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9-23-15 leffel sentence-police react

Fond du lac police say they are satisfied with the sentence given a naked home intruder.  Lucas Leffel was sentenced last week to 18 years in prison and 12 years extended supervision.  Assistant Police chief Steve Thiry says Leffel was naked when he entered four occupied homes in the middle of the night…touching a woman while she was sleeping.  Thiry says the concern is that an intruder such as Leffel […]

todaySeptember 22, 2015

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9-23-15 bubonic plague

The Fond du Lac County Public Health Officer admits she was surprised to hear about the latest outbreak of the bubonic plague.  The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services announced recently that a person in that state apparently contracted the plague after visiting Colorado.  Fond du Lac County Public Health Officer Kim Mueller says while the plague is thought of as a disease of the past, it has never […]

todaySeptember 22, 2015

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9-23-15 walker returns to work as governor

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker is back at work at the state Capitol after his abrupt exit from the Republican presidential race.  Walker's spokeswoman Jocelyn Webster said Tuesday that Walker was spending most of his day in briefings with executive staff and he would not make any public appearances.  She says that Walker "looks forward to continuing to work hard for the people of Wisconsin for the […]

todaySeptember 22, 2015

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9-23-15 supreme court vacancy

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Wisconsin Supreme Court has held a moment of silence for Justice Patrick Crooks who died in his chambers at the Capitol on Monday afternoon.  The moment of silence came Tuesday just before oral arguments. Justice Shirley Abrahamson draped Crooks' judicial robe over his vacant chair, which is next to where she sits.  Chief Justice Pat Roggensack says Crooks was "an outstanding legal scholar and dedicated […]

todaySeptember 22, 2015

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9-23-15 fetal tissue research

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The authors of a bill that would outlaw research on tissue from fetuses aborted are trying to persuade the state Senate's health committee to approve the proposal.  Sen. Duey Stroebel and Rep. Andre Jacque, both Republicans, told the committee during a public hearing Tuesday that the bill will stop atrocities and aborted children should be treated like humans, not specimens.  Dr. Robert Goldman, the University of […]

todaySeptember 22, 2015

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9-23-15 fdl county traffic fatality

A 20 year old Marquette man was killed in a two vehicle crash in Fond du Lac County.   Sheriff’s chief Deputy Mark Strand says the semi vs. car crash happened shortly after 8am Tuesday on Highwway 26 near County Highway TC.  Strand says a car failed to stop at the stop sign on TC and was broadsided by a northbound semi on Highway 26.  The victim died at the […]

todaySeptember 22, 2015

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9-23-15 dodge county fatal-victims identified

Authorities have released the names of the people involved in a fatal two vehicle traffic accident Sunday afternoon in the Town of Beaver Dam.  The Dodge County Sheriff’s Department says a southbound car driven by 81 year old Margaret Johansson of Houston, Texas, crossed the centerline on County Trunk A and struck a northbound station wagon, driven by 65 year old Keith Knop of Port Washington.  Knop was flown by […]

todaySeptember 22, 2015

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9-23-15 milwaukee city council approves bucks arena plan

MILWAUKEE (AP) — The city council in Milwaukee has approved its piece of the $250 million public financing package that will fund half of a new Milwaukee Bucks arena.  Members of the Common Council on Tuesday agreed to spend $47 million in city taxpayer money to help build an arena to replace the 27-year-old BMO Harris Bradley Center in downtown Milwaukee. The state and Milwaukee County have already approved their […]

todaySeptember 22, 2015

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9-23-15 theisen middle school says thank you to school liason officer

Theisen Middle School’s staff and students showed their gratitude to Officer Rockne West on Friday, September 18, a day prior to the Thank an Officer event that was going on throughout the Fond du Lac community.  In recognition of his service to the school, staff and students dressed in blue on Friday and announcements were made throughout the week highlighting  officers as everyday heroes.  Officer West is shown in the […]

todaySeptember 22, 2015