One person received non life threatening injuries in a two vehicle accident on Pioneer Road in Fond du lac. The accident happened on Pioneer between Martin and Park Avenues shortly before 3:30pm Thursday. One vehicle apparently crossed over the center line striking another vehicle. One person was transported to the hospital with what appeared to be minor injuries.
A Waupun man escaped serious injuries when he was struck by a mini van. Police chief Dale Heeringa says the accident happened about 3pm Wednesday at the intersection of West Lincoln and Pattee Drive. "...a witnesses account he was catapaulted into the air a short distance and landed on the ground in front of the van," Heeringa said. The pedestrian, a 25 year old Waupun man, was transported to the […]
Dodge County Sheriff Pat Ninmann says she realizes its an uphill battle… but decided to run as a write in candidate after receiving encouragement from supporters. "I'm out in the community quite a bit and I've had hundreds of citizens, co-workers, associates encouraging me to do a write-in," Ninmann told WFDL news. Ninmann lost to sheriff’s sergeant Dale Schmidt in the August primary by just 310 votes. She says her […]
An aquatic Invasive species educator says it’s the first time freshwater jellyfish have been found in a Waupaca County lake. Paul Skawinski says a fisherman reported the jellyfish on Spencer Lake last week. Skawinski says these strange creatures originate from China and were first observed in Wisconsin in the late 1960s. Skawinski says impacts of the freshwater jellyfish on Wisconsin’s ecosystems Are not well known. The jellyfish do containing stinging […]
The director of the Marquette University Law School poll says the latest numbers show the race for governor is going to be very close. The poll shows Democrat Mary Burke and Republican governor Scott Walker tied among likely voters. Poll director Charles Franklin says there’s an element of how much the race has failed to have either candidate to be able to pull away. Still Franklin says he believes […]
Democratic gubernatorial candidate Mary Burke says she is pleased but not surprised at the latest poll numbers. A Marquette law school poll this week showed Burke and Republican governor Scott Walker tied among likely voters. "It was very good, but I wasn't surprised. I know this is going to be a tight race, its going to come down to November 4th and its going to be about making sure people […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Republican Gov. Scott Walker is being outspent by Democrat Mary Burke and her supporters on television ads in the hotly contested race for Wisconsin governor. The Center for Public Integrity reported Thursday that Walker and his backers spent nearly $6.1 million on ads through Monday, while Burke and her supporters ran nearly $6.6 million. That is a flip from just one week ago when Walker and […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Republican attorney general candidate Brad Schimel says he shouldn't have answered a question on whether he would defend interracial marriage bans. An Oshkosh public access cable program interview was pressing Schimel last month on Schimel's stance the he would defend all state laws. He asked Schimel if he would have defended interracial marriage bans if he was attorney general in a state with such a prohibition […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The last jobs report before the Nov. 4 election contains a double-dose of good news for Gov. Scott Walker. The state Department of Workforce Development reported Thursday that Wisconsin's unemployment rate dropped to 5.5 percent in September and 8,400 private-sector jobs were added. The unemployment rate is the lowest since the recession in October 2008. It remains below the national rate of 5.9 percent. The job […]