SPRING GREEN, Wis. (AP) — Authorities say no one was hurt when a small plane had to make an emergency landing in a cornfield in Sauk County. Sheriff Chip Meister says the 1946 Taylorcraft airplane had "only minor damage" after landing Thursday evening in the cornfield in Spring Green. He says the pilot, Michael Ramos of Dodgeville, didn't think he'd be able to make it to a nearby airport after […]
The Department of Public Works would like to inform the motoring public that the north bound lane of Military Road will be closed from 9th Street to north of Grove Street beginning Wednesday morning July 15th due to water main repair work. It will remain closed until Monday, July 20th. South bound traffic is not affected, but drivers are asked to use caution as they travel through the area.
Fond du Lac Fire Fighters will join the Green Bay Packers and the Professional Fire Fighters of Wisconsin in what will be called the Fill-the-Helmet campaign which will provide child ID kits to all K-12 children across the state. Green Bay Packer wide receiver, Jordy Nelson, will be helping to kick the program off at 1:30 p.m. on Wednesday, July 15, 2015 at Fond du Lac Fire/Rescue. The Packers were […]
MILWAUKEE (AP) — Severe thunderstorms have caused wind damage around Wisconsin — especially in Dodge County where a tornado warning was issued. There were no reports of any touchdowns early Monday, but the area received 4 to 5 inches of rain with winds over 60 mph. We Energies reports more than 30,000 customers are without power because of the storms. There are reports of heavy flooding in Sheboygan County […]
Thunderstorms rolled through the area early this morning knocking down trees and power lines in Fond du Lac County. A power line went down in front of a house on Savage Road in the town of Waupun starting a tree on fire. A tree was blown over on Highway 45 at Reinhardt Road blocking the northbound lane of traffic. A tree was also reported down on Highway SS between Highway […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Governor Scott Walker has signed the Wisconsin state budget into law. The governor approved the $73 billion two-year spending plan Sunday, a day before he officially announces on Monday that he is running for the Republican nomination for president. Walker introduced the budget in February and hoped to have it signed by the end of May, saying he wouldn't announce whether he intended to seek the […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker can thank labor unions for his rise in Republican politics. On the eve of his presidential announcement in Waukesha, Walker reminded Republicans across the country about that four-year-old fight and his subsequent triumphs. The Wisconsin governor became a national figure after enacting laws that weakened labor unions' power. He then survived a union-backed recall election.
WASHINGTON (AP) — How excited is Scott Walker about running for president? So excited that he announced accidentally on Twitter three days early. Wisconsin's Republican governor posted and soon deleted a message on his verified Twitter account Friday evening that said, "Scott Walker is running for president." It's no secret that Walker will enter the 2016 presidential race in Wisconsin on Monday afternoon. Yet before Friday, he hadn't formally declared […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The state's Homeland Security Council has released a new report realigning threat priorities and strategies. The council presented the report to Lieutenant Governor Rebecca Kleefisch during a news conference Friday. The document names cyber-security, preparing to face terrorist attacks and unusual problems such as infectious disease, responding to catastrophes and sustaining response capabilities as the top priorities for the next four years. David Cagigal, the state's […]