A Fond du lac man involved in a shootout with police a little more than a year and a half ago may end up spending the rest of his life behind bars. Fond du lac judge Richard Nuss sentenced 42 year old Shannon Rogler to 40 years in prison and 27 years extended supervision. District attorney Eric Toney says he is satisfied with the sentence Rogler was convicted earlier […]
A 31 year old registered sex offender from Waupun has been found guilty of sexually assaulting a child. A jury in Dodge County Circuit Court found Jesse Madison guilty on three counts of second degree sexual assault of a child as a repeater following a three day jury trial. Madison was accused of sexually assaulting a 15 year old boy at his home. A sentencing hearing has been scheduled June […]
Fond du Lac police say nobody was injured in a drive by shooting at a Fond du Lac apartment complex over the weekend. Assistant police chief Steve Klein says several gunshots were fired into an apartment at the Mapelwood Commons apartment complex at Martin Avenue and Pioneer Road early Sunday morning. Klein says police are looking for suspects and believe the apartment was targeted by the shooter. "We don't believe […]
Two people were injured in a motorcycle versus car accident Saturday evening in Washington County. The crash happened on Highway 28 just east of the Village of Kewaskum. The Washington County Sheriff’s Department says an eastbound car driven by a 31-year old Town of Kewaskum woman was turning into a driveway and turned directly into the path of the westbound motorcycle, which was operated by a 53-year old Town of […]
SHEBOYGAN, Wis. (AP) — Some students at Lakeland College are being placed in new housing after their dorm was damaged in a fire. The fire at Hill House happened Sunday. The Sheboygan County Sheriff's Office says authorities arrived to find a roof collapsed and smoke and flames billowing from windows. Lakeland College officials say the fire was accidental and started when a resident was cooking. The student was treated for […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Gov. Scott Walker's administration and the state troopers' union have negotiated a new contract that calls for 3 percent raises. The Legislature's Joint Committee on Employee Relations rejected a plan in March that called for a 17 percent pay raise. The deal released Monday calls for a 3 percent raise for the year that ended in June 2014 with a lump sum payment for all hours […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker plans to donate money he received in campaign donations from the leader of a white supremacist group cited by the Charleston church murder suspect. Walker received $3,500 from Earl P. Holt, leader of the Council of Conservative Citizens, since 2011. Spokeswoman AshLee Strong said Monday that Walker will donate the money to a charity benefiting the victims. The Guardian newspaper says three […]
LANCASTER, Wis. (AP) — A thunderstorm with high winds has knocked down several trees in southern Wisconsin, and also knocked out power to some areas. Numerous trees were downed in Lancaster. There were also reports of damage to sheds and outbuildings in other parts of Grant County. Grant County Emergency Management director Steve Braun says that several homes were also damaged and the power was out in some areas. Trees […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Construction on one of the largest skate parks in Wisconsin is progressing swiftly in Madison. Backers of the 20,000-square-foot park in the city's Central Park say they expect it to draw skateboarders from around the Midwest. Construction on the $1 million skate park began in April and is scheduled to be completed by Aug. 19. A date for the park's grand opening has yet to be […]