As the University of Wisconsin Badgers prepare for a return trip to the NCAA Final Four this weekend, AAA Wisconsin has some advice for fans that plan to travel with them to Indianapolis. “AAA Wisconsin is a proud supporter and sponsor of UW Athletics, and we wish the Badgers the very best of luck in the Final Four,” said Vicki Hanson, Regional President of AAA Wisconsin. “We are ready to […]
This past week I went shopping for a new Child Safety Seat (Car Seat) for my daughter. The time had come where I put her in her infant car seat and realized she had just about grown out of it. Soon it would no longer be adequate to keep her safe. Off to the store we went. There were so many options to choose from but no one around to […]
Two people were seriously injured in a two vehicle crash on Highway 41 in Dodge County Sunday. The Dodge County Sheriff’s Office responded to a motor vehicle crash on USHY 41 near the STH 49 overpass, Town of Lomira. Preliminary investigation shows that Tammy M. Ragsdale (45 years old, from Kenosha, WI) was operating a 2004 Dodge Dakota north bound on USHY 41. Andrew J. Fritchen (27 years old, from […]
KIEL, Wis. (AP) — Law enforcement officers from across the nation joined hundreds of people mourning a 21-year-old Wisconsin state trooper killed last week in a shootout with a bank robbery suspect. Trevor Casper was remembered during a memorial service at the high school in Kiel where he graduated in 2011. Casper was killed Tuesday in a shootout that also left the bank robbery suspect dead. Casper had just graduated […]
The Department of Public Works says beginning Monday morning March 30th there will be lane closures that will take place on Division Street and Macy Street due to water main repair work. South bound traffic on Macy Street will be reduced to one lane through the intersection of Division Street, with no right (west) turns allowed on to Division Street. West bound Division Street will be closed between Main Street and the Fond du Lac […]
FOND DU LAC, Wis. (AP) — A man suspected of killing a Wisconsin state trooper in a shootout had been wanted on a Michigan warrant for domestic assault. Steven Timothy Snyder was sought for an incident that involved his wife on Christmas Day. Michigan State Patrol Sgt. Mark Tamlyn said the charge was a misdemeanor. Tamlyn said he could not provide details of the alleged assault. Snyder is suspected of […]
College-bound students will have several new educational opportunities this fall following Marian University’s and Moraine Park Technical College’s recent partnership to offer 11 new academic transfer agreements. Marian and Moraine Park interim presidents Robert Fale and Bonnie Baerwald, respectively, made the agreements official during a March 18 signing ceremony at Marian. The transfer agreements will allow five Moraine Park associate of applied science degree programs to transfer into ten Marian […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The state Department of Natural Resources says a company that was looking to open a huge iron mine in northern Wisconsin has officially withdrawn its plans. Gogebic Taconite was considering digging a 4½-mile long mine in the Penokee Hills just south of Lake Superior but announced last month it was closing its office in Hurley and future investment in the project wasn't feasible. DNR officials announced […]
SHEBOYGAN, Wis. (AP) — A Sheboygan man has been sentenced to four years in prison for selling heroin that resulted in an overdose death. Twenty-three-year-old Taylor Shannon will also spend six years on supervision for first-degree reckless homicide. Thirty-year-old Kael Klassen died of an overdose last April in Sheboygan. Detectives say they found numerous texts on Klassen's phone from a phone number belonging to Shannon. Klassen had just returned […]