A state patrol trooper is dead along with a bank robbery suspect following a shootout in Fond du Lac. The Wisconsin state Troopers Association posted on its Facebook page this morning the fallen trooper was Trevor Casper of Kiel. The incident unfolded following a robbery at Hometown Bank on Peters Avenue around 4:30pm Tuesday. Fond du Lac police chief Bill Lamb issued a brief statement late Tuesday night. "At […]
The Dodge County Sheriff say there are inconsistencies in a report by a man who said he was shot after he had stopped to help the occupants of a car parked on the side of Highway 60. Sheriff Dale Schmidt says the incident was reported Saturday on Hwy 60 between Hustisford and Hwy 26. Schmidt says the man reported two subjects in the parked vehicle demanded the his wallet […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A former sheriff is telling lawmakers they need to allow off-duty and retired officers carry concealed weapons in schools. A bipartisan group of legislators has proposed a bill that would let off-duty officers and qualified retired officers to carry guns on school property. Former Walworth County Sheriff David Graves told the state Senate's judiciary committee that the bill would allow those officers to stop school shooters.
NEW LONDON, Wis. (AP) — Authorities say a car driver has been seriously injured in a crash with a school bus in east-central Wisconsin, but no students were hurt. The Waupaca County sheriff's office says the bus had stopped on Highway 54 to pick up a student Tuesday morning when it was rear-ended by the car. The car then went into the ditch. The driver of the car was flown […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The two candidates for Wisconsin Supreme Court continue to spar over partisan influences in the race for a 10-year term on the state's highest court. The race is officially nonpartisan, but Rock County Circuit Judge James Daley has accepted a $7,000 in-kind contribution from the Wisconsin Republican Party and is speaking at GOP events around the state. Justice Ann Walsh Bradley says she "strongly believes" that […]
One of three men arrested in connection with the robbery of a Tucker’s restaurant employee five years ago has been placed on probation. Fond du Lac judge Richard Nuss placed Thomas Livangood on three years probation with 90 days in the county jail for his role in the incident. Livangood earlier pleaded no contest to false imprisonment, battery and theft. He was originally charged with armed robbery. Livangood and two […]
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Authorities have identified the Fond du Lac man who died after being pinned underneath a pick-up truck. Sheriff’s captain Rick Olig says 26 year old Mathew Wiese was pronounced dead at the scene in the driveway of his residence on Voyager Drive in the Ashwood Grove Trailer park Monday. Olig says Wiese was working under the truck when the accident occurred.
Fond du lac police are investigating the passing of counterfeit money at at least six Fond du Lac businesses. Police received complaints of counterfeit bills passed at JoAnn Fabrics, Kohls Department store and the Dollar Tree store Saturday. On Monday police received reports of counterfeit bills at American Bank and Horicon Bank and Taco Bell.