One person was killed in a two vehicle crash in Fond du Lac County. The Sheriff's Office says an SUV was northbound on Highway M north of Davis Road when it crossed the center line striking a southbound vehicle. The southbound vehicle that was struck entered the west ditch striking a utility pole. The driver, a 54 year old Pine River man, was pronounced dead at the scene. The driver of the SUV, […]
Fond du Lac County Board chairman Sam Kaufman has been elected Fond du Lac County executive in a landslide. Kaufman received 5,447 of the 6,548 votes cast. A special election was held Tuesday for the position following the unexepected death of longtime county executive Al Buechel in March. County Board supervisor Tiffany Brault and Rick Gedemer ran as registered write-in candidates. Kaufman was the only candidate to circulate nomination papers. […]
A divided Wisconsin Supreme Court says the state health department can release data on coronavirus outbreak cases, information sought two years ago near the beginning of the pandemic. The court on Tuesday ruled 4-3 against Wisconsin Manufacturers & Commerce, the state’s largest business lobbying group. It had sought to block release of the records requested in June 2020 by several news outlets. The state health department in the early months of the pandemic in 2020 had […]
The Fond du Lac Police Department says a convicted violent child sex offender is being placed in Fond du Lac County. Richard Wuest has been granted supervised release and will be living at a Hickory Street residence near the county Highway Department garage. In 1989 and in 1996, Wuest was convicted in Fond du Lac County of sexually assaulting two girls, ages nine and six that were known to him. Wuest was ordered to […]
The Public Health Accreditation Board has announced that the Fond du Lac County Health Department has achieved accreditation status. Fond du Lac County Health Officer Kim Mueller says the designation comes after the Health Department went through a systematic and peer-reviewed process against national standards. Mueller says accreditation is a demonstration of the Department's commitment to contiinuous quality and performance improvement. Public Health Accreditation is voluntary. Mueller says the Health Department chose […]
MILWAUKEE (AP) — Wisconsin-based Kohl's Corp. is in negotiations to sell the company to the group that runs Vitamin Shoppe stores. The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reports that the Menominee Falls-based retailer said Monday that it has entered negotiations with Franchise Group Inc. to acquire the company at $60 per share. That translates to about $8 billion. Franchise Group posted a statement saying it plans to finance the purchase by issuing […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin Secretary of State Doug La Follette is heading to Africa just as the primary campaign season heats up. La Follette said Monday that he's set to travel to Kenya and Zimbabwe for several weeks. He plans to leave on June 12 and return in early July. He didn't say exactly when. The 81-year-old Democrat has held the secretary of state's office since 1982, but this […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A man accused of killing a retired Wisconsin judge and who had a list in his vehicle that included prominent national political figures has died. Authorities say 56-year-old Douglas Uhde shot former Juneau County Circuit Judge John Roemer in Roemer’s New Lisbon home on Friday before shooting himself. He was taken to a hospital and placed on life support. The Wisconsin Department of Justice says Uhde […]
An ecumenical prayer vigil was held in Fond du Lac Monday evening remembering the victims of mass shootings. The gathering was held at Veterans Park in Fond du Lac. The vigil included representatives from the Congregation of Sisters of St. Agnes, Pilgrim United Church of Christ, Ebony Vision, Latinos Unidos, United for Diversity, Bread of Life Church, Holy Family Catholic Church, the Fond du Lac Police Department, and local students. The Congregation of […]