Nobody was injured in a fire that destroyed a pole shed in Fond du Lac County. Around 9pm Friday firefighters were called the scene on Lost Arrow Road to find the barn fully engulfed in flames. Fifteen pigs inside the building died in the fire. Investigators believe numerous heat lamps inside the structure may have accidentally started the fire.
One person was killed and one person was injured in an alcohol related two vehicle crash in Fond du Lac County. The crash happened shortly before 10 pm Friday on Highway 45 near Highway Y south of Fond du Lac. A preliminary investigation shows a pickup crossed over the center line striking another vehicle. The pickup driver, 26 year old Jacob Reich from West Bend, was pronounced dead at the […]
A Milwaukee man facing 10 felony warrants was arrested following a high speed chase in Fond du Lac. The suspect vehicle had earlier been involved in multiple chases in Dane County when a sheriff’s deputy spotted the vehicle late Friday afternoon on Johnson Street near Interstate 41. The vehicle turned onto a dead end street in Fond du Lac where police officers conducted a high risk stop in a small […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The wife of a Wisconsin kayaker who faked his own drowning so he could leave her and their children and meet a woman in Eastern Europe filed court documents Thursday seeking to end their marriage. Online court records indicate Emily Borgwardt filed a petition in Dodge County Circuit Court seeking a legal separation from Ryan Borgwardt. According to the petition, the marriage is “irretrievably broken." The document doesn't […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump’s former Wisconsin attorney has lashed out at the state’s Democratic attorney general for filing felony charges against him and two others related to the 2020 fake electors scheme. Jim Troupis said after his initial court appearance on Thursday that he was the victim of “lawfare” that wreaked havoc on his career and personal life. Kenneth Chesebro, an attorney who advised Trump’s 2020 campaign, […]
MADISON, Wis. – Attorney General Josh Kaul and a bipartisan Anti-Robocall Multistate Litigation Task Force Tuesday warned four voice service providers that they have been transmitting suspected illegal robocall traffic on their networks on behalf of one or more of their customers. “Voice service providers have an important role to play in reducing robocalls,” said Attorney General Kaul. “Those companies must ensure that they’re taking the steps necessary to stop consumers […]
Madison, WI—Representative Mark Born (R-Beaver Dam) released this statement following the announcement by Assembly Speaker Robin Vos re-appointing him to serve as Assembly Co-Chair of the Joint Committee on Finance (JFC): “It has been my honor to serve as Assembly Co-Chair for the past four years, and I would like to thank Speaker Vos and my Assembly colleagues for putting their trust in me to serve our caucus and our […]
MADISON, Wis. – In the Wisconsin Bankers Association’s latest biannual Economic Conditions Survey of Wisconsin bank CEOs, 83% of respondents rated Wisconsin’s current economic health as “excellent” or “good.” Twenty-nine percent of respondents expect the economy to grow over the next six months compared to only 8% the last time the survey was conducted in mid-year 2024. Fifty-eight percent expect the economy to stay about the same over the next six […]
WASHINGTON, DC (December 10, 2024) – U.S. Representative Glenn Grothman (R-WI), a member of the Congressional Independent Colleges Caucus (CICC), was recognized today for his leadership on issues related to higher education and support of independent colleges and universities by Barbara K. Mistick, D.B.A., president of the National Association of Independent Colleges and Universities (NAICU). “Rep. Glenn Grothman has been an active and influential lawmaker on higher education issues since his […]