Month: November 2022

TOWN OF MAPLE GROVE, Wis. (AP) — Investigators are recommending criminal charges against two teens in connection with a bonfire explosion at a party in northeastern Wisconsin last month that resulted in critical burns to some in attendance. Shawano County sheriff’s officials are asking prosecutors to charge a 17-year-old from Green Bay with second-degree reckless injury and injury by negligent handling of fire. A 16-year-old Pulaski boy could face the […]

For the third year, Holy Family Catholic Community in Fond du Lac will offer 400 free Thanksgiving meals for  pickup on Wednesday, November 23—the day before Thanksgiving.  Anyone is welcome to  register for a meal, including those with families, those who will be alone, those who are homebound, and those who cannot afford a meal.   Holy Family's Sarah Razner says the first meals were distributed amid the COVID pandemic in 2020.  If […]

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) — Three University of Virginia football players killed in an on-campus shooting were remembered Monday by head football coach Tony Elliott as “all good kids.” Devin Chandler, Lavel Davis Jr., and D’Sean Perry were returning from a class trip Sunday night when authorities say they were killed by a fellow student. The young men were athletes who’d been journeying through varying periods of transition in their college […]

Fond du Lac police are investigating the death of a Fond du Lac woman, and are calling the death suspicious.   Police responded to a check welfare call Saturday morning in the 100 block of East Merrill Avenue and found the body of a 51 year old Fond du Lac woman inside her residence.  According to a press release detectives are investigating the circumstances that led up to the woman's death and an autopsy is being […]

Nobody was injured when a gas grill next to a house in Fond du Lac caught on fire over the weekend.  Shortly after 11:30am Sunday firefighters were called to 116 Chestnut Street to a report of an explosion and fire. When firefighters arrived on the scene the fire had been extinguished by the homeowner.  The fire damaged the grill, propane cylinders, and one soffit section on the exterior of the house. Investigators say the grill […]

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Cooper DeJean returned an interception for a touchdown and set up another score with a 41-yard punt return as Iowa defeated Wisconsin 24-10 on Saturday.  The Hawkeyes (6-4, 4-3 Big Ten) moved into a tie for the Big Ten West lead with their third consecutive win. Iowa, ranked 129th nationally in total offense, had just 142 yards and averaged 2.1 yards per play, but took advantage […]

The Fond du Lac County Board has adopted the 2023 county budget.   County executive Sam Kaufman says  the  budget includes a change in the county's  insurance carrier to save money.   Kaufman says the county is switching to Dean Health Care after the current   carrier came back with a 19-percent or $2.4 million increase.  Kaufman says with skyrocketing operational costs the budget reflects the county operating within it's means.

Nine dairy cattle died when a semi-tractor trailer tipped over Dodge County.  The crash happened shortly after 9pm Thursday on the northbound Highway 151 on ramp from Highway 26.  The driver of the  Peterbilt with a loaded cattle hauler pulled onto the shoulder to stop. The shoulder was soft and the tractor trailer began to slide down the  embankment. He was unable to correct the tractor trailer and it tipped over […]

Proceeds from this year’s Love Lights, presented by the Agnesian HealthCare Foundation, will help support the SSM Health Treffert Studios set to open later this year.    The Treffert Studios is an innovative 8,500-square-foot facility, housing a large variety of creative tools and innovative technology (video/film equipment, music instruments, art supplies, etc.).    In partnership with Moraine Park Technical College (MPTC), the Treffert Studios will utilize The Treffert Approach™️ by helping young […]