Month: July 2017

A fatal industrial accident this afternoon at Michels Corporation in Brownsville is under investigation.  Dodge County Sheriff Dale Schmidt  said the accident happened when when an employee of  a sub-contractor of Michels Corporation (All Tools, LLC of Fond du Lac) was cleaning pipes.  One of the pipes fell off a jack and slid into the victim causing fatal injuries.  Schmidt says the 20 year old man was pronounced dead at […]

The president of Ripon College its time for the county to step up and show that Fond du Lac County is a welcoming community that celebrates diversity and promotes shared values of fairness and inclusion.  Dr. Zach Messitte is one of several community leaders to sign a petition asking the county board to adopt a statement of diversity.   "About three months ago a group of us got together and […]

The new Waupun police chief says he is hoping to hire someone from within the department to be the next deputy police chief.  Scott Louden was sworn into office last week as police chief.   Louden says the process is underway to fill the vacant deputy chief position.   "You got to go through a process.  I got to go and present that to the council.  We have an evaluation […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin health officials say the state's Medicaid budget will finish the 2015-17 biennium $325 million in the black.  The Department of Health Services sent a letter June 30 to the leaders of the Legislature's finance committee saying the budget is expected to finish fiscal year 2017 with a balance of $325 million. That's about $5 million less than DHS estimated in March but still consistent with […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Assembly Speaker Robin Vos is challenging special interest groups and businesses to solve Wisconsin's road funding shortfall by Monday.  Assembly Republicans last week proposed a fee on heavy trucks. Wisconsin Manufacturers and Commerce complained the fee would drive up business costs and a group of Senate Republicans refused to support the proposal.  Vos sent a letter to WMC, the Wisconsin Motor Carriers Association and other groups […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — State attorneys have asked a full federal appellate court to review a ruling overturning the conviction of a Wisconsin inmate featured in the "Making a Murderer" documentary. Brendan Dassey was sentenced to life in 2007 after he told detectives he helped his uncle, Steven Avery, rape and kill Teresa Halbach.  A federal judge overturned Dassey's conviction in 2016, ruling investigators took advantage of his young age […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A state appeals court says Wisconsin's $750,000 cap on noneconomic damages in medical malpractice cases is unconstitutional.  The case centers on Ascaris Mayo, who lost all her limbs after doctors didn't inform her she was suffering from an infection. Mayo filed a lawsuit alleging malpractice and a jury awarded her $15 million in non-economic damages and her husband $1.5 million for loss of companionship.  The state's […]

OSHKOSH, Wis. (AP) — Oshkosh police have arrested a man in connection with a suspicious death.  Police say they were notified of a body being inside an Oshkosh residence and authorities obtained a search warrant shortly before 5 a.m. Wednesday. Police discovered the body of an adult woman.  A 38-year-old Oshkosh man was arrested at the scene for hiding a corpse and bail jumping. He was taken to jail.   […]