MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A Wisconsin man is charged in a plot to hack and steal from thousands of sports betting accounts. Court documents allege that 18-year-old Joseph Garrison and others stole roughly $600,000 from 1,600 accounts on an unnamed sports betting website. The U.S. Attorneys office says Garrison turned himself in to authorities in New York on Thursday. Garrison would face up to 57 years in prison if convicted […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Investigators have released documents suggesting the man who killed two police officers in a roadside shootout in northwestern Wisconsin last month was struggling with a divorce. Glenn Douglas Perry killed Chetek Officer Emily Breidenbach and Cameron Officer Hunter Scheel during a traffic stop in Cameron on April 8. Perry later died from wounds suffered in the shootout. The state Department of Justice released nearly 1,000 pages […]
RACINE, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin police officers fatally shot a person who they say fired shots at them after running away from a traffic stop. The Wisconsin Department of Justice says the confrontation happened about 12:30 a.m. Monday after Racine police officers tried to stop a vehicle regarding an investigation of shots fired late Sunday in the nearby community of Mount Pleasant. The driver ran from the vehicle and hid […]
MILWAUKEE (AP) — Eric Lauer has joined the growing list of injured Milwaukee Brewers pitchers. The left-handed Lauer has gone on the 15-day injured list with right shoulder impingement. Lauer is 4-5 with a 5.48 ERA is season. Other Brewers starting pitchers already on the injured list are Brandon Woodruff, Wade Miley and Aaron Ashby. The Brewers recalled right-hander Tyson Miller from Triple-A Nashville to fill Lauer’s spot on the […]
A motorcycle operator was critically injured after colliding with a farm tractor in Dodge County. The crash happened Saturday afternoon on Jersey Road near Breezy Point Road when the motorcycle attempted to pass the tractor and collided with the forage wagon. A 42 year old Markesan man was flown by helicopter to the hospital with life threatening injuries. The tractor operator, a 38 year old Waupun man, was not injured.
One person was killed when a car struck a semi trailer in Dodge County. The crash happened Saturday morning on Highway 151 at County Highway M. A preliminary investigation shows a disabled semi pulling double trailers was parked on the northbound shoulder of 151 when a car drifted onto the shoulder striking the semi. A passenger in the car, 38 year old Kammey May Schultz. of Fall River was pronounced dead […]
A Fond du Lac man was arrested after barricading himself inside his apartment following a domestic violence incident and setting fire to the apartment. Friday afternoon police were called to the 400 block of East 2nd Street for a domestic violence incident. Police learned the 29 year old alleged victim was able to safely get to a neighboring home and the 31 year old suspect barricaded himself inside the residence with […]
The victims of a fatal head on collision in Fond du Lac County have been identified. The Sheriff's Office says 19 year old Grace Starlight Cruis Thull was eastbound on Highway 23 near Heinrich Road west of Fond du Lac Thursday afternoon when her car crossed the center line striking a westbound vehicle driven by 64 year old Gary Wustrack of Ripon. Wustrack and Thill were both pronounced dead at the scene.
As the FDA considers action that would remove menthol, groups across Wisconsin observed No Menthol Sunday this past weekend. Fond du Lac County Tobacco Prevention Coordinator Johanna Brotz says menthol is an additive that makes smoking easier to start and harder to quit. Brotz says tobacco companies have had great sucess in marketing menthol products to communities of color. The East Central Alliance for Nicotine Prevention hosted a No Menthol […]