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MADISON, Wis. – The Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection (DATCP) has identified a case of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI H5N1) in a commercial poultry flock in Barron County.   DATCP and the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) animal health officials are working together in a joint incident response. The affected premises will not move poultry or poultry products, and birds on the property will be depopulated to […]

An audition will be held for the Missoula Childrens Theatre (MCT) original adaptation of HERCULES on Monday, January 20, 2025, at Thrasher Opera House in Green Lake, Wisconsin from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. Those auditioning should start arriving at 3:30 p.m. and plan to stay for the full two hours. Some of the cast members will be asked to stay for a rehearsal immediately following the audition.  Among the […]

Nobody was injured and the investigation continues after garbage cans outside a Fond du Lac home caught fire. Shortly after 1:30 am Monday firefighters were called to 718 Martin Avenue where two large garbage cans were on fire and the fire had spread to the house. The fire was quickly extinguished and the cause remains under investigation.

Nobody was injured in a fire that destroyed a pole shed in Fond du Lac County. Around 9pm Friday firefighters were called the scene on Lost Arrow Road to find the barn fully engulfed in flames. Fifteen pigs inside the building died in the fire. Investigators believe numerous heat lamps inside the structure may have accidentally started the fire.

One person was killed and one person was injured in an alcohol related two vehicle crash in Fond du Lac County. The crash happened shortly before 10 pm Friday on Highway 45 near Highway Y south of Fond du Lac. A preliminary investigation shows a pickup crossed over the center line striking another vehicle. The pickup driver,  26 year old  Jacob Reich from West Bend, was pronounced dead at the […]

A Milwaukee man facing 10 felony warrants was arrested following a high speed chase in Fond du Lac. The suspect vehicle had earlier been involved in multiple chases in Dane County when a sheriff’s deputy spotted the vehicle late Friday afternoon on Johnson Street near Interstate 41. The vehicle turned onto a dead end street in Fond du Lac where police officers conducted a high risk stop in a small […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The wife of a Wisconsin kayaker who faked his own drowning so he could leave her and their children and meet a woman in Eastern Europe filed court documents Thursday seeking to end their marriage.  Online court records indicate Emily Borgwardt filed a petition in Dodge County Circuit Court seeking a legal separation from Ryan Borgwardt. According to the petition, the marriage is “irretrievably broken." The document doesn't […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump’s former Wisconsin attorney has lashed out at the state’s Democratic attorney general for filing felony charges against him and two others related to the 2020 fake electors scheme. Jim Troupis said after his initial court appearance on Thursday that he was the victim of “lawfare” that wreaked havoc on his career and personal life. Kenneth Chesebro, an attorney who advised Trump’s 2020 campaign, […]

MADISON, Wis. – Attorney General Josh Kaul and a bipartisan Anti-Robocall Multistate Litigation Task Force Tuesday warned four voice service providers that they have been transmitting suspected illegal robocall traffic on their networks on behalf of one or more of their customers.  “Voice service providers have an important role to play in reducing robocalls,” said Attorney General Kaul. “Those companies must ensure that they’re taking the steps necessary to stop consumers […]