Month: October 2017

The Dodge County Sheriff’s SWAT team was called to a house in Waupun where a man has barricaded himself inside the house.  The Dodge County Sheriff’s Office is on the scene along with Waupun police, fire and federal marshals.       Neighbors in the immediate area have reportedly been evacuated.   Dodge County Sheriff Dale Schmidt says he can’t release any details at this time.  The incident is occurring at a  residence on […]

The city of Waupun and Waupun Area School District are teaming up for a community job fair this afternoon.  City administrator Kathy Schlieve says what started as a way for the school to connect students to employers and to learn career pathways has grown to include a free job fair for the public.  The Job Fair features more than 45 Waupun area businesses.  The event is being held  at the […]

The Wisconsin Department of Transportation  is taking public comments on the proposed four lane expansion of state Highway 23 between Fond du lac and  Plymouth.   The public comments  are part of  the DOT effort to update the Environmental Impact Statement relating to the project.  Comments can be submitted electronically to bryan.lipke@dot.wi.gov or by mail  and are due by Sunday November 12.  The project has been on hold for several years due to […]

Governor Scott Walker says inmates at the Lincoln Hills youth prison have become emboldened following repeated media reports and court-ordered operational changes.  The governor made the comment in a memo to  Corrections Secretary Jon Litscher, and obtained by WFDL news.  The governor says since a court order in July limited the use of pepper spray and solitary confinement, there have been numerous examples of juvenile misconduct and assaults on staff.   […]

The teacher who was brutally beaten by an inmate at Wisconsin’s juvenile prison says the person tabbed to be the new interim superintendent at the prison never contacted her after the assault. Pandora Lobacz says John Paquin was at the prison the day she was assaulted.  Paquin was the Wisconsin Department of Juvenile Corrections administrator prior to his appointment last week.  "He didn't even take the time to come across […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin's youth prisons have found it difficult to move away from using pepper spray, solitary confinement and shackles on inmates, even though those practices put them out of step with similar institutions across the U.S. Violence has erupted repeatedly since July, when a federal judge ordered a dramatic reduction in the disciplinary tactics. Staff members say inmates have become emboldened by the order. But a researcher […]

The City of Fond du Lac’s annual leaf collection is in full swing.  Public Works director Jordan Skiff says crews are nearing completion of the first of three scheduled clockwise sweeps through the city, weather permitting.  Skiff says there is a map available on the City’s website indicating the progress collection crews have made to date.

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A researcher from a federal laboratory in Madison is experimenting with using ultraviolet light to control a fungal disease that has killed millions of cave-dwelling bats in the United States. Daniel Lindner is a research plant pathologist with the U.S. Forest Service. The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reports Lindner has received almost $156,000 from the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation to fund his research of white-nose syndrome.

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The state Senate is poised to adopt a bill designed to crack down on deadly opioids known as fentanyl analogs.  The highly potent drug is being added to heroin to stretch its use, leading to spikes in overdoses across the state. Republican Rep. John Nygren's daughter, Cassandra Nygren, was charged this month with providing the fentanyl that killed a pregnant woman.  The bill would add fentanyl […]