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MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A fight over whether Wisconsin’s top elections official will keep her job has potential implications for the 2024 presidential contest in a perennial battleground where statewide margins are typically razor thin. Meagan Wolfe, the nonpartisan administrator of the Wisconsin Elections Commission, has been targeted by conspiracy theories surrounding the 2020 election. As her term comes to an end, Republicans who control the state Legislature want her […]

The Foundation for Ripon Community Hospital has donated $150,000 to support the Boys & Girls Club of the Tri-County Area as part of its capital campaign to build a state-of-the-art facility in downtown Ripon.  The 30,000-square-foot, two-story complex will include four early childhood classrooms, extensive youth program areas, gymnasium, a performing arts studio and most impressively, a skilled trades center for teens. The club’s goal is to raise $10 million […]

Three suspects have been arrested in connection with the theft of vehicles and vehicle entries in Dodge, Fond du Lac, Winnebago and Outagamie Counties.  Dodge County Sheriff Dale Schmidt says in Dodge County the thefts occurred in the northeastern part of  the county along Highway 175.   Following a coordinated investigation the suspected leader of the theft ring  was arrested in Fond du Lac County, and two other suspects were arrested in the Fox Valley.   Schmidt […]

Careless use of smoking materials are being blamed for a fire that caused minor damage to a home in Dodge County.   Saturday morning Waupun firefighters were called to a residence on Redwood Road and found a mattress and blanket smoldering in a bedroom.  The mattress was removed from the home and the fire was extinguished.  The home received smoke damage.  Nobody was hurt.

An Oshkosh man was arrested following a high speed chase in Fond du Lac County.  The chase started early Saturday morning when a Fond du Lac County Sheriff’s deputy attempted to stop a vehicle for a speeding over 120 miles an hour on southbound Interstate 41 at County Hwy Y in the town of Byron.  The vehicle exited  at State Highway 49 in Dodge County,   reentered Fond du Lac County  on Drumline Drive where […]

Nobody was injured in a mobile home fire in Fond du Lac.  Shortly after 9pm Friday firefighters were called to the scene on Van Dyne Road and quickly extinguished the fire in an area near an electrical outlet.  Fire damage was limited to that area.  Investigators determined faulty wiring and an overloaded outlet caused the f ire.

A lot of people are traveling this 4th of July holiday and area law enforcement is out in force.   Sheriff Ryan Waldschmidt says buckle up, slow down, and don't drink and drive.   Waldschmidt reminds boaters to exercise safety on the water.   Waldschmidt says people who plan to celebrate with fireworks and campfires should keep safety top of mind.  Make sure kids with fireworks and sparklers are supervised, keep a water […]

As AAA prepares to rescue more than 393,000 drivers nationwide with car trouble this Independence Day weekend, it will also provide a free service in effort to keep impaired drivers off the road.   The Auto Club Group is activating its Tow to Go program in Wisconsin  offering a safe ride for would-be impaired drivers and their vehicles.  This is the 25th year The Auto Club Group has provided the Tow to Go program. When called […]

Authorities are investigating the apparent suicide death of an inmate at the Waupun Correctional Institution.   Sources say the inmate apparently died  from hanging.  He was found  Thursday morning in his cell.  Life-saving attempts by corrections staff were unsuccessful.