MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Candidates in a four-way Republican primary to help determine who will succeed retiring U.S. Rep. Tom Petri and the three Democrats squaring off in the attorney general's race are making a final push for votes. The two races are the highest profiled on Tuesday's primary ballot. The winners will advance to the Nov. 4 general election. Candidates in dozens of state, regional and local races were […]
MARQUETTE, Mich. (AP) — Police say a Wisconsin man has died while participating in the Ore to Shore Bike Race in Michigan's Upper Peninsula. Police in Marquette say they responded Saturday afternoon to a call from a family member reporting the man was overdue at the finish line and investigators found his body just off the race course. Police say he's from Elm Grove, but his name wasn't immediately released. […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The 31st annual Wisconsin Farm Technology Days is set to begin this week. The event is scheduled to start Tuesday and run through Thursday in Stevens Point. About 80,000 people are expected to attend. On tap are field demonstrations, exhibits on healthy living, woodcarving, women in agriculture, quilting and gardening. The event also will feature a horse arena, a comedy show on grilling, juggling and musical […]
A suspect has been arrested in connection with a series of Fond du Lac home invasions over the last few weeks. Fond du Lac Police say a 26-year-old man has admitted to being responsible for three home invasions on the city’s southeast side and may have been involved in a fourth According to a press release during an interview with a police detective, the Fond du Lac man admitted to […]
The Fond du Lac County Sheriff’s Office is still searching for a suspect involved in a high speed chase involving three stolen vehicles. The incident unfolded shortly before 10:30pm Saturday when the Sheriff’s office received a report of a reckless driver. Sheriff’s captain Rick Olig says a deputy attempted to stop a vehicle traveling southbound on STH 175 matching the description of the suspect’s vehicle. A pursuit ensued as the […]
Speed is believed to be a factor in a fatal accident in Dodge County. Shortly after 1am Satuday the Dodge County Sheriff’s Office responded to a motor vehicle crash on County G near County DE in the Township of Calamus. Preliminary investigation shows that a SUV was traveling West on County G. The driver lost control and struck a tree on the North side of the roadway. The driver, […]
A Kewaskum man was killed when a motorcycle struck a deer in Fond du lac County . The accident happened shortly after 10:30pm Friday on CTH G south of STH 67 in the Township of Osceola. The Fond du Lac County Sheriff’s Department along with DNR Park Rangers, Campbellsport Fire Department and Campbellsport Ambulance responded. The lone occupant and operator of the motorcycle, a 41 year old male from Kewaskum […]
An assistant district attorney in the Fond du Lac County DA’s Office has been named the new Green Lake County DA. Gov. Scott Walker has appointed Fond du Lac County Assistant District Attorney Andrew Christenson to the post. He will replace outgoing District Attorney Kyle Sargent. Christenson has served in the Fond du Lac County District Attorney’s Office since 2008.
More than a half-million people from 69 different countries attended the E-A-A AirVenture show in Oshkosh this year. Spokesman Dick Knapinski says attendance numbers are up around five-and-a-half-percent from last year. He says the largest crowds came for the Air Force Thunderbirds on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, especially since it was their only appearance in the state this year. Attendance was significantly up on Friday and around twenty percent […]