The Fond du Lac County Highway Commissioner is warning motorists to slow down and be safe in the wake of three workzone fatalities in Wisconsin so far this year. Highway commissioner Tom Janke says highway workers have been killed in Calumet, Shawano and Lincoln counties in April, May and just last week. Fond du Lac County Highway worker Dennis Roesler was killed in a Highway 41 workzone just before Christmas […]
WATERFORD, Wis. (AP) — Several people got scrapes and multiple vehicles were damaged as high winds hit a balloon festival in southeastern Wisconsin. It happened at the Waterford Balloonfest, where balloons were grounded because of stormy weather conditions Saturday. Racine County Sheriff's Lieutenant Dan Klatt says a front went through around 7:30 a.m. when tethers on at least one balloon broke free. He says several people trying to get control […]
GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — Brett Favre returned to Lambeau Field, where the Green Bay Packers inducted their former MVP quarterback into the team's Hall of Fame Saturday night. Saturday night represented the culmination of a long reconciliation between Favre and the Packers. Favre's Number 4 jersey will also be retired in a ceremony inside Lambeau. More than 67,000 people were expected to watch in the stadium bowl on video […]
Allen L. Sabel Birthday: May 8, 1987 Race: White Height: 5’9” Weight: 216 Hair: Brown (Balding) Eyes: Blue The Fond du Lac Police Department has been notified of a change of address for Allen L. Sabel. Sabel was previously released from prison and had been residing at 457 Thomas Street. Sabel was convicted of Repeated Sexual Assault of the Same Child on January 3, 2006. Sabel has reached his […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — When University of Wisconsin researchers study stem cells, they typically seek to create skin and organs. This summer, they seek to create scientists. Twenty two small-town high school students and teachers joined UW-Madison students and researchers in donning lab coats and blue plastic gloves to experiment with live human stem cells. The four-day experience was part of a program that encourages science careers and aims to […]
MILWAUKEE (AP) — A University of Wisconsin-Madison professor says she now regrets how her views on academic freedom came across on Twitter. Sara Goldrick-Rab is under fire for encouraging prospective students to go elsewhere because she believes academic freedom is in jeopardy at Wisconsin. She has acknowledged searching Twitter for future Badgers and says she wanted to inform them of changes to faculty tenure and shared governance. She has also […]
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — The Oklahoma Department of Health has joined public health officials in two other states and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to investigate a foodborne outbreak of Salmonella associated with pre-packaged stuffed chicken products. Public health officials say as of Thursday, 10 cases in three states — eight in Minnesota and one each in Wisconsin and Oklahoma — have been linked to two multistate Salmonella […]
GRANTSBURG, Wis. (AP) — A Marine who grew up in Grantsburg, Wisconsin, is among the four Marines who died in a shooting rampage in Chattanooga, Tennessee. The Marine Corps identifies him as Sgt. Carson Holmberg, whose service included a deployment to Afghanistan. Grantsburg High School Principal Josh Watt says it's a sad day in the western Wisconsin community of about 1,300 people. Holmquist graduated in 2008 and Watt was one […]
A Ripon man has pleaded not guilty to charges in connection with a fatal car versus motorcycle crash in Fond du lac County last summer. Travis Hartman entered the plea at an arraignment hearing Friday in Fond du Lac County Circuit Court to a charge of homicide by negligient operation of a motor vehicle. According to a criminal complaint Hartman was driving a a vehicle on Highway 44 in the town […]