As summer turns to fall and winter the Fond du Lac Salvation Army is making a plea for assistance. Salvation Army social services director Ron Jacobson says there’s a great need for non perishable food items to stock the food pantry. Jacobson says there’s also a need for winter clothing and blankets.
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Legislature's nonpartisan Fiscal Bureau says the projected shortfall for the next two-year state budget ending in mid-2017 stands at nearly $1.8 billion. The Fiscal Bureau released the latest estimate on Monday. The projected shortfall, or structural deficit, is nearly triple what was forecast in May. That shortfall is on top of the projected deficit in the current two-year budget, which is expected to hit nearly […]
MILWAUKEE (AP) — U.S. Rep. Paul Ryan says the circumstances that led to the purported beheading of a second U.S. journalist by the Islamic State group reflect a weakness of President Barack Obama's foreign policy. Ryan heard the news Tuesday while taking questions at a luncheon at the Rotary Club of Milwaukee. An organizer told him of news reports saying an Internet video had just been posted purporting to show […]
A longtime Waupun police officer is retiring. Chief Dale Heeringa says School Liason officer Patti Toll is stepping down September 12th. "Patti worked her way through the ranks in our police department, currently working as our school liason officer for several years and Patti is going to retire and call it quits," Heeringa told AM 1170 WFDL's Between the Lines program. Heeringa says officer Jason Hraban will replace Toll as […]
MILWAUKEE (AP) — Two parties linked to a secret investigation into whether Gov. Scott Walker's campaign illegally coordinated with conservative groups in 2012 are asking a federal appeals court not to release any more documents in the case. The request filed Saturday came after the 7th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals' clerk mistakenly posted four documents online that weren't supposed to be made public. The documents posted briefly Friday contained […]
GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources is receiving more sighting reports of the large fishing spider. Linda Williams of the DNR says while two or three fishing spider sightings annually are typical in the region, she has received 10 reports this year and has personally seen four spiders herself. They are found around rivers, streams or lakes, but frequently drift elsewhere to find food or […]
MANITOWOC, Wis. (AP) — Police say an officer making a traffic stop in eastern Wisconsin found an intoxicated driver behind the wheel — and she was just 13 years old. They say five other juveniles, 14 and under, were along for the ride. Authorities say the officer stopped the vehicle in Manitowoc shortly before midnight Wednesday because its headlights were off. Police Capt. Larry Zimney tells WOMT radio that the […]
Authorities have released the name of the victim of a fatal automobile accident in Dodge County. The Dodge County Sheriff’s Office says 40 year old Kyle Schultz of rural Beaver Dam was killed when he lost control of his vehicle on County G in the town of Calamus and struck a tree. The accidernt happened early Saturday morning. Investigators say speed is believed to be a factor in the […]
On Wednesday August 6, 2014, at 4:42 PM a Deputy from the Fond du Lac County Sheriff’s Office observed a vehicle matching the description of a missing endangered subject reported by the Cudahy Police Department on August 5th. After the Deputy made his initial observation, the Deputy attempted to stop the vehicle and a pursuit occurred for approximately 7.3 miles into the City of Fond du Lac. The vehicle stopped […]