Month: November 2015

Today, State Senator Rick Gudex (R-Fond du Lac) announced that he will not be seeking re-election to the 18th State Senate District.  Senator Gudex was elected to the Senate in November, 2012 and elected as Senate President Pro-Tempore earlier this year.  He serves as Chairman of the Senate Economic Development & Commerce Committee and is a board member of the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation and a member of The Wisconsin […]

Republican state senator Rick Gudex is not running for re-election and a Republican candidate has already stepped forward.  Gudex told WFDL news a few weeks ago that he was weighing other options in the private sector and has made it official that he will not run for another term.   The chairman of the Fond du Lac County Republican party, Dan Feyen, has announced that he is a candidate for the […]

Nobody was injured and a bedroom fire was quickly extinguished at a Fond du Lac home.   Firefighters were called to the scene at 115 Rose Avenue shortly before 6am.  Fire chief Pete O’Leary says it appears the fire started when some clothing was placed on a night-light.  O’Leary says the fire was contained to the bedroom…but there was smoke damage on the second floor.

Waupun police are hoping someone comes forward with a piece of information that helps them solve the mysterious disappearance of Jerry Strege.  Strege was reported missing 13 years ago by his father.  Waupun police detective Brian O’Donovan says when Strege’s father went to his apartment to see why he was not answering the telephone, he found the apartment unlocked, lights on,  television on, all of his belongings in the apartment […]

Fond du lac police say misleading information or misinformation posted on Facebook or released on an App from police scanner traffic is doing a disservice to the public.  Assistant police chief Steve Klein says a recent example involved inaccurate posts on social  media regarding a possible armed man on the Marian University campus.  Klein says that caused an unnecessary panic.  Klein says in other situations police scanner traffic may be […]

WAUSAU, Wis. (AP) — This has been Wisconsin's deadliest gun-deer season in the past five years, with two shooting fatalities already recorded.  The two fatalities brought to an end a three-year series of seasons that had been free of firearm deaths. Four other hunters also have been wounded.  According to the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, hunters violated some of the fundamental rules of gun safety in all the incidents. […]

KOHLER, Wis. (AP) — A union official says Kohler Company workerscontinued to strike  through the holiday weekend and they remain united in their desire to do away with a two-tiered pay scale that they say unfairly limits newly hired employees to about $13 an hour.  Union spokesman Pete Behrensprung said Friday that Kohler workers have been picketing "around the clock since November 15th," including in the rain on Thanksgiving and […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A Republican legislator has introduced a bill that would require drivers who lack valid licenses to immediately surrender their vehicles to police.  Representative Joe Sanfelippo of New Berlin began circulating the proposal for co-sponsors on Tuesday. He said in a memo to his fellow lawmakers that the measure would keep dangerous and irresponsible motorists off the road.  Under the bill, police would have to immediately impound […]

MOUNT HOREB, Wis. (AP) — A southern Wisconsin school district has cancelled plans for elementary school students to read a children's book about a transgender girl after a group threatened to sue.  The Mount Horeb Area School District released a statement saying it won't proceed with its planned reading of "I Am Jazz."   Parents were told last week that Mount Horeb Primary Center students would read the book because […]