Investigators say a Fond du Lac woman was intoxicated when she slammed into a Fond du lac police squad car Tuesday night. Sheriff’s captain Rick Olig says the crash happened shortly after 8pm Tuesday at the intersection of Macy and Second Streets. Officer Jarid Pfalzgraf, 24 years old, and the driver of the other car 44 year old Nairobi Hull of Fond du Lac were transported to St. Agnes […]
WAUKESHA, Wis. (AP) — A Waukesha County judge has dismissed a lawsuit that asks that ballots for the November election be redesigned. Circuit Judge James Kieffer said Wednesday the lawsuit brought by the campaign committee for state Assembly Speaker Robin Vos and Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald, both Republicans, was not properly filed. Kieffer says the law requires that a complaint first be filed with the Government Accountability Board, not […]
The Republican candidate for the 6th District congressional seat brought his campaign to Fond du Lac Tuesday. State senator Glenn Grothman was presented with an award from the Associated Builders and Contractors of Wisconsin for his votes in the legislature on behalf of the construction industry. Grothman says he coauthored the Commercial Building Code legislation designed to simplify and streamline construction regulations. Ahern Gross Plumbing of Fond du Lac […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A conservative investigative group is accusing Democratic attorney general hopeful Susan Happ of going easy on a sex offender. Happ currently serves as Jefferson County's district attorney. Media Trackers issued a press release today saying court records show Happ's office charged Anthony Hodan in 2009 with two counts of sexual assault of a child under 16 but later reduced the charges to one count of third-degree […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin attorney general hopefuls Brad Schimel and Susan Happ have agreed to two more debates. Both candidates say they have agreed to appear in an Oct. 12 debate on WISN-TV in Milwaukee and in an Oct. 29 debate in Madison sponsored by the Wisconsin State Bar Association, WISC-TV and WisPolitics.com. They had already agreed to a debate on Oct. 24 in Madison. That debate will be […]
MILWAUKEE (AP) — A spokesman for the Archdiocese of Milwaukee says mediation in its bankruptcy case has ended without a deal with sexual abuse victims and others owed money. A second round of talks started Monday in Minnesota. Archdiocese spokesman Jerry Topczewski said in an email Tuesday afternoon that it had ended without an agreement. Attorneys for the archdiocese, victims of clergy sexual abuse and others involved in the case […]
AARP is encouraging Wisconsin residents to ask congressional candidates where they stand on Social Security. AARP’s national volunteer Board of Directors member Eric Schneidewind says the candidates are not doing an adequate job of explaining how they would strengthen Social Security. "AARP has about 111,000 members in the 6th district and we want them to really put the heat on the congressional candidates to take a position and tell us […]
Fond du Lac’s Brooke Industries wants answers on how a new federal rule would impact them. Counseling Services coordinator at Brooke, Sue Grich, tells WFDL news a new federal ruling encourages states to use funds from Medicaid to take workers out of centers and place them in community jobs. "Its a very big concern, Grich said. "I think one of the reasons we are consistently being concerned and having some […]
The Washington County Sheriff’s Office is seeking information regarding recent thefts of catalytic converters from local auto repair businesses. The Sheriff’s Office is currently investigating fifteen thefts at multiple businesses in the Town of Addison, Village of Richfield, Town of Wayne, and Town of Kewaskum. The thefts would have occurred between July 1st and Sept. 22nd. The catalytic converters are being removed from the exhaust systems of cars parked in […]