Nobody was injured in a fire that destroyed a house in Fond du lac County. Shortly before 8pm Friday volunteer firefighters Mt. Calvary, Eden and the town of Fond du lac were called to a residence at N6378 Colonial Drive in the town of Empire for a report of a structure fire. A neighbor reported the house was almost completely engulfed in flames. No one was home at the time […]
WISCONSIN DELLS, Wis. (AP) — State inspection records show a ride that broke at Wisconsin Dells this week had been cited for past violations. "The Catapult" ride at Mount Olympus passed a recent safety inspection, but was cited in 2013 for failing to show documentation that its wire rope and hoist operations were inspected by another party. In 2011, the ride's owner, Casco Inc., was also cited for keeping poor […]
On 07-10-15 at 7:48 am, the Dodge County Sheriff’s Office responded to a motor vehicle crash on USH 41 south of STH 67 in the Township of Lomira, Dodge County, Wisconsin. Preliminary investigation shows that a 59 years old male from Oshkosh, WI, identified as Abelardo Lopez, was operating a 1997 Toyota 4 Runner southbound on USH 41. He had one passenger in his vehicle, a 53 year old female […]
A not guilty plea has been entered for a Waupun Correctional Institution inmate accused of trying to kill another inmate and injuring a correctional officer. 28 year old Eric Conner stood mute at an arraignment hearing in Dodge County Circuit Court. The court entered a not guilty plea on his behalf. He’s charged with attempted first degree intentional homicide and battery by prisoners. Conner is accused of making a shank […]
The Fond du Lac School District has a new athletic director. The Fond du Lac School Board is expected to approve the hiring of David MichalKiewicz to the post at at their meeting Monday. MichalKiewicz has worked as a teacher and athletic director in the Belmont School District for the past nine years. He replaces Kevin Deering who resigned last month to take a new position in Grafton.
The Smithereens are in Fond du Lac this weekend. The group will perform for free in the street in front of THELMA this Sunday. The concert is set to begin at 2 pm with a cash bar and food available beginning at 1 pm. The 1980s New Jersey rock group had hits that included A Girl Like You, Behind the Wall of Sleep, and Blood and Roses. THELMA is located at […]
CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — Faith and past family backcountry camping experiences helped three sisters survive for more than four days while they were lost in a Wyoming wilderness area. Twenty-five-year-old Megan Sharer of Milwaukee, and 22-year-old Erin Sharer and 16-year-old Kelsi Sharer and their parents appeared in public for the first time Friday at a news conference in the resort town of Jackson.
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The state Supreme Court has ruled that a former inmate can't sue the Department of Corrections over injuries he suffered when a foul ball hit him during a prison yard baseball game. Adam Mayhugh filed the lawsuit in 2012, alleging he suffered a brain injury and a severed artery that led to strokes when the ball hit him at Redgranite Correctional Institution in July 2011. The […]
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 […]