WESTON, Wis. (AP) — Police in Wisconsin say a shooting suspect's wife was not hurt during a series of shootings that left four people dead. Two bank employees, an attorney and a police officer were killed in Wednesday's shootings in Rothschild, Schofield and Weston, three small towns about 90 miles west of Green Bay. Police have declined to give more information about why the suspect went from the bank to […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Gov. Scott Walker tells The Associated Press it would be "unwise" for the Republican-controlled Legislature to reject his proposal to switch state workers to a self-insurance model. Walker spoke to the AP after Republican Assembly Majority Leader Jim Steineke told University of Wisconsin-Madison professors that the proposal is unlikely to pass the Legislature. Walker's budget assumes the move would save the state $60 million over two […]
The Fond du Lac Police and Fire Commission has dismissed a charge filed by the former Fond du lac County District Attorney accusing the police chief of perjury and misconduct in office. Former DA Dan Kaminsky filed the charges against police chief Bill Lamb accusing the chief of perjuring himself during the investigation of former police officer Curt Beck. In a decision and order the Commission said it reached their […]
The Sheboygan County administrator says he’s concerned that a Highway 23 expansion project has lost its momentum and isn’t sure when it would resume even if a federal lawsuit is resolved today. Adam Payne says the estimated cost to complete the project has increased nearly four times original projections when the project was first enumerated nearly two decades ago. Payne says unfortunately the governor’s proposed state budget eliminates funding for […]
A new report lists the 50 safest cities in Wisconsin…and Fond du Lac did not make the list. The National Council for Home Safety and Security compiled the list by reviewing the most recent FBI Uniform crime report statistics. According to the report Oconomowoc, Freedom and Mukwonago are the top three safest cities in the state. North Fond du lac is 29th, Ripon is 41st and Waupun is 47th. The […]
Another threat at Fond du lac High School. On Tuesday, March 14th, in the late afternoon, Fond du Lac High School discovered a note that appeared to be a threat that would occur at the school on the following day (March 15th). Following the school’s emergency crisis plan, local law enforcement was notified and an investigation was initiated. Law enforcement and school administration did not deem it as a […]
Ripon Police are investigating a hit and run injury crash. Police say a car struck a woman on a bicycle just before 7pm Thursday night at the intersection of Douglas and East Fond du Lac Streets. The woman was transported to the hospital with head injuries. The suspect vehicle is described as a blue or dark colored Pontiac Grand Prix style vehicle. The vehicle fled south on Douglas Street. Anyone […]
NORTHFIELD, Wis. (AP) — Officials in small Wisconsin towns say construction costs and budget cuts in the state government have caused them to convert their blacktop roads to gravel. State funding for local governments in the form of municipal aid has been cut over the last 10 years as local transportation funding has remained roughly flat. The state has also limited how much towns can raise from local property […]
Two teenage boys were injured, one critically, in a rollover crash in Dodge County. The crash happened shortly after 7am Friday on Pond Road east of County Highway P, in the town of Rubicon. A preliminary investigation shows that a 16 year old boy was driving eastbound on Pond when the car drifted onto the shoulder, began to spin and then vaulted. A 14 year old male passenger was […]