MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The state Supreme Court says a judge properly ordered a jail inmate to open his mouth and display his platinum teeth to verify a detective's testimony. Jurors convicted Ramon Gonzalez in 2008 of helping other inmates in the Milwaukee County jail beat fellow prisoner Frederick Brown. A detective testified that Brown told him a man with platinum teeth was involved in the beating and the detective […]
MAYVILLE, Wis. (AP) — Two young brothers from southeastern Wisconsin are likely hoping they haven't landed on Santa's naughty list after police showed up at their doorstep. The boys, ages 3 and 6, thought the best way to get in touch with the North Pole was by phone. So they used their Dad's cellphone to place a 911 call, hoping to be connected with the North Pole and the big […]
The driver of a semi was transported to the hospital following an accident on Highway 41 near Lomira. The Dodge County Sheriff’s Office received the call shortly after 8am of a semi accident at the northbound Highway 41 wayside near Lomira. The highway is open but the wayside will be closed until about 1pm.
GREEN LAKE, Wis. (AP) — A Berlin man accused of killing his estranged wife and her boyfriend has been bound over for trial. Thirty-three-year-old Nicholas Tuinstra appeared in Green Lake County court Tuesday for a preliminary hearing. The court found probable cause and bound him over for trial. Tuinstra faces two counts of first-degree intentional homicide in the September shooting deaths of Melissa Tuinstra and Justin Daniels, both 28. The […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin hunters killed far fewer deer this gun season than a year ago. The Department of Natural Resources says preliminary figures show 191,550 deer were taken, down 25 percent from last year. The overall buck harvest was a little over 90,000, down about 8 percent from a year ago. The DNR said the biggest drop-offs came in the far north, where tighter restrictions were in place […]
It’s been more than 30 months since planning first began for the new Ripon Medical Center on the city’s east side. Now it’s under 30 days and Medical Center Chief Operating Officer Kathryn Vergos says plans are now focusing on facilitating a smooth move from the existing Newbury Street facility to the new hospital at Parkside Street, off Highway 23. "We have built a brand new facility for the communities […]
The Green Lake County DNR conservation warden says he’s confident more than one person is responsible for a deer thrill kill incident over the Thanksgiving holiday weekend. Warden Nate Ackermann says authorities have now found more than ten deer that were shot and left in the field in central Green Lake County. Ackerman says he hasn’t seen a deer thrill kill incident to this magnitude during his law enforcement career. […]
A Fond du lac judge has denied a request to lower bond for a Campbellsport martial arts instructor accused of sexually assaulting one of his students. At a bail bond hearing Monday Fond du Lac judge Peter Grimm denied a request by the attorney for 43 year old William Schellinger to lower his $100,000 cash bond to $10,000. At the request of the District attorney the judge also ordered that […]
The cause of a fire that destroyed a Fond du Lac home last month has been ruled undetermined. Fire Chief Pete O’Leary says it appears the fire at 180 Ledgeview Avenue started in the kitchen and may have been caused by an appliance or electrical problem. The parents had dropped their kids off at school November 21st and returned home to find their house on fire. Nobody was injured. The Red […]