One person is killed and another injured following a two vehicle accident in Green Lake County. The crash happened Sunday afternoon just past 3:00 p.m. at County Highway PP and McConnell Road in the Town of Brooklyn. Investigation shows a 2006 Pontiac Torrent, driven by 85-year-old Anthony Vranak of Ripon, was traveling east on McConnell Road and a 1995 Ford F350, driven by 47-year-old Brian Fralish of Berlin, was traveling […]
The Fond du Lac County Sheriff’s Office is looking for a motorcyclist clocked at 158 mph on Highway 41 in Fond du lac County. Sheriff’s captain Rick Olig says the incident was reported early Monday morning…with reports of a speeding motorcycle in Washington and Dodge counties heading north. "We had some deputies on Highway 41 and one checked the vehicle at 130 mph near the Highway 151 area. Further north […]
GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — One of the traditions connecting the Green Bay Packers and their fans is an annual slogan painted on a fence across from Lambeau Field. The slogan goes up on Fred Harrsch's fence just before the Packers start the regular season. The fence is even on Green Bay's historical sites list. It's been around since 1984. Packers President Mark Murphy shows up with a paintbrush when […]
New election equipment, land for a new highway garage and a major road reconstruction project. Fond du Lac County executive Al Buechel says those are the highlights in the first year of a five year capital improvement Buechel says the most expensive project next year is reconstructing a portion of Highway I west of Highway 41 near Eldorado. Buechel says money is also earmarked next year to purchase land for […]
The Fond du Lac County Sheriff’s Office is investigating potential criminal charges in all but one traffic fatality in the county this year. There have been four traffic fatalities on Fond du Lac County roadways so far this year. Sheriff’s captain Rick Olig says with the exception of a motorcycle vs. deer fatality…three other fatal traffic crashes remain under investigation for possible criminal charges.
The Fond du Lac County clerk says she’s concerned that voter turnout was so light in the recent August primary election. Lisa Freiberg says turnout was below projections both locally and statewide. In Fond du Lac County only 23 percent of eligible voters cast ballots. Freiberg says part of the problem may be that the election is during the summer. But she says changes that place restrictions on absentee voting […]
The director of the Marquette University law school poll says the latest numbers show a governor’s race that appears to be going right down to the wire. For the third consecutive poll governor Scott Walker and Democrat Mary Burke are within the margin of error. Poll director Charles Franklin says the most interesting information in this latest poll shows that Democrats are a bit more likely to say they are […]
OSHKOSH, Wis. (AP) — Liquor licenses in Oshkosh have been in high demand for the last 40 years, so city officials are a little surprised that no one is applying for three licenses that have been available for a while. The city's Common Council plans to wait and see whether the business community develops any proposals for the licenses. Mayor Burk Tower says it's possible the city will keep them. […]
VERONA, Wis. (AP) — There's a good chance that many of the trendy vegetables foodies latch on to in the next decade will come from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Plant breeders at other public universities focus on improving field corn, soybeans and other crops used in food manufacturing. Those in Madison are working on producing better-tasting vegetables. Horticulture professor Julie Dawson is leading a project in which breeders work with […]