A motorcycle accident in Dodge County has seriously injured the motorcycle operator. The crash happened Friday afternoon on Highway 151 and County Highway DE in the town of Calumus. Investigators say a 44 year old Madison man was operating a motorcycle southbound on 151 when a van pulled onto the highway from County trunk DE, striking the motorcycle. The motorcycle operator was flown by helicopter to UW Hospital in Madison. […]
A Fond du Lac man was injured in an all terrain vehicle accident in Fond du Lac at the ATV park over the weekend. Flight for Life helicopter flew 26 year old Joshua Robbins to the Theda Clark Regional Medical Center Saturday afternoon.
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin's Department of Tourism says every county in Wisconsin reported increased visitor spending in 2014. It's the first time in four years counties all reported an increase. Travelers contributed $18.5 billion to Wisconsin's economy last year, up 5.5 percent from the year before, according to a state tourism report released Friday. Visitor growth topped 102 million in 2014, an increase of 7 million visits since 2010. […]
HAYWARD, Wis. (AP) — The inland sport fishing season is now open. Governor Scott Walker kicked it off Saturday by dropping a line at the Chippewa Flowage in Sawyer County, east of Hayward. According to Walker's office, sportfishing generates $2.3 billion in economic benefits and supports 22,000 jobs annually in Wisconsin. Through Tuesday, nearly 411,000 anglers had purchased fishing licenses and nearly 94,000 had purchased trout stamps. Fishing license sales […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A new report shows the state Department of Justice is investigating substantially more officer-involved deaths in the wake of a new law requiring outside agencies run such probes. A Legislative Fiscal Bureau report released Friday shows DOJ has investigated 12 deaths since the law took effect in April 2014. That's up 71 percent from seven death investigations in 2013. The agency investigated a total of 19 […]
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — It's been five months since the H5N2 bird flu virus was discovered in the U.S., and producers have lost more than 21 million birds in the Midwest alone. Yet, researchers with federal agencies acknowledge they still know little about the virus' origin and how it spreads, especially with heightened biosecurity measures at commercial poultry farms and the apparent lack of widespread deaths in largely unprotected […]
OSHKOSH, Wis. (AP) — The Menominee Park Zoo in Oshkosh has a new family of wolves. The four gray wolves came to the zoo from the Wildlife Science Center near Minneapolis in October after the last of the zoo's original three wolves was euthanized in June 2014 due to health reasons. The 12-year-old wolves are named Sienna, Rebel, Echo and Thunder and are litter mates. They were born to a […]
Put on your jersey and lace up your sneakers, it’s that time of the year again to register for this year’s Walleye Weekend Sports and Tournaments. Registration for the following events are available online: 3-on-3 Basketball Tournament, Walleyball Softball Tournament, Volleyball Tournament, as well as, the Bicycle Poker Ride, Strongman, and The Reporter Walleye Run Walk. Anyone interested in participating in any of the sports or tournaments can register online, […]
Fond du Lac police want to hear from residents about their concerns regarding crime issues in their neighborhood. A community forum is being held at 10am Monday at the Fond du Lac Public library for residents of the central district. Assistant police chief Steve Klein says that covers an area from HWY 45 at the north city limits going south along Brooke St to the south border at 9th Street […]