MILWAUKEE (AP) — Milwaukee County sheriff's deputies say a man driving the wrong way on a major highway was too drunk to take an alcohol breath test. Authorities say the driver swerved around one squad car Sunday and then pulled over after a police officer positioned his squad to stop him. Authorities say the 33-year-old Milwaukee man was too intoxicated to "maintain consciousness" for the breath test. He was arrested […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Gov. Scott Walker says he's looking forward to riding his Harley-Davidson motorcycle across the early presidential voting state of New Hampshire. Walker made the comment after speaking at a tourism conference, noting that New Hampshire is just 65 miles wide. Walker spent the weekend in New Hampshire for his first visit since 2012. Walker is taking steps toward a likely presidential run, but has not […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A special legislative committee plans to meet this week to formally reject a contract that would give Wisconsin state troopers an average pay increase of 17 percent. The Joint Committee on Employment Relations is expected to approve separate contracts Thursday for the Wisconsin State Attorneys Association and the Wisconsin State Building Trades Negotiating Committee. But Assembly Speaker Robin Vos's spokeswoman Kit Beyer says the trooper contract […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Madison Police Chief Mike Koval is defending a white officer who killed an unarmed bi-racial man, urging people not to leap to conclusions about the incident. Officer Matt Kenny shot Tony Robinson in an apartment house on March 6. Police say Kenny was responding to 911 calls that Robinson had attacked two people and was running in traffic. The state Justice Department expects to complete an […]
A 20 year old Ripon College student has been crowned Miss Fond du Lac. McCayla Thoe receives a $30,000 scholarship to Marian University and an $8,000 scholarship to Ripon College, and will compete in the Miss Wisconsin pageant. Breanna Branson was named first-runner up during the competition that took place Saturday night at Goodrich Little Theater in Fond du Lac. Millicent Selenka was crowned Miss Outstanding Teen. Eighteen year […]
The DNR could start prescribed burns on property across the state this week. DNR spokesman Bob Manwell says nine land parcels in Fond du Lac County are scheduled for prescribed burns and five properties in Dodge County. Manwwell says the controlled burns are a land management technique conservation agencies have used for years. "Each year our biologists take a look at the lands and go through on a roughly two to five […]
A developer is proposing to convert the building that housed the former Cool Beans and Bagels into an office/apartment complex. At their meeting Monday night the Fond du Lac Plan Commission will review a proposed tax incremental district to help facilitate the project. Community Development Director Diane Benson says Loeber Property Investments would redevelop the property into six commercial/retail spaces on the first floor, a business incubator space on the […]
Construction is expected to begin this summer on the reconstruction of two major interchanges along the Highway 151 Bypass in Fond du Lac. Fond du Lac County Highway Comissioner Tom Jahnke says the work will include a new partial cloverleaf interchange at V including three roundabouts. As someone who lives in the area Jahnke admits the new configuration may not be as convenient for some. There will be a park […]
Dodge County Sheriff Central Communications received a 911 call at about 6:05 PM on Sunday, March 15, 2015 from a woman reporting her 56 year old husband had gone into the water. The man was trying to rescue a family dog that was out on the ice on a private pond. The incident occurred on CTH Q near Ranch Rd in the Town of Shields, about 4-5 miles from the […]