Month: September 2017

One person was critically injured in a two vehicle crash on Highway 151 in Dodge county that sent four people to the hospital.  The crash happened Friday on 151 near Hemlock Road.  The Dodge County Sheriff’s Office says a mini van was southbound on the gravel shoulder of 151 when it abruptly turned eastbound on Hemlock Road into the path of an SUV.  The van rolled over and the driver […]

The deaths of a Fond du Lac doctor and his daughter  is being ruled a murder suicide.  Fond du Lac County Sheriff’s captain Ryan Waldschmidt says autopsy results show that 62 year old Doctor Mark Whitmore strangled his 27 year old daughter Julia and then killed himself with a knife.  Their bodies were found at their Golf Course Drive home Friday morning.  Waldschmidt says Julia Whitmore was wheelchair bound and […]

WAUKESHA, Wis. (AP) — One of two Wisconsin girls charged with stabbing a classmate to impress the fictitious horror character Slender Man will plead guilty in a deal that calls for her to avoid prison time.  Fifteen-year-old Morgan Geyser will remain in a state mental hospital under an agreement announced Friday. It calls for Geyser to be evaluated by doctors who will report to a judge for a determination of […]

FITCHBURG, Wis. (AP) — U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson says President Donald Trump's tax cuts don't simplify the nation's tax code but he'll support them if they'll help the economy grow.  Johnson said during an appearance at the Madison Area Builders Association on Friday that Republicans' failure to repeal former President Barack Obama's health care reforms has created pressure to pass Trump's tax plan.  He said he wants to simplify the […]

FITCHBURG, Wis. (AP) — U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson isn't saying whether Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell should remain in his post after repeatedly failing to repeal the Obama health care law.  Asked during a question-and-answer session with real estate developers and homebuilders on Friday whether McConnell needs to go, Johnson responded that the GOP has a real problem with leadership. He says the people governing the country don't know how […]

A welcome home ceremony is being held Monday for a Fond du Lac firefighter who is returning after his third tour of duty in the middle east.  Fond du Lac Fire Lieutenant, Shawn Kneeland.  Kneeland is a master sergeant in the Wisconsin Air National Guard.  Kneeland spent the last six months overseas.  He was previously deployed to Iraq in 2004 where he served as a firefighter on a heavy rescue […]

This year’s annual Light Up the Night: Domestic Abuse Awareness Event will be held next week.  The event is scheduled for  6 p.m. on Thursday, October 5 at the Essential Rock Church in Fond du Lac.   Light Up the Night is held as part of National Domestic Violence Awareness Month.  Agnesian Domestic Violence Services supervisor Tiffany Wiese says the event brings awareness to the typically hidden issue of domestic violence.

A retired welder from Oshkosh has claimed his $2.5 million Megabucks prize.  Heinz Habermehl  is the winner of  the September 20 Megabucks drawing.   Habermehl  purchased his winning ticket at Kwik Trip in Oshkosh.    He says he plans to use his winnings to help his kids, and build up a nest egg .

The Fond du Lac County Sheriff’s  Office  has released the names of two people found dead at their town of  Empire home Friday.   Sheriff’s captain Ryan Waldschmidt says the victims have been identified as 62 year old Dr. Mark Whitmore and his 27 year old daughter Julia Whitmore.  Dr. Whitmore was an internal medicine physician with Agnesian HealthCare.  Agnesian spokesperson Shelly Haberman says Dr. Whitmore began practicing in Fond du […]