The unemployment rate fell in almost every Wisconsin city and county in September. The state Department of Workforce Development reported Wednesday that unemployment dropped in 31 of the 32 largest cities in September. The city of Fond du Lac’s unemployment rate fell from 5.5 to 5.2 percent. Racine again had the highest unemployment rate at 8.8 percent. Unemployment fell in 70 of the state's 72 counties as well. The Fond […]
Outgoing Republican Sixth District Representative Tom Petri said he will not endorse Republican candidate Glenn Grothman in this year’s election. Petri made the comments after Grothman had earlier stated that if he was elected and in two years people said he was 'just like Petri' he would be insulted. In an interview earlier this year on AM 1170 WFDL’s Between the Lines program Petri said he believed the congressional […]
A Fond du Lac jury has determined a Ripon man was not suffering from a mental illness when he drove his jeep into his home and a neighbor’s house. The jury returned the verdict against 37 year old Nathan Disterhaft even though two psychologists and a psychiatrist testified that Disterhaft did have a mental illness. A sentencing hearing is scheduled for January 12th following a conviction of recklessly endangering […]
A plea and sentencing hearing is scheduled for next month for a former Waupun police officer accused of burglarizing three businesses in Green Lake County. Bradley Young is accused of burglarizing a town of Green Lake restaurant and two grocery stores in Berlin and Markesan. Young was arrested August 6th, 2013 following a multi county crime spree and high speed chase with law enforcement in northern Wisconsin. He also faces […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A federal judge has ordered a Chilton game farm owner to serve five years' probation and pay $5,000 in fines for selling snow goose sausages. Fifty-year-old Todd Doughty, owner of the Thunderbird Game Farm, killed hundreds of snow geese in Nebraska in 2007. He brought the birds back to Wisconsin and sold 53 pounds of goose sausage in May 2010. Investigators also purchased sausage products made […]
An estimated six thousand fatal crashes each year can be attributed to drowsy driving and for the first time Tuesday the National Transportation Safety Board held a forum on the issue and how it affects Americans behind the wheel. According to AAA, 83 percent of Americans believe drowsy drivers pose a threat to their personal safety. Wisconsin AAA spokesman Nick Jarmuscz tells WFDL news the study found 41 percent of […]
The Dodge County sheriff says a union vote of no-confidence is politically motivated after she announced last week that she was mounting a write in campaign for the office. The Dodge County sheriff’s employee’s union says a no confidence vote for sheriff Pat Ninmann signals a call for new leadership. The union says Ninmann’s management style is crude and biased with uneven and unfair administration of discipline. Ninmann says certain […]
PORTAGE, Wis. (AP) — The principal of a Portage elementary school says it was the universal sign for choking that let him know a fifth-grader was in serious trouble. John Muir Elementary School Principal Jason Meyer saw 11-year-old Trent Weier place his hands on his throat when he began choking on a mini-corn dog at school recently. Trent says when he couldn't breathe he stood up in the lunch room. […]
VIRGINA, Minn. (AP) — The gray wolf population has increased slightly in the Western Great Lakes District, which includes Minnesota, Wisconsin and Michigan. That comes even as two of the three states have recently begun allowing wolf hunts. A U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service report shows the wolf population throughout the three states has grown from 3,678 to 3,719 in the past year. The founder of the International Wolf Center […]