Month: July 2015

MILWAUKEE (AP) — The victims of a plane crash in Milwaukee have been identified as the chief operating officer of a Boston capital investment firm and his daughter.  Summit Partners said in a statement Thursday that the victims of Wednesday's crash are Joseph Trustey and his daughter, Anna. They were traveling to the Midwest for a college visit.  Federal investigators will try to determine why the single-engine plane crashed and […]

The Fond du Lac Department of Public Works says a portion of Johnson Street will be closed starting Monday.  Johnson St. at the intersection with Hickory St.  will close for pavement repairs.  The work will be taking place in the east crosswalk and sidewalk areas of the intersection.  Hickory St. will remain open at all times for north/south traffic and turns to the west will be permitted. Johnson St. will […]

DETROIT (AP) — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency says up to $13.9 million is being made available in Great Lakes Restoration Initiative grants.  The agency says it's seeking proposals for new projects for the 2015 funding cycle. They're available to state, tribal, interstate and local governmental agencies, as well as colleges, universities and nonprofits.  Applications are due Sept. 28. EPA Region 5 Administrator/Great Lakes National Program Manager Susan Hedman says […]

First responders throughout Wisconsin, such as Milwaukee Paramedic Fire Captain Joshua Parish, understand the critical importance of blood donations for patients injured in traumatic accidents — particularly during the summer months.  “Unfortunately, during the summer, we see a lot more serious accidents so the need for blood goes up,” said Parish. “If you have the opportunity, please donate blood.” First responders like Captain Parish could not save lives without blood […]

A 6 year old boy was taken to the hospital after nearly drowning at a Washington County park Tuesday evening.  The Washington County Sheriff’s Office received a 911 call reporting an unresponsive 6 year old boy on the beach at Yahr County Park on Orchard Valley Road  in the Town of Farmington.  The Sheriff’s Department says while deputies and rescue personnel were enroute, dispatchers were told the boy was receiving […]

Hundreds of job seekers met 75 regional employers with 1,000 job openings during the Fox Valley Career Expo.   The expo was held Wednesday at the Fond du lac County Fairgrounds Expo Center.  Many local workforce agencies volunteered at the event, which was coordinated by the Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development (DWD) in partnership with the Fox Valley Workforce Development Board, Fox Valley Technical College and Moraine Park Technical College. […]

The Fond du Lac County District Attorney says a nearly one thousand page DOJ report on the fatal shooting of a state patrol trooper in Fond du Lac shows how quickly the entire incident unfolded.  Video footage shows law enforcement squad cars converging  on a grocery store parking lot…all within seconds of each other as Tropper Trevor Casper and bank robbery suspect Steven Snyder exchanged gunfire. District attorney Eric Toney […]

The Fond du lac City council president says she would have to be convinced that the entire city would benefit before she would vote for a proposal that would allow Winnebago Lutheran Academy to develop a portion of McDermott Park.   The school wants to enter into a 50 year lease with the city to construct athletic fields and a parking lot on a portion of park land.  Council president […]

The Fond du Lac County Public Health Officer says local health care providers have been alerted following an announcement last week of a salmonella outbreak in the Midwest.  State health officials say 10 cases in three states, eight in Minnesota and one each in Wisconsin and Oklahoma have been linked to two multistate Salmonella outbreaks.   Fond du Lac County Public Health Officer Kim Mueller says so far there have […]