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Fond du Lac County District Attorney Eric Toney is endorsing Waukesha County Circuit Judge Jennifer Dorow for state Supreme Court.   The Republican Toney ran unsuccessfully for state attorney general and Dorow recently presided over  the high-profile Waukesha Christmas parade homicide trial.  Toney says judge Dorow is respected by her peers and if elected would not legislate from the bench.  Dorow is one of four candidates who will square off in a February […]

The Fond du Lac city clerk says a recently completed audit shows that votes were counted accurately in the November election.  The audit was completed on voting machines in wards 4 and 10 in the city of Fond du Lac.  City Clerk Maggie Hefter says the audit provides an additional way to ensure the machines worked properly and the election was conducted accurately.  The audit was randomly selected by the Wisconsin Elections Commission, and was […]

WAUKESHA, Wis. (AP) — Police in Wisconsin say a woman was killed and an officer was shot in his ballistic vest in an apparent exchange of gunfire as police were conducting a well-being check at a home. Waukesha Police Capt. Dan Baumann says the incident happened Wednesday evening in the Milwaukee suburb. Two officers were called to the home by the woman's landlord, who said she was acting erratically. Baumann […]

MILWAUKEE (AP) — A judge is refusing to lower the $50,000 bail imposed on a 10-year-old Milwaukee boy accused of intentionally killing his mother because she would not buy him a virtual reality headset. The boy’s attorney argued in his initial court appearance Wednesday that the bail should be lowered from $50,000 to $100 because he has no source of income. Milwaukee County Circuit Judge Jane Carroll refused to lower […]

Snow covered, slippery roads will make travel difficult for the morning commute.  Three to five inches of snow is forecast for east central Wisconsin.  National Weather Service meteorologist Denny Van Cleve says a Winter Weather Advisory is in effect for east central Wisconsin from 9pm Wednesday until 7am Thursday including Fond du Lac, Dodge, Winnebago, and Sheoboygan counties with 3-5 inches of snow expected.  Wind gusts of 25 to 35 […]

MILWAUKEE (AP) — The Milwaukee Brewers have acquired infielder Owen Miller from the Cleveland Guardians for a player to be named and cash. The 26-yeara-old Miller batted .243 with six homers, 51 RBIs, a .301 on-base percentage and .351 slugging percentage in 130 games with the Guardians last season. He primarily played first base but also made appearances at second base and third. The Brewers made room for Miller on […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin’s natural resources board has voted to proceed with regulating so-called forever chemicals in the state’s groundwater. The unanimous vote Wednesday by the state Natural Resources Board comes 10 months after groundwater regulations for PFAS chemicals were scrapped under pressure from the state’s powerful business industry. Regulators in February adopted standards for surface and drinking water. Those went into effect in June. It will take about […]

MILWAUKEE (AP) — Foxconn Technology Group qualified for tax breaks from the state of Wisconsin for a second year in a row in 2022 under revised contract terms that lowered benchmarks the technology company needed to meet. The Taiwan-based company qualified for $8.6 million in tax credits based on creating 768 eligible jobs at its southeastern Wisconsin facility and making a $77.4 million capital investment by the end of 2021. […]

The Fond du Lac County Tobacco Control Program Coordinator says she is pleased with an agreement reached between the Wisconsin Department of Justice and 32 other states with JUUL Labs.  The $435 million agreement resolves a two-year bipartisan investigation into the e-cigarette  manufacturer’s marketing and sales practices.  Fond du Lac County Tobacco Control Program coordinator Johanna Brotz tells WFDL news the agreement has been a long time coming.  "We've known […]