ELKHORN, Wis. (AP) — A detective says a former police officer told him that he killed two women during rough sex and then put their bodies in suitcases that he hid for months before dumping them in rural Wisconsin. Walworth County Sheriff's Detective Jeffrey Recknagel testified Thursday during a preliminary hearing for 52-year-old Steven Zelich. Zelich is charged with two counts of hiding a corpse after the suitcases were found […]
POYGAN, Wis. (AP) — A Federal Aviation Administration spokeswoman says an ultralight airplane crashed in central Wisconsin and the pilot was killed. Elizabeth Isham Cory said Wednesday in a statement that the pilot was the sole occupant of the single-engine plane. It crashed in a field west of Omro around 7:15 p.m. Wednesday. Multiple law enforcement and emergency medical departments in western Winnebago County responded to the report of a […]
TOWN OF MAINE, Wis. (AP) — An Outagamie County father and his teenage son are hospitalized after a lawn mower exploded. The pair was working on the lawn mower at about 7:30 p.m. Wednesday in the Town of Maine when the fuel ignited. Both were burned, and the father had to be airlifted to a Madison hospital. The son was taken by ambulance to Theda Clark Medical Center in Neenah. Their […]
A Juneau woman has entered into a deferred prosecution agreement and has pleaded no contest to a theft charge for embezzling more than 32 thousand dollars when she was an employee of Beaver Dam Raceway. 54 year old Roxanne Siedschlag entered the plea to a charge of theft of a business setting of over 10 thousand dollars in Dodge County Circuit Court. Two other theft counts were dismissed and read […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A federal judge has given prosecutors, a conservative group and two unnamed parties more time to review what documents could be unsealed in a secret investigation into whether Governor Scott Walker's campaign and right-leaning organizations violated campaign finance law. On Tuesday, the parties involved filed a joint motion asking to extend the deadline to July 17th. The judge granted the motion this afternoon.
Traffic is expected to pick up Thursday afternoon as residents leave home for the long Fourth of July holiday weekend. A Triple A survey projects about a two percent increase in holiday travel compared to last year. AAA spokesperson Pam Moen says the majority of travelers, more than eight in 10 will travel by automobile, the highest level since 2007. On the downside, Moen says travelers will likely pay the highest gas […]
The Fond du Lac County Sheriff’s Office will be out in force on land and on the water during the 4th of July holiday weekend. Sheriff’s Captain Rick Olig says peak travel times are expected to be Thursday afternoon and evening and again Sunday afternoon and evening. Olig says the department’s boat patrol will also be on Lake Winnebago.
Fond du Lac residents have an opportunity to see a warbird during a rare flyover this Independence Day holiday weekend. Retired Navy Lieutenant Commander Ron Roen has arranged an AT-6 flyover of Fond du Lac for Sunday afternoon. Roen says the AT-6 will make an initial approach around 2:30pm Sunday, weather permitting. Roen says the plane will approach from the south on Main Street, flying north about 1,000 feet over Veterans […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — President Barack Obama is stepping up pressure on states that have refused to expand Medicaid eligibility. The White House Council of Economic Advisers has released a report saying expansion in Wisconsin would mean health coverage for an additional 120,000 people in 2016. The report says expansion would lead to 11,200 new jobs by 2017 and result in nearly $2.6 billion in additional federal spending in Wisconsin. […]