For the past 25 years, members of the Teofilo family, along with Moser family members, have continued an annual tradition of gathering family and friends to go Christmas caroling at Fond du Lac's St. Agnes Hospital. Pat Teofilo says for all these years, the group comes together to carol at St. Agnes Hospital entertaining patients their families and hospital employees. "I think its just kind of fun to do something […]
The Fond du Lac County sheriff’s office will be out in force during the long Christmas-New Year’s holiday. Sheriff’s captain Rick Olig says traffic will be spread out over the next week…but heavier later Wednesday. "When you have a holiday like this in the middle of the week we tend to see less traffic issues because its spread out over a longer period of time," Olig told WFDL news. "We'll […]
RMA, Wis. (AP) — Two Irma men could face child abuse charges after they allegedly duct taped a child to a door. The incident happened in the Town of Birch. Investigators got a call last week that a 3-year-old child had been duct taped to a door. A Lincoln County sheriff's deputy said that the investigation found the child was bound by the hands and feet, but there were conflicting […]
WAUSAU, Wis. (AP) — A Wausau man has been charged with a misdemeanor count of getting sexual gratification from an animal after authorities say he admitted to performing sex acts on a horse. Thirty-year-old Jared Kreft was charged last week in Marathon County. District Attorney Kyle Mayo says the case is unique. Kreft has also been charged with possession of drugs and drug paraphernalia.
MILWAUKEE (AP) — Dozens of protesters are marching in the streets of downtown Milwaukee. They initially gathered Tuesday evening in the downtown Milwaukee park where a white police officer shot and killed a black man in April. Milwaukee County District Attorney John Chisholm announced Monday that Christopher Manney would face no criminal charges in 31-year-old Dontre Hamilton's death. Hamilton's family has been leading mostly peaceful protests in response. Perhaps 75 […]
BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — A 73-year-old Montana man and lifelong Green Bay Packers fan was among a dozen people who were injured when lightning struck outside Raymond James Stadium after the Packers beat the Tampa Bay Buccaneers 20-3 on Sunday. The family of Gary Linse of Billings says the force of the strike knocked him into the air, causing him to land on his face and lose consciousness. Billings suffered […]
Riverside Elementary School’s Student Council conducted a toy drive for children who will be spending Christmas at Children's Hospital in Milwaukee. Tim and Lisa Heinen's family holds an annual toy drive that honors their niece who was born premature and spent many months in the hospital. Student council members chose this drive as their December community service project. Pictured with Tim and Lisa Heinen are: Student Council representatives (kneeling L-R) Anika […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A Wisconsin appeals court has upheld a theft conviction against a former aide of Gov. Scott Walker when he was Milwaukee County executive. The 1st District Court of Appeals on Tuesday ruled against Tim Russell in his appeal of his 2012 conviction. Russell was Walker's deputy chief of staff in 2009 and 2010 and was charged with stealing more than $21,000 from a nonprofit group benefiting […]
City offices in the City/County Government Center will close at noon on December 24th and December 31st and will be closed all day on December 25th and January 1st in observance of the holidays. The Municipal Service Center will close at 11am on December 24th and December 31st and will be closed all day on December 25th and January 1st. Refuse and recycling will be collected as follows: […]