Month: September 2022

A Ripon woman has been charged with a drug overdose death.  Fond du Lac  County  District Attorney Eric Toney says Carla Endeward is charged with First Degree Reckless Homicide for a fentanyl death that occurred in the City of Ripon on March 5, 2020.  Endeward was also charged with additional drug related offenses.  “Fentanyl is killing kids at record rates, destroying families, and destabilizing our communities," Toney said.  "I have sat across from too […]

Two people were injured in a collision between a milk truck and FedEx truck in Dodge County that spilled thousands of gallons of milk across the highway.  The crash happened shortly before 10am Thursday when the FedEx truck failed to yield the right of way at the intersection of County Highways P and N in the town of Rubicon. The vehicles collided and the milk truck tipped over spilling nearly six thousand gallons […]

A Fond du Lac County Rolling Meadows Golf Course ad hoc committee will hold it's first meeting next week.  The committee, comprised of seven county board supervisors, was approved by the Fond  du Lac County board at their last meeting .  The committee was formed after the new county executive expressed concern that the golf course had been losing money for several years.  Golf course manager David Brandenburg says he hopes the committee looks […]

Sharply rising cases of some sexually transmitted diseases are prompting U.S health officials to call for new prevention and treatment efforts.  Infection rates for some STDs,  including gonorrhea and syphilis, have been rising for years.  But recently released statistics show that last year the rate of infectious syphilis reached its highest  snce 1991 and the total number of cases rose 26% to hit its highest since 1948.   Fond du Lac County Public Health […]

There is not much change in the local unemployment rate in August.  The Fond du Lac County jobless rate was unchanged at three percent.  The Dodge County unemployment rate dipped a tenth of a percent to 2.8 percent.  In the city of Fond du Lac, the August unemployment rate stands at 3.2 percent, down from 3.4 percent in July.

The Fond du Lac Police chief says a shooting incident last week appears to be a targeted incident.   Two homes in the 200 block of 6th street just east of Park Avenue were struck by bullets early last Thursday morning.  Police chief Aaron Goldstein says three people inside the home struck by three bullets were not injured and investigators believe that home was targeted.   Goldstein says detectives are reviewing surveillance video […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin Republicans are rejecting Democratic Gov. Tony Evers call to allow voters to get a chance to repeal the state’s 1849 abortion ban. Evers called Wednesday for a special session of the GOP-controlled Legislature to pass a measure creating a way for voters to repeal the 173-year-old law. But within hours of announcing his proposal, Republican legislative leaders summarily rejected it as a political stunt. It’s […]

TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) — Seven Midwestern states are teaming up to accelerate the development of hydrogen as a clean energy source. The Midwestern Hydrogen Coalition will include Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio and Wisconsin. Hydrogen is used to power some cars, trucks and trains. But a shortage of fueling stations limits their appeal. Laws enacted by Congress and supported by President Joe Biden offer funding to regional “hubs” […]