There is a contest for Dodge County Sheriff in next week's Republican primary election. Waupun resident Mark Colker is challenging Sheriff Dale Schmidt for the office. Schmidt says his opponent should not be in law enforcement. Schmidt says Colker was fired 20 years ago from the Waupun Police Department after using excessive force on a juvenile, banging the juvenile's head against a wall while he was being taken to a bathroom […]
The Fond du Lac County District Attorney says both people convicted of voter fraud in Fond du Lac County have shown remorse and admitted what they did was wrong. District Attorney Eric Toney says Donald Holz voted in the November 2020 election even though he was still on felony supervision for an OWI conviction. Toney says there's no reason why Holz should not have known he was not eligible to vote. […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A former police chief was able to take postings at multiple successive U.S. Army bases despite allegations that he sexually harassed women at one base. The Wisconsin State Journal obtained documents from an Army investigation into Ryan Cunningham. He became police chief at Fort McCoy in Wisconsin in 2016, months after an investigation at Fort Wainwright in Alaska found he sexually harassed a female Army sergeant […]
STILLWATER, Minn. (AP) — Hundreds of people gathered at a Minnesota golf course to remember a 17-year-old boy who was fatally stabbed during a recreational tubing trip on a Wisconsin river. Friends and family say Isaac Schuman loved many things, including golf. Many who came for the candlelight vigil Wednesday evening at Oak Glen Golf Course in Stillwater wore orange, the teen's favorite color. Friends from Stillwater High School described […]
A one vehicle crash in Winnebago County has claimed the life of an Appleton woman. The crash happened Thursday morning when the pickup driver lost control on the southbound state Highway 45 ramp to state Highway 10 eastbound and entered a ditch. The vehicle rolled over and the driver was ejected. A 49 year old Appleton woman died from her injuries.
A Fond du Lac teenager is in custody following an assault with a handgun. Shortly before 10:30pm Wednesday police were called to the 300 block of Peters Avenue for a report of a juvenile that had been struck in the head with a handgun and the suspect had fled on foot with a group of other juveniles. The suspect was apprehended as he was trying to climb over a metal fence. Police say he […]
The second of several people charged with voter fraud in Fond du Lac County has been convicted. Donald Holz was sentenced to ten days in jail and fined $500 plus court costs. Holz voted in the November 2020 election even though he was still on felony supervision from an owi conviction. Last month, Lawrence Klug was convicted of misdemeanor voter fraud for improperly using a P.O. Box on a voter registration form, leading the […]
PEWAUKEE, Wis. (AP) — Former Vice President Mike Pence is campaigning with his pick in battleground Wisconsin’s Republican gubernatorial primary, calling Rebecca Kleefisch “a proven conservative” as she faces an opponent endorsed by Donald Trump. Trump plans to hold a rally Friday for Tim Michels just miles away from where Pence appeared Wednesday for Kleefisch in conservative Waukesha County, a Milwaukee suburb that’s long been key to Republicans. Pence is […]
The Dodge County Highway Commissioner says all county highways are now officially open for all terrain and utility terrain vehicle use. Earlier this spring the Dodge County Board voted unanimously to allow the use of all terrain and utility terrain vehicles on all county highways. Dodge County Highway Commissioner Brian Field says opening up ATV/ UTV use on county roads has been a long process. But Field says he wants to make […]