A 31 year old registered sex offender from Waupun has been arrested for sexually assaulting a child. Waupun police chief Dale Heeringa says the man is accused of sexually assaulting a 15 year old boy at his home. The suspect was taken into custody and is being held in the Dodge County Jail pending charges through the Dodge County DA’s Office.
Fond du Lac County law enforcement is investigating whether medical issues may have played a role in separate traffic fatalities over the weekend. Sheriff’s captain Rick Olig says a 63 year old Green Bay man was pronounced dead at the scene on Highway TC and M Friday afternoon. The victim was in a group of about a dozen motorcyclists visiting cemeteries to pay respects to fallen veterans. "There was […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A passenger in a car was killed after a tire flew off an oncoming vehicle and through the windshield of the victim's car on the interstate in Dane County. The State Patrol says the fatal accident happened shortly after 1 a.m. Monday on Interstate 39/90 near Madison's Beltline interchange. The driver of the car hit by the tire lost control of the vehicle and slid into […]
APPLETON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin officials are working to better serve the rapidly growing Hispanic community in the state. The Mexican Consulate in Chicago issued passports and consular identification cards to hundreds of Mexican nationals at an Appleton church last week. Alfredo Gomez Sepulveda of the Mexican Consulate says the mobile office brings ID services to cities throughout Wisconsin. The Chicago-based office also caters to Mexican nationals living in northern […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The director of a conservative group wants a prosecutor investigating whether right-leaning organizations illegally coordinated with Gov. Scott Walker's campaign to ask a judge to appoint a special investigator to look into whether the probe is political. Milwaukee County District Attorney John Chisholm helped start the so-called John Doe investigation in 2012, looking for evidence conservative groups, including Wisconsin Club for Growth, illegally coordinated with Walker's […]
HUDSON, Wis. (AP) — New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie is telling Wisconsin Republicans they need to step up to keep Scott Walker governor because national Democrats "want to make an example of him" and scare conservatives from trying bold things. The chairman of the Republican Governors Association swooped into western Wisconsin Monday to help shore up a potential 2016 presidential rival. They downplayed that possible GOP showdown. Walker is in […]
Campbellsport school officials hope to make a final decision on a major building referendum before the end of the year. District administrator Paul Amundson says residents are being asked for their thoughts by participating in a survey on a proposed $35 million middle-high school building plan. Amundson says the district has been studying the issue for over two years. He says the major portion of the plan is replacing the […]
BERLIN, Wis. (AP) — Authorities have released the names of two people shot dead in Berlin, Wisconsin. Police say 28-year-old Melissa Truinstra and 28-year-old Justin Daniels were murdered Saturday. Authorities were questioning a person of interest and executing several search warrants related to the case Sunday. Authorities say they got a call at about 11 p.m. Saturday about a woman lying on the sidewalk on the 200 block of Broadway […]
During the early morning hours of Sunday, September 28, 2014, the City of Fond du Lac Police Department received several calls of gun shots in the area of the 300 block of N. Seymour St. First arriving officers located a male subject lying on the ground with an apparent gunshot wound to his leg. Officers were able to get the male subject to an ambulance and he was transported to […]