There were no serious injuries in a three vehicle crash on Highway 23 in Fond du Lac County. The crash happened shortly after 6:30am Thursday on Highway 23 and County Highway I east of the city of Fond du Lac. One person received minor injuries.
MILWAUKEE (AP) — The daughter of a Wisconsin inmate who killed himself in solitary confinement has filed a federal lawsuit against state prison officials, alleging they failed to provide adequate mental health care and medications. Dean Hoffmann was found dead in his cell at Waupun Correctional Institution in June on the ninth day of a stint in solitary confinement. He is one of at least three Waupun inmates who died in […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Universities of Wisconsin have launched a new website listing all online courses available across the system’s 13 campuses, system officials announced Wednesday. The website, online.wisconsin.edu, lists more than 200 online programs, including courses in 10 associate, 99 bachelor and 95 master programs. The site includes links to the campuses that offer the courses. The site went live on Feb. 1. System President Jay Rothman said in a statement […]
Fond du Lac city officials are taking steps to protect residents from future flooding events like the Fond du Lac River ice jam flooding in 2019. Wisconsin Insurance commissioner Nathan Houdek made a stop in Fond du Lac this week to highlight Flood Insurance Awareness Week. Fond du Lac is one of just 17 Wisconsin communities in the National Flood Insurance Program's Community Rating System that Houdek says can save residents up to […]
The Dodge County Sheriff’s Office says a Huber inmate walkaway has been arrested. Sheriff Dale Schmidt says 43 year old Jennifer Patricia Petersen is in custody as a result of a follow up investigation conducted by sheriff's deputies in collaboration with Milwaukee police. Petersen left the jail for a doctor's appointment at Marshfield Medical Center in Beaver Dam, but failed to report back to jail.
Record high temperatures are a possibility this week as unseasonably warm winter weather is in the forecast all week. National Weather Service meteorologist Taylor Patterson says in addition to the mild temperatures, strong winds will also cause any ice on Lake Winnebago to shift with the sturgeon spearing season set to open this weekend. "As that low pressure system comes in it will get gusty and it will be rainy," Patterson told […]
Fond du Lac's premier winter tourism event is being held this weekend with one major change due to the warmer than normal temperatures. Destination Lake Winnebago Region's Craig Molitor says all of the events for Sturgeon Spectacular this weekend will be held in downtown Fond du Lac. "It's not ideal. Generally speaking everything that happens for Sturgeon Spectacular is still going to happen, there are some qualifications there, but it's […]
SHAWANO, Wis. (AP) — A Wisconsin teenager has pleaded no contest to charges that he triggered a bonfire explosion that injured more than a dozen people in 2022. Eighteen-year-old Sam Armstrong pleaded no contest on Monday to 13 counts of injury by negligent use of an explosive. Under Armstrong’s plea agreement, prosecutors will recommend five years of probation and six months in jail, while his attorneys will be free to […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Janet Protasiewicz's campaign manager says a consultant inserted images of horses in ads as a vulgar joke about her opponent. Protasiewicz's campaign manager, Alejandro Verdin, told The Downballot podcast Jan. 25 that people made baseless jokes at campaign focus groups and functions that her opponent, Dan Kelly, looked like someone who fornicates with horses. Verdin says campaign consultant Ben Nuckels inserted hidden […]