Fond du Lac Police Officers are credited with helping prevent a Fond du Lac woman from carrying out a suicide threat over the weekend. Shortly before 11:30pm Sunday police were called to Lakeside Park for a report of a woman armed with a knife threatening suicide. Police located the woman on a bridge in the park who was armed with a knife and telling officers to kill her. After making pleas for the woman to […]
Two teenage girls escaped serious injury in a one vehicle rollover crash in Fond du Lac County. The crash happened shortly before 9pm Saturday when the driver of a car failed to negotiate a curve on Highway 45 near Mitchell Road. The car entered a ditch and overturned after striking a culvert and burst into flames. A passerby and sheriff's deputies extinguished the fire and helped rescue the occupants from the vehicle. A 16 […]
Marquette-Green Lake-Fond du Lac-Sheboygan-Sauk-Columbia-Dodge-Washington-Ozaukee-Iowa-Dane-Jefferson-Waukesha-Milwaukee-Lafayette-Green-Rock-Walworth-Racine-Kenosha- This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of east central Wisconsin, south central Wisconsin and southeast Wisconsin. .DAY ONE...Today and Tonight An isolated thunderstorm is possible today. 3 to 6 inches of snow accumulation is likely later today into early Monday especially across western portions of south central Wisconsin where a Winter Storm Warning and a Winter Weather Advisory is in effect. River flooding will continue in the Portage area. .DAYS […]
A Beaver Dam man was killed in a two vehicle motorcycle crash in Dodge County. Shortly after 6pm Friday a Volvo Pay Loader pulled from a driveway onto state Highway 33 into the path of a westbound motorcycle. The motorcycle operator, a 58 year old Beaver Dam man, was ejected and pronounced dead at the scene. The driver of the truck, a 74 year old Horicon man, was not injured.
NEW YORK (AP) — Nikola Jokic is a finalist to win a third straight NBA MVP award, with Joel Embiid and Giannis Antetokounmpo the players who can stop him. The three leading vote-getters for the league's individual awards were announced Friday and the marquee category featured familiar names. Jokic repeated as MVP last year, with Embiid the runner-up and Antetokounmpo third. The Denver Nuggets center could now become the first player to […]
KENOSHA, Wis. (AP) — A Wisconsin man convicted for a second time of killing his wife with antifreeze and by suffocation in 1998 has been sentenced to life in prison without parole. A Kenosha County judge sentenced 63-year-old Mark Jensen on Friday. A jury convicted him in February of first-degree intentional homicide in the death of his wife, Julie Jensen. Prosecutors alleged he poisoned her with antifreeze, drugged her with […]
The Wisconsin Department of Administration secretary made a stop in Waupun Thursday to highlight a multi-million dollar investment for the city. DOA Secretary Kathy Blumenfeld met with Waupun city officials and toured the Waupun Senior Center. Mayor Rohn Bishop says a new Senior Center/Community Center project is made possible through a $5 million Neighborhood Investment Fund grant.
MILWAUKEE (AP) — Cleveland Browns owners Jimmy and Dee Haslam’s purchase of Marc Lasry’s 25% stake in the Milwaukee Bucks has received approval from the NBA’s board of governors. The approval announced Friday enables the Haslams to join Wes Edens and Jamie Dinan as co-owners of the team. The Haslams also own the Columbus Crew of Major Soccer League and have explored buying other professional sports teams. Their tenure with […]
April is Alcohol Awareness Month. The Fond du Lac County Health Department is partnering with the Wisconsin Department of Health Services to release more detailed tips and tools as part of Small Talks, a campaign to prevent underage drinking in Fond du Lac County. This effort encourages adults to have short, casual conversations with kids frequently, starting at age 8 on the dangers of drinking alcohol before the age of […]