MILWAUKEE (AP) — Authorities have identified a pregnant woman who was killed in in a three-vehicle crash near Weyauwega in northeastern Wisconsin. The State Patrol identified the woman killed in the Thursday morning crash as 26-year-old Genesis Stanton of Appleton. Her unborn child did not survive. Troopers say Stanton was traveling east in the westbound lanes of U.S. Highway 10 when she was hit head-on by a car passing a […]
The Fond du Lac County executive says Mercury Marine's expansion announcement this week is good news for Fond du Lac. Merc announced it was moving it's distribution facility to Indiana, but expanding both its foundry and machining facilities in Fond du Lac. County executive Al Buechel says even though Fond du Lac is losing the distribution center there will probably be an increase in employment locally. Merc spokesman Lee Gordon […]
MILWAUKEE (AP) — The city of Milwaukee has seen nearly 200 homicides so far this year. As of Tuesday the city had recorded 175 homicides in 2021. The city saw 189 homicides last year after recording 98 in 2019. According to the Milwaukee Homicide Review Commission, 763 people have been wounded in shootings this year as of Nov. 15, with 13% of them children. Criminologists say COVID-19 is a major […]
An elderly Fond du Lac County man was found safe after he had wandered away from his home and was reported missing. Early Wednesday morning the Fond du Lac County Sheriff's Office received a calll from a resident on Hickory Road in the town of Byron reporting that his 93 year old father had walked away from the home. The caller said his father suffers from age-related medical conditions. Sheriff's deputies, Fond du Lac paramedics […]
The Fond du Lac School District superintendent says the latest report card has some bright spots, but areas where the district has some work to do. Overall the Fond du Lac School District met expectations during the 2020-21 school year. Superintendent Dr. Jeff Fleig says the district needs to work to improve reading and math achievement. Fleig says the pandemic created social and emotional challenges for students.
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The campaign for Democratic lieutenant governor became a three-way race among state lawmakers when Rep. David Bowen announced he was running for the position. Bowen said Monday he wrestled with the decision to run for lieutenant governor but said a primary faceoff is “good for democracy.” Bowen will face off against state Rep. Sara Rodriguez, of Brookfield, and state Sen. Len Taylor, of suburban Milwaukee, in […]
The Fond du Lac County Board has approved the purchase of land west of the county Highway garage for a future jail expansion. The county is purchasing more than 54 acres of land for $27,000 an acre. County executive Al Buechel says the county is planning now for an expansion of the county jail that could still be five or ten years down the road. Buechel says architect and jail inspector […]
The Fond du Lac County Board has authorized the purchase of a temporary mobile home to house Chapter 980 violent sex offenders on the county highway garage property. Sheriff Ryan Waldschmidt says what he likes about the property is that there are sheriff's deputies coming and going from that site all hours of the day and night. Waldschmidt says unlike another location that houses Chapter 980 sex offenders on Nitschke Road, the […]
KENOSHA, Wis. (AP) — The murder case against Kyle Rittenhouse has been thrown into jeopardy. His lawyers have asked for a mistrial over what appeared to be out-of-bounds questions asked of Rittenhouse by the chief prosecutor. Circuit Judge Bruce Schroeder did not immediately rule on the request but was clearly angry at the prosecution, telling Thomas Binger he doesn't believe Binger was acting in good faith. The startling turn came […]