Month: July 2023

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Three U.S. Marines found unresponsive in a car at a North Carolina gas station died of carbon monoxide poisoning, the local sheriff's office said Wednesday.  Deputies from the Pender County Sheriff’s Office found the three men Sunday morning in a privately owned Lexus sedan parked outside a Speedway gas station in the coastal community of Hampstead. Autopsies performed Wednesday by the North Carolina Medical Examiner determined that […]

GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — Prosecutors have filed charges against the driver of a minivan that crashed into a building in Wisconsin. The crash toppled much of its brick facade and left much of its roof sagging precariously. The Brown County District Attorney’s office charged the 29-year-old Green Bay woman Tuesday with reckless driving, bail jumping and knowingly operating a motor vehicle while suspended. The woman told police the crash […]

University of Wisconsin Oshkosh has hired Amber Evans as its top enrollment officer.  Evans will begin serving as associate vice chancellor of enrollment management Monday, July 31.  “In a highly competitive environment for enrollment leaders, UWO is fortunate to find such an experienced and highly skilled leader–and one with Wisconsin ties,” said Erin Grisham, UWO’s vice chancellor for Student Affairs.  “I am confident she will ensure we meet our strategic […]

The end of July and early August tend to be the hottest days of the year, so the heat this week is not uncommon.  But National Weather Service meteorologist Cameron Miller says along with high temps in the upper 80s and low 90s, a substantial increase in moisture is making it muggy and hot.  Miller says residents also aren't getting much relief overnight with temps close to 70.  Miller reminds residents to […]

The area unemployment rate was up in June.  The city of Fond du Lac's jobless rate stands at 3.7-percent, up from 2.6 percent in May.  In Fond du Lac County the unemployment rate jumped one percent to 3.2 percent last month, and in Dodge County the rate jumped seven-tenths of a percent to 3.1 percent.

A Fire that started in a basement caused extensive damage to it Fond du Lac home. Firefighters were called to the scene on County Road K about 9pm Tuesday to find heavy smoke in the basement. The fire was quickly extinguished but not before it caused extensive damage.  Nobody was injured and the cause is under investigation.

One person was seriously injured in a motorcycle crash in Fond du Lac County.  The crash happened shortly before 8pm Tuesday on Highway 23 west of Pit Road.  A 36 year old Wild Rose man was flown by helicopter to Theda Care Regional Medical Center in Neenah.  The Sheriff's Office says speed and alcohol appear to be factors in the crash.

HAMPSTEAD, N.C. (AP) — Three men who were found dead over the weekend at a North Carolina gas station have been identified as Marine lance corporals from Camp Lejeune. The U.S. Marine Corps identified the men as Tanner J. Kaltenberg, of Madison, Wisconsin; Merax C. Dockery; of Pottawatomie, Oklahoma; and Ivan R. Garcia, of Naples, Florida. Sheriff's deputies found the three men unresponsive Sunday morning in a privately owned car […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A former Wisconsin prosecutor accused of secretly recording sex with two women has been sentenced to 18 months in prison. St. Croix County Judge Scott Nordstrand sentenced former Burnett County District Attorney Daniel Steffen on Monday on three counts of capturing intimate representations. According to court documents, investigators found videos of Steffen having sex in 2018 with a woman whom he was prosecuting in a restraining […]