OSHKOSH, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin's lakes will be more heavily stocked with walleyes this year thanks to extra funding from the state and private sector. Hundreds of thousands of walleye will be stocked this year. In 2012, the state Department of Natural Resources raised 40,000 growth fingerlings for the year. During the first year of a three-year initiative to bolster walleye numbers in 2013, they raised and released more than […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin wildlife officials say someone either stomped to death or crushed 25 chicks that belong to an endangered species. The endangered common terns were killed on an island in Lake Butte des Morts near Oshkosh. DNR spokeswoman Joanne Haas says the chicks were discovered Tuesday night. She estimates they were between 2 and 21 days old. Haas says the agency would like anyone with information about […]
A controversy is brewing in a Fond du lac County township where a bar owner and town supervisor are leading a recall effort against the town chairman. Town of Calumet resident Ted Schrage runs the Talk of the Town Sandwich and Pizza Pub in Calumetville. Schrage says he started circulating petitions in April to recall town chairman Mike Endries because he says Endries has been doing town business without getting board approval. "He (Endries) […]
SHEBOYGAN, Wis. (AP) — Authorities used chain saws to clear brush and reach the victim of a car crash along the Sheboygan River. Authorities say the driver struck several trees and a power pole in the crash early Friday in Sheboygan's Kiwanis Park. He was found outside the vehicle along the river bank. Divers searched the river for a possible second victim, but found no one. The driver was airlifted […]
STURGEON BAY, Wis. (AP) — The woman and two boys who went missing while kayaking in Door County have been found safe about 12 hours after they were reported missing. The U.S. Coast Guard says the three were found in their kayaks about 14 miles from where they set out on Thursday afternoon. A U.S. Coast Guard helicopter hoisted the 43-year-old woman and two 9-year-old boys out of their kayaks […]
TOWN OF MANITOWISH WATERS, Wis. (AP) — A boating accident in northern Wisconsin has sent two children from Illinois to the hospital. The Vilas County sheriff's office says the accident was reported around 2:20 p.m. Thursday on Little Star Lake in the Town of Manitowish Waters. An 11-year-old boy and his 12-year-old sister from Arlington Heights, Illinois, were being towed on a boat tube when they struck the side of […]
An Eden man accused of trying to take a deputy’s gun following a short foot chase is in custody. Sheriff’s Captain Rick Olig says 22 year old Colton Obrien of Eden turned himself in Thursday afternoon. Olig says the incident occurred early last Saturday morning when a deputy responding to a noise complaint on Elmore Drive in the town of Ashford approached three males who tried to run away. Olig says the deputy caught up […]
On July 10, 2014, at 12:56 PM the Fond du Lac Fire Department was dispatched to a reported dryer fire at 565 Marshall Avenue. Upon arrival, fire crews encountered smoke in the structure. The residents informed them that the dryer was in the basement; crews entered and extinguished the fire rapidly. Prior to leaving the structure the resident moved the dryer to the center of the room and tried to […]
LANCASTER, Wis. (AP) â Authorities in southwestern Wisconsin say a 9-year-old boy has died after becoming trapped in a grain bin on his family's farm. The Grant County sheriff's office says crews were sent to the farm outside Lancaster this morning. WKOW-TV reports the boy was helping other family members try to fix an auger in the grain bin when he became trapped.