A Fond du Lac man is in custody following a high speed chase that ended in Washington County. The chase started shortly before 10:30 pm Friday when a sheriff’s deputy attempted to stop a vehicle that ran a stop sign on Highway B near Interstate 41. The vehicle fled south at a high rate of speed and eventually crashed in a ditch near Slinger. A passenger tried to flee on foot but was […]
MANAWA, Wis. (AP) — People living downriver of a Wisconsin dam that was breached by floodwaters have been allowed back into their homes following an evacuation order and many of them now face the mess of cleaning up flooded basements, police said Saturday. The dam in Manawa along the Little Wolf River was breached Friday afternoon by rain-driven floodwaters that eroded an estimated 50-foot-wide (15.2-meter-wide) portion of the dam, said Manawa […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Wisconsin Supreme Court is changing course and will allow officials to place ballot drop boxes around their communities in this fall's elections in the presidential swing state. The court ruled in 2022 that absentee ballot drop boxes could be used only in election offices and no one other than the voter could return a ballot in-person. Liberal justices gained control of the court last year, […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Wisconsin Supreme Court says Republican legislators are improperly blocking conservation projects. The 6-1 ruling Friday marks a victory for Democratic Gov. Tony Evers and environmentalists. Evers maintains that the GOP-run Joint Finance Committee has too much power to kill funding for initiatives. That includes University of Wisconsin employee raises and conservation work. Evers sued, arguing the committee's actions violate the separation of powers doctrine. The […]
LAFAYETTE, Wis. (AP) — A Wisconsin man who was pulled from his home after it exploded has died. The Walworth County sheriff’s office identified the man on Wednesday as 68-year-old Leland Holden. Holden was found Tuesday afternoon by first responders in the basement of the home in Lafayette, southwest of Milwaukee. The sheriff's office says he was flown by medical helicopter to a hospital trauma center, where he later died. […]
The Dodge County Sheriff says the case of a missing Clyman woman has become a death investigation. Sheriff Dale Schmidt says through investigation into the disappearance of Crystal Rasch it has been determined it is no longer a missing person case but has transitioned to a death investigation. Schmidt says no details will be released to preserve the integrity of the investigation. Last week Rasch’s estranged husband Zachariah Rasch was arrested after investigators learned he had […]
The Dodge County Sheriff's Office has identified the victim of a fatal car vs semi crash. The crash happened shortly after 2:30am Tuesday on County Highway A/I and County Highway W, a couple miles west of Juneau. A preliminary investigation shows a car driven by 25 year old Vincent Garza of Beaver Dam was northbound on A/I, and was left of center at the intersection when it was struck by a semi hauling […]
MAUSTON, Wis. (AP) — The six family members who died in a Wisconsin house fire were a former pastor, two of his daughters and three of his granddaughters, authorities and church officials said. The Juneau County Sheriff’s Office said in a news release Tuesday that 66-year-old Steven Witte, 38-year-old Charis Kuehl and 35-year-old Lydia Witte were killed in the fire early Sunday morning in Necedah. Three children — ages 2, 5 and […]
MILWAUKEE (AP) — A Democratic state representative has won an open seat in the Wisconsin state Senate. Unofficial results from Tuesday's primary in the 4th Senate District show that state Rep. Dora Drake defeated fellow Democratic state Rep. LaKeisha Myers, with 65% of the vote. Drake and Myers were the only two candidates vying for the seat, meaning Drake's primary win gives her the spot. The seat represents a swath […]