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Another liquid manure spill has been reported in Fond du lac County.  County executive Al Buechel says the spill was reported by Vir-Clar Dairy shortly after 9pm Saturday.  An estimated 1,000 gallons of liquid manure spilled onto Fourth Street Road shortly after 8:30pm Saturday. Buechel says no evacuations were necessary and no injuries ere reported.  The spill clean-up was done in house by Tausch Custom Work.  That’s the same firm that was responsible for the  Memorial […]

The Dodge County Sheriff’s Office is seeking information on the thefts of grave markers honoring Veterans from local cemeteries: Oakwood Cemetery on Hwy 33 just east of Hwy 151 in the Township of Beaver Dam and Stone Hill Cemetery on County Trunk E near State Hwy 26 in the Township of Burnett. A total of 78 markers were reported stolen between the two cemeteries with a total value of approximately […]

On July 10, 2014 at 12:37am the Fond du Lac County Communications Center received a 911 call from N5724 Fairvew rd in the Township of Lamartine from a female party by the name of Janet Voskuil stating she needed help and then the phone disconnected.  Upon arrival, deputies observed the residence fully engulfed in fire and the home owner Janet Voskuil standing outside the residence.  The structure is a total […]

Several occupants were treated for smoke inhalation following a fire this morning at a Fond du lac apartment complex.  Firefighters were called to the scene at 180 North Butler Street  and contained the fire to a first floor apartment.  The unit is uninhabitable and there was smoke damage reported throughout the 20 unit building.

Fond du Lac based American Bank has acquired Waukesha’s InvestorsBank, a private, family-owned full service bank known mostly for its work with entrepreneurs and small businesses. American Bank is a wholly owned subsidiary of NEB Corp., which has assets in excess of $1.5 billion. InvestorsBank will operate under the American Bank name after the acquisition wins regulatory approval, expected later this year. The combined entity will have assets in excess of $450,000,000.  Senior management teams […]

POYGAN, Wis. (AP) — A Federal Aviation Administration spokeswoman says an ultralight airplane crashed in central Wisconsin and the pilot was killed.  Elizabeth Isham Cory said Wednesday in a statement that the pilot was the sole occupant of the single-engine plane. It crashed in a field west of Omro around 7:15 p.m. Wednesday.  Multiple law enforcement and emergency medical departments in western Winnebago County responded to the report of a […]

WAUKESHA, Wis. (AP) — Doctors say one of two 12-year-old girls accused of stabbing a classmate to please a fictional online horror character is not competent to stand trial.   The doctors' reports have not been made public, but attorneys said Wednesday that a doctor for the state of Wisconsin and a doctor hired by the girl's defense agree that she is not mentally competent.  Prosecutors have asked for further evaluation […]