Month: September 2014

MILWAUKEE (AP) — The Medical College of Wisconsin has received a $2.5 million federal grant for genetics research.  The center will use the four-year grant from the National Institutes of Health to analyze the genes of patients with undiagnosed diseases. It will work with genetics company Illumina to sequence the genomes of 1,650 patients and their families.  The research will examine whether it is better to search for diagnostic clues […]

CDC recommends that everyone 6 months and older receive influenza vaccine every year.  Vaccine is here and the Fond du Lac County Health Department will be offering influenza vaccine (injectable and flu-mist) for $30.00 per dose.  Medicare Part B, Medicare Advantage Plan and Medicaid will be accepted if an accurate number is provided. Receipts for cash will be issued upon request and may be submitted to other insurances for possible […]

Fire caused minor smoke damage to a restaurant in Peebles.  firefighters were called to Peebles Grill  on Highway WH shortly after 5pm Monday to a report of smoke and flames.  "There was a small fire contained to the kitchen area.  It appears to be something left on a small, heated serving cart that started on fire,"   Sheriff’s sergeant Eric Halbach told WFDL news.  Halbach says an adjacent tenant heard […]

The Berlin police chief says his department hopes to make an arrest soon in connection with a double homicide over the weekend.  A Berlin woman and her boyfriend were shot and killed and the woman’s husband is considered a person of interest.  That person was taken into custody over the weekend and later released.  Police chief  Dennis Plantz says its not the type of crime you would think could happen […]

The group End Domestic Abuse Wisconsin says there were 55 domestic abuse related homicides last year.  The organization released the figures In its annual report Monday.  End Domestic Abuse  policy director Tony Gibart says there were 39 domestic violence homicide,  ten perpetrators who committed suicide,  four individuals who were perpetrating domestic violence who were killed by law enforcement, and two other individuals who committed suicide when law enforcement responded.  Gibart says […]

A 31 year old registered sex offender from Waupun has been arrested for sexually assaulting a child.  Waupun police chief Dale Heeringa says the man is accused of sexually assaulting a 15 year old boy at his home.  The suspect was taken into custody and is being held in the Dodge County Jail pending charges through the Dodge County DA’s Office.

Fond du Lac County law enforcement is investigating whether medical issues may have played a role in separate traffic fatalities over the weekend.    Sheriff’s captain Rick Olig says a 63 year old Green Bay man was pronounced dead at the scene on Highway TC and M Friday afternoon.   The victim was in a group of about a dozen motorcyclists visiting cemeteries to pay respects to fallen veterans.  "There was […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A passenger in a car was killed after a tire flew off an oncoming vehicle and through the windshield of the victim's car on the interstate in Dane County.  The State Patrol says the fatal accident happened shortly after 1 a.m. Monday on Interstate 39/90 near Madison's Beltline interchange. The driver of the car hit by the tire lost control of the vehicle and slid into […]