MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources records allege that some employees last year sexually harassed co-workers, ran a sex product business on state time, tried to use their position to avoid a traffic citation and posted insulting remarks about the public online. An Associated Press review of DNR discipline records found 20 letters reprimanding, suspending or terminating employees last year. According to the records, one employee sexually […]
A pan left on the stove apparently started a fire that forced the evacuation of a Fond du Lac apartment complex. Firefighters were called to the Riverview apartments on Western Avenue near the Fond du Lac River Sunday morning to a report of smoke coming from a second floor apartment. The fire was quickly extinguished. No injuries were reported.
Nobody was injured in a chimney fire in Fond du Lac. Firefighters were called to the scene at 178 University Avenue shortly before midnight Friday to find heavy smoke and flames coming out of the chimney of the single family home. The residents were unaware their chimney was on fire, but were able to safely evacuate after a passerby knocked on their door. Fire crews were able to extinguish the […]
A former Wisconsin principal of the year is retiring from the Fond du lac School district. Chegwin Elementary School principal, Theresa Loehr, is retiring at the end of the school year. Loehr began her career as an assistant at Sabish Junior High School in 1996. She has spent the last 15 years as principal at Chegwin. Chegwin has won 11 consecutive Title One School of recognition awards. In 2013 Loehr was named Wisconsin […]
MILWAUKEE (AP) — Wisconsin Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald says his fellow Republican senators want to restore much or all of the $127 million that Governor Scott Walker has proposed cutting from public schools in the first year of his proposed budget. The Juneau Republican said Friday at Marquette Law School that the precise amount will depend on updated revenue projections that will be issued in the next few weeks. […]
The Dodge County Sheriff’s Office says a Wisconsin Dells man made up a story that he had been shot after he stopped to helped a stranded motorist. Sheriff Dale Schmidt says an investigation found no corroborating evidence to the claim by 28 year old Jason Raasch. Raasch said he was shot in the abdomen after he stopped to help the occupants of a car parked on the side of Highway […]
A man and woman from Oshkosh have been bound over for trial in connection with a robbery at the Guaranty Bank in Fond du Lac last month. Probable cause was found at a preliminary hearing Friday for 26 year old Maranatha Henderson and 35 year old Shafia Jones. Police detective Bill Ledger says Henderson admitted to robbing the bank and says Jones wrote the robbery note that was handed to […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker says he "absolutely" expects to meet with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during his first visit to Israel next month. Walker, a Republican, told The Associated Press in an interview ahead of his departure on a European trade mission that the Netanyahu meeting in mid-May is not yet confirmed, but that it's his "hope and expectation" it will happen. A spokeswoman for Walker's […]
Two people received non life-threatening injuries in a one vehicle rollover crash in Dodge County Friday. Rescue personnel were called to the scene at the intersection of Highways W and A in the town of Trenton. A Preliminary investigation shows that 18 year old Jesus Ramos-Soto, from Waupun, was driving an SUV north on W approaching the stop sign at the intersection with Cth A. The Explorer went into a […]