Keep your hands on the steering wheel…the Wisconsin AAA says there is a possibility gas prices could drop below two dollars a gallong before the end of the year. State Triple A spokesman Nick Jarmucz says prices at the pump have been fluctuating in recent weeks as refineries undergo routine fall maintenance. But Jarmucz says expect prices to stabilize late this fall and some analysts say they could drop below […]
Republican congressman Glenn Grothman says he thinks its 50-50 at best that his colleague Paul Ryan will run for speaker. Grothman says Ryan has been under almost constant pressure from fellow conservatives to run for the post. Grothman says in addition to the time commitment Ryan has to decide if he really wants to give up his love of creating policy as chair of the Ways and Means committee. "I […]
A Fitchburg teen accused of shooting an employee at the Beaver Dam Fleet Farm store has pleaded not guilty to charges against him. 17 year old Jared Spencer entered the plea Thursday in Dodge County Circuit Court. He’s facing charges that include attempted first degree intentional homicide, first degree reckless injury, aggravated battery, first degree recklessly endangering safety- all with a use of a dangerous weapon enhancer; as well as […]
A Fond du Lac man convicted of beating a Menasha woman is going to prison. Fond du Lac judge Peter Grimm gave Daniel Sease the maximum sentence of 15 and a half years in prison and six and a half years of extended supervision. In August a Fond du Lac jury found Sease guilty on two counts of strangulation and one misdemeanor count of battery, but not guilty of sexual […]
A Fond du Lac man convicted of dealing heroin is going to prison. Fond du Lac judge Peter Grimm sentenced 41 year old Phillip Hull Sr. to three years in prison and five years extended supervision. Hull was convicted of four counts of delivery of heroin.
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin Democrats are lashing out at a trio of bills the Republican-controlled Legislature plans to pass this week. Democrats said Monday that the measures up for votes in the Senate and Assembly starting Tuesday will usher in a new era of corruption. One bill up for votes Tuesday in the Senate and Assembly would do away with secret John Doe investigations into political activity. The John […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Experts say conflicts with coyotes seem to be on the rise in the last couple months in Wisconsin. Researchers at the University of Wisconsin Madison Urban Canid Project say recent reports of those conflicts, and in some cases attacks, have come from Madison, Milwaukee, Neenah and Mequon. Some coyotes have attacked and killed dogs, or even followed residents who were walking their dog. The State Journal […]
SHEBOYGAN, Wis. (AP) — Police are waiting for toxicology tests to determine how two people died in Sheboygan. Capt. Kurt Brasser says there was no trauma or other obvious signs of how the two died. The 50-year-old man and 59-year-old woman were found dead by friends at a Sheboygan house Oct. 11. Brasser says the deaths could be overdose-related, but the toxicology tests will help make that determination.
On Tuesday October 20th, water utility work will affect motorists traveling on County Road VVV or Rolling Meadows Drive near the Fond du Lac County Airport. The road will be open to traffic, but motorists should expect delays from construction and flagging operations. The work is expected to last one day.