A missing elderly man has been found safe in Fond du Lac County. The 82 year old man was reported missing shortly after noon Wednesday after walking away from his town of Calumet home. The Fond du Lac County Sheriff’s K-9 team and two unmanned aerial drones assisted in the search. Shortly before 2:30pm the Sheriff's Office learned the man had been given a ride to a Fond du Lac residence and was safe. The […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A Democratic member of the Wisconsin Elections Commission is calling for a Republican member who bragged about GOP efforts to suppress votes in Milwaukee to resign from the bipartisan panel. Commissioner Robert Spindell’s comments sent in an email to Republicans in the 4th Congressional District were first reported on Tuesday by Urban Milwaukee. On Wednesday, fellow Commissioner Mark Thomsen, a Democratic attorney, said Spindell should step […]
Political observers expect millions of dollars to be spent in the race for Wisconsin supreme court. Two conservative and two liberal judges are squaring off in a February primary with the top two vote getters advancing to the April election. WisPolitics.com editor J.R. Ross says both the state Democratic and Republican parties are already fundraising for the race. Ross says control of the court is at stake with high profile issues […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A new report shows that cigarette sales in Wisconsin plummeted over the past 20 years, fueled by higher taxes and smoking bans. The Wisconsin Policy Forum reported Wednesday that the number of packs of cigarettes purchased in the state dropped from 420 million in 2001 to just under 193 million in 2022. On a per capita basis, more than 32 packs of cigarettes were sold per […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Gov. Tony Evers has appointed a southwestern Wisconsin farmer to the state Department of Natural Resources policy board. The governor announced Wednesday that he has picked Paul Buhr of Viroqua to replace William Bruins, whose term expired at the end of 2022. Buhr owned and operated Rabur Holsteins for 45 years. He has won the Wisconsin Master Agriculturist Award and currently serves on the Vernon County […]
BOLINGBROOK, Ill. (AP) — Authorities say a small plane with just a pilot aboard has made an emergency landing on a suburban Chicago tollway. No injuries were reported in the landing near Bolingbrook, Illinois, Tuesday afternoon. Illinois State Police say the Beechcraft Bonanza touched down on the right shoulder of southbound Interstate 355 without striking any vehicles or fixed objects on the ground. But it did cause traffic to back […]
For the first time in nearly three years the Fondy Food Pantry is resuming operations as a walk-in pantry. After closing in the spring of 2020 at the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic the pantry is reopening Monday. Walk-In Pantry Distribution Hours will be 3:30 p.m. – 5:30 p.m. on Monday and 11am to 1pm Tuesdays. Drive-Through Distribution Hours are Thursdays from 3:30 p.m. – 5:30 p.m. As a reminder, all FFP clients must provide proof […]
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A Fond du Lac County Sheriff's Office social worker is credited with helping peacefully resolve a crisis situation involving a man threatening to commit suicide. A homeless Fox Valley area veteran dialed 911 Tuesday afternoon stating he was in the Eldorado Marsh parking lot and contemplating suicide. The man was armed with a revolver and rifle. Dispatchers remained on the phone with the man until the crisis social worker took over communication by phone […]