MILWAUKEE (AP) — Three people are recovering from severe injuries after their hot air balloon crashed into a train in Burlington. Police said the crash happened around 8:15 p.m. Wednesday when the balloon crashed into a northbound Canadian National train. It's unclear what caused the collision but witnesses said the balloon was in distress before the crash. One witness said the balloon bounced off a building and the train hit […]
A top prize-winning $50,000 May Madness Raffle lotto ticket was sold at the Piggly Wiggly Supermarket, 525 E. Murdock Ave., Oshkosh. Launched on May 1, the raffle's 75,000 tickets were all sold by May 16. Selling winning tickets is nothing new for the Oshkosh Piggly Wiggly. The Lottery retailer has sold numerous scratch winners in the past including a $25,000 winning Ultimate Millions scratch ticket in December 2021. "It's great to be the […]
Holiday Ford has been named a 2021 Ford Motor Company President’s Award winner. This is the third consecutive year the dealership has earned the prestigious honor, which recognizes the achievements of a select group of only 300 Ford stores out of over 3,000 nationwide, delivering the highest level of customer satisfaction in all facets of automotive operations. “As a company, we aim for exceptional customer outcomes in all that we […]
A Taycheeda man has been charged with making terrorist threats for allegedly threatening to shoot lawmakers if they pass a bill allowing teachers to be armed with firearms. James Stearns made his initial Fond du Lac Court appearance Thursday and bail was set at $4,000 cash with conditions including no contact with a lawmaker, use of the internet or possession of dangerous weapons. According to a criminal complaint Stearns said if the bill passed he […]
Nobody was injured and a Michigan man is in custody after driving the wrong way on Interstate 41 and crashing into a Fond du Lac County Sheriff's squad car. Shortly after 2am Thursday the Fond du Lac County Dispatch Center began receiving 911 calls from motorirsts reporting a vehicle travelling northbound in the southbound lanes of Interstate 41 from the Dodge/Fond du Lac County line. Sheriff Ryan Waldschmidt says the driver failed to pull over […]
The Fond du Lac County Dispatch Center is soliciting public feedback with the help of a new software system. Starting this week, certain callers, depending on the type of assistance they need, will receive a text message survey a few hours after they call the dispatch center. Director of Communications, Bobbie Hicken, says the survey will ask a few questions to provide feedback. Hicken says the feedback is important to know how the […]
MILWAUKEE (AP) — The Milwaukee Common Council has unanimously approved an initiative that should move the city closer to winning the right to host the 2024 Republican National Convention. Milwaukee and Nashville are the final contenders for the convention that could draw tens of thousands of visitors. The winner could be announced by the end of this month. The agreement among officials from the city, the Republican National Committee and […]
The recent rash of mass shooting incidents across the country hits home for Fond du Lac Police Chief Aaron Goldstein. Goldstein says his father lives just a few blocks from a church in Orange County, California where a gunman killed one person and injured five May 15. Goldstein says he was worried when his father didn't initially respond to a text message he sent him or answer a phone call. Fortunately […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Two special prosecutors have decided not to charge a Wisconsin sheriff’s deputy in the fatal shooting of a man sleeping in a park. The prosecutors announced Wednesday that they didn’t find sufficient evidence to charge Waukesha County Sheriff’s Deputy Joseph Mensah in Jay Anderson Jr.’s death in 2016. Their finding echoes Milwaukee County District Attorney John Chisholm’s decision not to charge Mensah, who was then a […]