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A Fond du Lac man arrested after  an altercation with police has made his initial court appearance.   Forty year old Eric Tolonen is charged with two counts of battery to a law enforcement officer , disorderly conduct, criminal damage to property and resisting all as a repeat offender.  Bail was set at $2,000 cash.   Tolonen was arrested last week after throwing chunks of concrete, striking an officer and a squad and  refusing to obey […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A member of the state Department of Natural Resources policy board says the agency needs to spend more money on maintaining public land. Greg Kazmierski told the board Wednesday that he's worried the agency has bought so many acres that it has fallen behind on efforts to sustain wildlife populations on the land. He drafted a resolution asking the Legislature's finance committee to provide what he […]

The Fond du Lac County Clerk is reporting a higher than average voter turnout in this week's primary election.  Clerk Lisa Freiberg says a little more than 15,000 registered voters cast ballots for a 25 percent turnout.  "Unbelievable,"  Freiberg told WFDL news.  "There's been April elections that we have not seen a 25 percent turnout."   Freiberg says the state supreme court race was probably the biggest factor.

Data released from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention showed that after  a two year decline in the number of suicides in the United States, those deaths went back up in 2021.   Fond du Lac County Public Health Officer Kim Mueller says unfortunately that doesn't come as a surprise.  "Over this last several years, it doesn't,"  Mueller told WFDL news.  "It's what we're hearing is occuring and Fond du Lac County […]

Bail has been set at a million dollars cash for a Fond du Lac man accused of trying to kill his mother by repeatedly striking her in the head with a hammer.   Thirty three year old Aristotle Wurtz is charged with attempted first degree intentional homicide, domestic abuse  use of a dangerous weapon.  According to a criminal complaint Wurtz admitted to detectives on January 26 he tried to kill his mother […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A former state lawmaker who once served as Wisconsin’s tourism secretary has been sentenced to 33 months in prison after pleading guilty to failing to pay nearly $200,000 in employment taxes.  A federal judge sentenced former state Sen. Kevin Shibilski on Tuesday. The 61-year-old pleaded guilty last year to willfully not paying about $197,500 in federal employment taxes for two companies linked to an electronic equipment […]

MILWAUKEE (AP) — The Milwaukee Bucks have signed Meyers Leonard to a 10-day contract, marking the 7-footer’s return to the NBA after his use of an antisemitic slur two years ago. The Bucks announced the signing Wednesday. ESPN first reported the Bucks were planning the move. Leonard hasn’t appeared in an NBA game since January 2021, when he injured his shoulder playing for Miami. Two months later, he used a […]

Attorneys Maryann Schacht and Todd Snow  received the most votes in  Tuesday's primary election and will advance to the April general election for a municipal judge position in Beaver Dam.  The multi-jurisdictional court handles municipal matters and traffic citations for Beaver Dam, Mayville and Waupun.  Snow is a Waupun attorney.  Schacht has worked as a Beaver Dam attorney and prosecutor for several years.

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A Republican lawmaker endorsed by former President Donald Trump has been defeated by a fellow state legislator in a three-way GOP primary for an open Senate seat representing Milwaukee’s northern suburbs. State Rep. Dan Knodl of Germantown beat Trump-backed state Rep. Janel Brandtjen and Thienesville Village President Van Mobley in the 8th Senate District primary. He advances to face Democrat Jodi Habush Sinykin in the April […]