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1-25-16 dnr asks ice fisherman to be on lookout for invasive species

As ice fishing heats up on the Lake Winnebago System, the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources is urging anglers to report the incidental catch of round gobies in the lower Fox River above the Rapide Croche Dam,  in Little Lake Butte des Morts and in Lake Winnebago.  Round gobies are destructive aquatic invaders and were discovered in Little Lake Butte des Morts immediately below the Neenah Dam last August. The DNR says the aggressive […]

todayJanuary 23, 2016

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1-25-16 fdl county sheriff’s office warns of telephone scam

The Fond du Lac County Sheriff’s Office is warning residents about a telephone scam that has surfaced this week.   Sheriff’s Lieutenant Cameron McGee says the caller claims they are with the sheriff’s office.  "People are getting phone calls reporting they are getting calls from someone identifying themselves as an officer with the sheriff's office reporting there's a warrant out for their arrest for failing to show up for jury duty,"  McGee told […]

todayJanuary 23, 2016

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1-25-16 kohls cash scam

MILWAUKEE (AP) — A New Jersey couple who admitted to defrauding a Kohl's department store customer rewards program of $600,000 has been sentenced and ordered to pay restitution in federal court in Milwaukee.  Pavan Gurram was sentenced Thursday to a year and six months in federal prison and ordered to pay nearly $450,000 in restitution. His wife, Vanaja Gattupalli, received six months of probation.  The couple used a computer program […]

todayJanuary 23, 2016

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1-25-16 lincoln hills employee fired for excessive force

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A Lincoln Hills School employee has been fired for excessive use of force and three others quit after they were put on paid leave as authorities investigate allegations of prisoner abuse.   Travis Taves was fired Friday. Another employee, Timothy Johnson, was among those who resigned, but Johnson says his resignation was a mistake. He wasn't allowed to revoke it.  Taves and Johnson were allegedly involved in […]

todayJanuary 23, 2016

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1-25-16 cheese theft

GERMANTOWN, Wis. (AP) — Police in Germantown are looking for suspects after a trailer containing about $70,000 worth of cheese was stolen from a trucking company.  Police say the trailer was taken early Friday from D and G Transportation. The 54-foot-long trailer and the semi-tractor used to steal it were found Friday night in the Milwaukee area.  The trailer was empty.  Anyone with information is asked to call Washington County […]

todayJanuary 23, 2016

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1-23-16 dassey moved to portage prison

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Steven Avery's nephew, convicted in the 2005 sexual assault and murder of Teresa Halbach, has been moved from the Green Bay Correctional Institution.  The Wisconsin Department of Corrections' website shows Brendan Dassey is incarcerated at the Columbia Correctional Institution in Portage.  Dassey had been at the prison in Allouez  since 2009.  There's no immediate word from corrections officials on why the 26-year-old Dassey was moved. Dassey […]

todayJanuary 23, 2016

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1-23-16 lake michigan ferry gets national historic designation

LUDINGTON, Mich. (AP) — The last coal-fired steamship operating on the Great Lakes has been assigned National Historic Landmark designation.  The 410-foot SS Badger launched service on Lake Michigan between Wisconsin and Michigan in 1952. The ferry can carry 600 passengers and 180 vehicles.  The designation, which had been sought for years, was announced this week. Operators have made environmental improvements to keep the vintage vessel in service. Last year […]

todayJanuary 23, 2016

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1-23-16 trial date scheduled to milwaukee teen charged in fdl high speed chase

A Milwaukee teenager involved in a chase that ended in a crash on busy  East Johnson Street in Fond du Lac last summer is scheduled to go on trial next month.  A jury trial is scheduled for February 17th for 16 year old Matthew Hinkle.  Hinkle is charged as an adult with fleeing an officer and hit and run.  Police say Hinkle was involved in a car jacking in Milwaukee, drove the stolen […]

todayJanuary 23, 2016

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1-23-16 berlin man pleads not guilty to car theft-chase charges

An 18 year old suspect involved in a chase with police in Fond du lac and Dodge counties has pleaded not guilty in Fond du lac County.  Maxwell Decker of Berlin entered the plea this month in Fond du Lac County Circuit Court to two counts of taking a vehicle without the owners consent and eluding.  A plea and sentencing hearing is scheduled for February 26th.   Decker was convicted of vehicle theft in […]

todayJanuary 22, 2016