Month: December 2015

This month the Dodge County Sheriff’s Office would like to remind people of the “Move Over Law”.  Recently a firefighter in a nearby county was struck and killed by a vehicle as he was assisting at a crash.  It is dangerous for all first responders and we ask all motorists to obey this law.  Violating this law carries a $263.50 and 3 demerit points.  Wisconsin State Statute 346.072 (1m) states: […]

The Division Chief of Fire Prevention with the Fond du Lac Fire and Rescue Department says he disagrees with a Republican legislative proposal that would prohibit banning live Christmas trees in churches.   The lawmakers say national fire prevention guidelines permit live trees in churches with adequate safeguards.  Fond du Lac Fire prevention chief Troy Haase says Fond du Lac churches are not allowed to have live trees because of the safety issue.  "We have taken […]

Area residents are invited to join Agnesian HealthCare associates, volunteers and physicians and donate an hour of time on Wednesday, January 13 to give blood to The BloodCenter of Wisconsin.   Blood donations will be accepted from 7:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. in Agnesian HealthCare’s Plaza Level Conference Center,  on East Division Street.     Giving blood takes about an hour. The process includes registering, giving a brief medical history, and having temperature, […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Wisconsin Supreme Court says the state Justice Department didn't violate whistleblower laws when it demoted an investigator after she raised concerns about using state agents at a political convention.  Joell Schigur was serving as director of DOJ's Public Integrity Bureau in 2008 when she sent an email to her superiors questioning a plan to use state agents to protect then-Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen at […]

A Waupun man charged with sexually assaulting a three year old boy is now also facing child pornography charges after authorites found images and videos of child porn on his computer. 27 year old Robert Moungey made his initial Dodge County Circuit Court appearance Tuesday on two counts of possession of child pornography. Bail was set at 50 thousand dollars cash and a preliminary hearing has been scheduled for January […]

REEDSBURG, Wis. (AP) — Police say a Reedsburg church music director has killed himself after he was charged with sexually assaulting a teenage girl who was a choir member.  Officers went to check on the welfare of 48-year-old David Knoble Wednesday morning. As officers approached the front door, they heard a gunshot from inside. Police forced their way in and found Knoble dead of a self-inflicted gunshot wound.  Knoble was […]

GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — A New York casting company is looking for die-hard Green Bay Packers fans for a Super Bowl commercial.  Fans born in October, November or December of 1967 have a shot at appearing in the TV ad. House Casting says it involves one or two days of work between Jan. 9-16. The work pays $500 per shoot date and an additional $1,500 if your face is […]

The Dodge County Sheriff’s Office is looking for a Beaver Dam man accused of stealing from a good samaritan who let him sleep on his couch during this week’s snowstorm.  Sheriff Dale Schmidt says a Dodge County Safe Ride program driver, Ronald Gafner, picked up a  man who had too much to drink at a Beaver Dam bowling alley early Tuesday morning.   Schmidt says Gafner first drove Brian Krieger to a Beaver Dam residence and […]