Month: March 2023

A team of assessors from the Wisconsin Law Enforcement Accreditation Group (WILEAG) will arrive on March 21, 2023, to examine all aspects of the Dodge County Sheriff’s Office policies and procedures, management, operation, and support service, Sheriff Dale Schmidt announced Tuesday.   Verification by the team that the Dodge County Sheriff’s Office meets the board’s state-of-the-art standards is part of a voluntary process to gain accreditation - a highly prized recognition […]

After a quiet start to the new year,  Fond  du Lac County Highway Department crews have been busy responding to major snow events almost on a weekly basis for more than a month.   Fond du Lac County Highway commissioner Tom Janke says fortunately there  is still plenty of salt to get through the rest of the snow season.  Janke says the late winter storms can be taxing on the plow drivers, […]

Two college scholarships of $1,000.00 are available from Fond du Lac Morning Rotary Club.   The program encourages young adults to continue their education after high school graduation. Applicants must be seniors graduating from a high school in the Fond du Lac area (or have recently completed high school equivalency). The recipient must be planning to attend post-secondary school in Fond du Lac in fall 2023 at Marian University, Moraine Park […]

A vigil will be held at Fond du Lac's Marian University Tuesday afternoon for a 20 year old woman who was found dead at an Omro residence  over the weekend.  The Winnebago County Sheriff's Office says the body of 20 year old Johanna Schultz was found Saturday and a 22 year old man was arrested facing charges of recklessly endangering safety.  The investigation is ongoing.    Schultz is from Eldorado and attended Marian University in Fond […]

WHITEWATER, Wis. (AP) — Police say the body of a dead newborn child found abandoned in a southerrn Wisconsin field earlier this month was that of a boy. Whitewater Police Chief Daniel Meyer said in a news release Monday the newborn was found March 4 in a plastic bag inside a cardboard box, wrapped in a light-colored shirt and wearing no additional clothing. Meyer says investigators believe the child was […]

The Wisconsin Department of Ag, Trade and Consumer Protecting is reminding poultry owners of the ongoing threat of highly pathogenic avian influenza.  The spring migratory period for wild birds brings increased risk of infection to all flocks.  Fond du Lac County Dairy and Livestock extension agent Tina Kohlman says all poultry owners should continue to use the strongest biosecurity measures to protect their birds.   The warning comes after 29 domestic flocks in 18 counties […]

LAC DU FLAMBEAU, Wis. (AP) — A Native American tribe and a northern Wisconsin town have reached an agreement to temporarily reopen four barricaded roads that are the subject of a decadelong dispute and a recent lawsuit. The Green Bay Press-Gazette reports that officials with the town of Lac du Flambeau on Saturday accepted the Lac du Flambeau tribe’s offer to remove barricades blocking the roads for 90 days in […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A pair of Republican legislators from northern Wisconsin are circulating a bill that would require the state Department of Natural Resources to establish a population goal for wolves in the state in its next management plan. The DNR released a draft of its first new wolf management plan in almost 25 years in November. The plan does not include a specific population goal for the animals. […]

Authorities say a former University of Wisconsin-Madison graduate student emailed threats to kill the children of students, staff members and professors. Online court and jail records say 32-year-old Arvin Raj Mathur was being held Sunday at the St. Clair County Jail in Michigan, where he was arrested after traveling to the U.S. from Copenhagen last week. Court records say Mathur used to study in the university's anthropology department and sent […]