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MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Low-interest loans will be available to individuals and businesses that suffered damaged following a string of tornadoes and heavy storms that hit the Grant County area last month.  Gov. Scott Walker announced Tuesday that the U.S. Small Business Administration approved his request for a disaster declaration covering Grant County and the contiguous counties of Crawford, Iowa, Lafayette, and Richland.  Under the disaster declaration, loans up to […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Wisconsin Supreme Court says state law requires repeat drunken drivers to spend at least three years behind bars.  Monroe County Circuit Judge J. David Rice sentenced Clayton Williams of Warrens to three years in prison and three years of extended supervision in 2011 for seventh-offense drunken driving. Rice said the sentencing statutes for seventh, eighth and ninth offenses are murky but he felt they required […]

A nine year old and a four year old that took a car for a joyride in Washington County last month are in trouble again... for taking another car for a joyride and putting it in the ditch. On Sunday morning, the Washington County Sheriff's Department received a 911 call regarding a car traveling in the wrong lane of traffic on Neward Drive near Indian Lore Road in the Town […]

Fond du lac firefighters helped remove a bee hive and an estimated 100,000 bees from a tree in the yard of a Fond du lac home last week.  Fire Department Lieutenant and beekeeper Todd Shippee was contacted and removed the hive on Hawthorne Drive last Thursday.  Fond du Lac police blocked off the area during the removal process.  Shippee says the phenomenon is common when one bee hive gets too crowded.  After the […]

The state Department of Workforce Development secretary is recognizing Fond du Lac County’s largest employer.   On Monday DWD secretary Reggie Newson held a roundtable discussion at Moraine Park Technical College before visiting Mercury Marine to help the company celebrate its 75th anniversary.  "Founded in Cedarburg, Mercury Marine's a great Wisconsin story, and this global manufacturer now based in Fond du Lac is a good example of why the world looks to us for […]

Bail has been set at $20,000 cash each for two Fond du lac County men accused of trying to disarm a sheriff’s deputy.  Twenty two year old Colton Obrien of Eden and 19 year old Tanner Gremminger of rural Campbellsport made their initial Fond du Lac court appearances Monday.  Preliminary hearings for both men are scheduled for July 24th.   Obrien is accused of punching the sheriff’s deputy and trying to grab his service revolver during […]

Eleven registered sex offenders face possible charges in Dodge county following a recent compliance check conducted by the sheriff’s office and U.S. Marshals Services.  Sheriff Pat Ninmann says in person compliance checks of 149 sex offenders within Dodge County began July 7th.  Ninmann says 138 were located and found to be in compliance.  Offenders are required to provide current, up-to-date, personal information to include an accurate address and place of employment.  Failing to comply with […]

The Fond du Lac animal shelter manager says an incident involving an abandoned puppy near Oshkosh brings back memories of an incident in Fond du lac earlier this year.  Oshkosh police say surveillance cameras captured images of a man leaving a Highway 41 truck stop where an injured two-week-old pup was found in a plastic bag last  week.  The Oshkosh Area Humane Society is caring for the animal, which needs surgery.  Fond du Lac […]