HERMAN, Wis. (AP) — A company that operates a southern Wisconsin wind farm is investigating what caused part of a wind turbine and its blades to plummet to the ground, leaving debris strewn across a field. No one was injured Wednesday night when the blades and top portion of a wind turbine collapsed in Dodge County, near the town of Herman. The turbine, which is part of the Butler Ridge […]
Counselors at Fond du Lac High School were on hand over the weekend in response to the tragic car accident Saturday morning involving three students from area schools. A 16 year old student from Laconia High School was killed and two other 16 year old students from Mount Calvary and Fond du Lac were injured in the early Saturday morning car crash. Counselors from Fond du Lac High School were […]
Investigators say speed and alcohol were factors in a one vehicle crash in Fond du Lac County that claimed the life of a teenager and injured two other teens. The crash happened shortly before 3:30am Saturday on Golf Course Drive east of Taft Road. The driver, a 16 year old Mount Calvary area boy, was flown by helicopter to Theda Care Regional Medical Center in Neenah with life-threatening injuries. A […]
A Fond du Lac County committee is recommending spending federal American Rescue Plan Act funds to upgrade the county landfill. The resolution calls for the county to appropriate $580,000 in federal ARPA funds toward upgrades and repairs at the landfill. County executive Sam Kaufman says some of the monitoring wells at the landfill are outdated and non compliant with DNR regulations. Kaufman says at this point although some of the wells are not […]
Bail has been set at $1 million cash for an Oshkosh man charged in connection with a fatal alcohol-related crash in Fond du Lac County. Fifty-six year-old Brian Sippel is charged with homicide by intoxicated use of a motor vehicle, injury by intoxicated use of a motor vehicle and three counts of recklessly endangering safety. Investigators say Sippel was intoxicated when he struck a vehicle that was stopped at a traffic […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — University of Wisconsin-Platteville officials want their Richland campus to focus on online education after in-person instruction ends for good after the spring semester. UW System President Jay Rothman in November ordered UW-Platteville to stop offering degree programs at the Richland campus after the semester ends. He told Platteville Chancellor Tammy Evetovich to come up with a transition plan. Platteville released a plan last week that calls […]
A contractor faces theft charges in several counties. Tyler Hansen recently posted $10,000 cash bond in Columbia County. Hansen is charged with theft by contractor. If convicted, Hansen faces up to $25,000 in fines and 10 years in prison. He is also facing theft by contractor charges in Dane, Green and Monroe counties. Hansen has also been charged with theft by false representation in Winnebago County. His initial appearance in this case is scheduled […]
The Dodge County Board has approved contracting out law enforcement services to the village of Lomira through the Sheriff's Office. As part of a budget amendment Lomira will fund a patrol sergeant and two patrol deputies at a total cost of nearly $430,000. The Sheriff's Office took over administrative oversight of the Department last fall following the resignation of the Lomira Police chief, a patrol officer, and part-time school resource officer.
The Fond du Lac Salvation Army has reached it's $225,000 Red Kettle fundraising goal. Salvation Army captain, Christina Champlin, admits it didn't look good a few days before the Christmas holiday. "We had those setbacks with the unpredictable weather, but praise the Lord we were able to get it all together and people were very generous," Champlin told WFDL news. Champlin says money raised is used year round. "There's a […]