Tom Tiffany as well as Republican U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson from the 2022 ballot over their alleged roles in the Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capital.   U.S. District Judge Lynn Adelman dismissed the case on Friday. He said the lawsuit wasn't “procedurally proper.” The lawsuit alleged the […]