Month: October 2017

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A bill making it more difficult for the public to view footage taken on police body cameras is headed to the Wisconsin Assembly for a vote.  The Assembly criminal justice committee passed the measure on an 8-4 vote Tuesday, making it available for the full Assembly to take action.  The proposal would prohibit police from releasing footage taken in a place where there's a reasonable expectation […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin's juvenile prisons have been placed on lockdown while guards from an adult prison help search for contraband.  The Wisconsin Department of Corrections confirmed Tuesday that the search was underway. It comes as prison workers have said they feared the inmates were planning a full-scale riot in the wake of several recent violent episodes.  Corrections Department spokesman Tristan Cook says the search will be facility-wide at […]

Have you ever had a reoccurring problem in your life and wondered why does this problem keep happening over and over again?  In response to that reoccurring problem have you ever drilled down to identify what the root cause of that problem was and then worked to identify a long term solution?    Have you ever had a leaky roof that over and over again continues to leak?  You may […]

State Senator Dan Feyen(R-Fond du Lac), will be holding office hours at his district office in Fond du Lac on Wednesday November 1st .  The office is located in the lobby of the Fond du Lac Police Department at 126 N. Main St. in Fond du Lac.  The Senator will be available to meet individually with constituents from the 18th Senate District to discuss issues that are important to them, […]

Madison – State Senator Dan Feyen (R- Fond du Lac) released the following statement regarding today’s senate session: “Today, the senate took action to pass a number of bills including six that I authored. I am proud that all six of these bills received bipartisan support and carry out my mission to fight for smaller, smarter government.” The following bills passed today: Senate Bill 75: Allows employers to claim a non-refundable […]

An elderly Ripon woman has been charged with improper animal shelter sanitation after she was found living in a van with ten dogs and a cat.  Seventy year old Marion Kaiser was released on a signature bond after making her initial Fond du lac court appearance Tuesday.  According to a criminal complaint an officer responded to an apartment  complex on Metomen Street after receiving a report that a van had been […]

The state’s youth prisons have been placed in lockdown.  A memo from the state Department of Corrections to staff at the Copper Lake and Lincoln Hills youth prisons says effective immediately the institution will be placed in lockdown status for an institution-wide search.    According to the memo the search is being conducted to ensure there is a safe and secure environment for staff and youth.  During the search there will […]

Nobody was injured in a fire at the Waupun Subway restaurant.  Firefighters were called to Subway on Shaler Drive,  Monday morning for a report of a structure fire.   Upon arrival, smoke and flames were seen above the drop-ceiling in the back area of the kitchen.   Firefighters made entry into the business and quickly knocked down the fire,  containing it to the kitchen and attic areas.   It took firefighters approximately a […]

Nobody was injured in an armed standoff in Waupun.  The Dodge County Sheriff’s Office and Waupun police were called  to assist the U.S. Marshalls Office with a barricaded subject.   A 25-year-old man  who was wanted on several felony warrants, had barricaded himself inside a residence in the 500 block of E. Jefferson St.  in the City of Waupun.  The subject was reported to have a gun.   Other occupants in the […]