Managing digital records, replacing police squad cars with SUVs and purchasing new tactical equipment are among the items that will be included in next year’s Fond du Lac police department budget. Police Chief Bill Lamb gave the Fond du lac city council a preview of the budget at a recent meeting. The Fond du lac police department isn’t the only law enforcement agency transitioning to patrol SUVs. The Dodge and […]
The Dodge County Sheriff says a man died from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound at Midwestern Shooters Supply in Lomira. Sheriff Dale Schmidt says the incident happened late Sunday morning at the shooting range at outdoor supply store just off Highways 41 and 67. Schmidt says the victim was an adult male believed to be in his 20s.
WEST ALLIS, Wis. (AP) — The Wisconsin State Fair is in full swing and the deep fryers are getting a good workout. There are 176 deep fried menu items this year at the fair — including 43 on a stick. There are also 16 deep fried items that include bacon. Other deep fried items include pretzel crusted brownies on a stick, apple wontons, artichokes, bananas and pickles. There are also […]
MILWAUKEE (AP) — A Milwaukee man won the biggest Megabucks' jackpot in the game's history. John Rumpel won the May 30th jackpot of $22.2 million. He decided to go with the cash option, so he's taking home $15.7 million. The former high school teacher says his wife sent him to a convenience store for a gallon of milk and while he was there, he decided to buy a ticket.
BARABOO, Wis. (AP) — State park officials are trying a different approach at Devil's Lake State Park to fight the emerald ash borer. Managers of state parks infested with the destructive beetle have felled thousands of ash trees in the last three years to help reduce the danger of weakened trees toppling. In Baraboo, Devil's Lake State Park supervisor Steve Schmelzer says they purchased equipment to inject about 75 tree […]
More than 400 area residents have completed a survey about well water and more are needed. “I’m proud to say we have amazed the researchers helping us in River Falls with the tremendous participation of area residents so far,” says Diana Hammer Tscheschlok, Community, Natural Resource, and Economic Development Educator with the University of Wisconsin-Extension, Fond du Lac County, noting they are half-way to their goal of completed surveys needed. […]
The public is invited to attend the reopening of the North Entrance of the City/County Government Center on Tuesday, August 18, 2015 at 6:15pm. Since March 2015, the North Entrance has been closed during renovation to create a vestibule area and install an elevator in order to create a more handicapped accessible entrance. “Both City and County officials determined it was time to create a safe and easily accessible entrance […]
MAUSTON, Wis. (AP) — Two people are dead after a house fire in Juneau County. The Juneau County Sheriff's Office say authorities were called to the fire shortly before 10 a.m. on Friday. The caller told authorities that one person had made it out, but two people were still inside the residence. After the fire was put out, two people were found dead inside. Their names are not being released […]
TOMAH, Wis. (AP) — An investigation by the inspector general at the Department of Veterans Affairs has found that deficiencies in care at the Tomah VA contributed to the death of a 35-year-old Marine. Jason Simcakoski died last August from mixed drug toxicity. A report released Thursday by the inspector general's office found that the two psychiatrists who prescribed medication to Simcakoski didn't discuss the risks of the drugs with […]