The Fond du Lac man, known as Victim A in a federal indictment who was scammed out of millions of dollars by a Florida sports betting consultant is Gary Sadoff the owner Wisconsin’s largest liquor distributor Badger Liquor. Sadoff acknowledged he was the victim in an email to Badger Liquor employees. The email says "I wanted you to hear, directly from me, that I am the victim described in the […]
The Fond du Lac police chief is defending an officer who earned more money than he did over the last two years by working overtime. Overnight officer Jed Martin led the state with a weekly average of 34 overtime hours, receiving nearly $74,000 in overtime pay in 2013. His total pay was $135,000. Last year Martin received $90,000 in overtime with an average of 42 hours of overtime per week. […]
A Fond du Lac County sheriff’s captain says he believes improvements are necessary sooner rather than later at a dangerous Fond du Lac intsersection. The Fond du lac County Highway Committee has voted to send a letter to the state Department of Transportation requesting safety study for the Rolling Meadows Drive-Highway 23 intersection. Fond du lac County Sheriff’s captain Rick Olig says that intersection is the scene of several accidents […]
LA CROSSE, Wis. (AP) — A 47-year-old man allegedly trying to outrun deputies through western Wisconsin surrendered when he lost his prosthetic leg. Thomas Fuselier fled when a Holmen officer tried to stop him for a defective brake light Tuesday. The La Crosse County complaint filed Wednesday says speeds reached 80 miles an hour, with Fuselier at one point sticking his hand out to wave at officers. The complaint says […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin Democratic Party Chairman Mike Tate is stepping down as chairman in June after holding the position for six years. Tate emailed party members Thursday. Tate, who is 35, was one of the youngest state party leaders in the country when he first was elected for the job in 2009. He chaired the party during a tumultuous period, highlighted by the collection of more than 900,000 […]
MILWAUKEE (AP) — Health officials expect the latest round of flu to last another four to six weeks in Wisconsin. The flu has contributed to the deaths of two children this season. A 12-year-old Milwaukee girl died on New Year's Day. A 2-year-old boy died of Type A influenza on Christmas Day. A 26-year-old Kenosha woman, Katherine McQuestion, also died of flu complications this season. She worked as a radiology […]
TOMAH, Wis. (AP) — The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs is launching an investigation into reports of overmedication and retaliatory management practices at the VA Medical Center in Tomah. U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin's office says the Veterans Health Administration and the Office of Accountability Review is conducting the investigation. A story by The Center for Investigative Reporting says the number of opiates prescribed at the Tomah VA more than quintupled […]
CORONADO, Calif. (AP) — Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker is telling fellow Republicans that voters are annoyed with the federal government and that solutions to the nation's ills will come from governors. In a Thursday night speech to a Republican National Committee meeting near San Diego, Walker said the states are where things get done. Walker is weighing a bid for the GOP presidential nomination and has named former RNC political […]
A Fond du Lac man has been charged in connection with the heroin overdose death of another Fond du Lac man. Twenty one year old Jeffrey Hiley is charged with first degree reckless homicide and manufacture-delivery of heroin both as a repeat offender. Hiley is accused of supplying the heroin that led to the death of Corey Lawson last May. Hiley made his initial court appearance Thursday. Bail was set […]