Month: November 2017

The head of Drug Free Communities of Fond du Lac County says methamphetamine addiction is catching up and even surpassing heroin addiction in some cases.  Ellen Sorensen says the public is invited to a town hall meeting Thursday evening at the Goodrich Little Theatre.  Sorensen says the entire community is impacted by the problem.  "The impact is immense,"  Sorensen told WFDL news.  "Its businesses who can't hire employees who are […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Gov. Scott Walker is calling on the Legislature to approve nearly $7 million to pay for a national ad campaign to bring more workers into Wisconsin.  Walker announced the new marketing effort at a meeting Wednesday of the state chamber of commerce. Walker says the campaign will focus on bringing military veterans and their families to the state as well as young professionals currently living in […]

One person received life-threatening injuries in a two vehicle  crash in Dodge County.  The crash happened shortly after 11am Wednesday on state Highway 33 at the intersection with County Highway V, in the town of Hubbard.  A preliminary investigation shows that a vehicle traveling south on Cth V entered the intersection with Highway 33 colliding with a Peterbilt straight truck towing a trailer.   The car driver was flown to Aurora […]

The Fond du Lac animal shelter manager says she supports a change in state law that would allow first responders to treat pets when responding to an emergency.   Two bills would give first responders immunity for treating animals during an emergency call and would protect responders who don’t aid animals.   Animal shelter manager Renee Webb says time can be a matter of life or death for a pet.  Webb says […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — State Superintendent Tony Evers has asked the Wisconsin Supreme Court to disqualify Attorney General Brad Schimel from representing him in a lawsuit related to the powers of his office.  Evers doesn't want Schimel's Department of Justice to be his attorney because Schimel agrees with the position taken by a conservative law firm in a lawsuit against Evers. The lawsuit alleges that Evers is in violation of […]

The Oneida County Sheriff’s Office says it appears  a 62-year-old woman whose body was found in Hazelhurst on Tuesday died after falling down a steep embankment.   The Sheriff’s office says a  preliminary investigation into Margie Hurula's death does not  indicate foul play.  The Oneida County Medical Examiner said initial autopsy results show Hurula died from natural causes.  Searchers found Hurula's body in the Hazelhurst woods on Tuesday afternoon.   She had […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Gov. Scott Walker has asked federal Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue to declare Rusk and Sawyer counties disasters due to flooding earlier this year.  A secretarial disaster declaration would pave the way for federal aid such as low-interest loans for farmers who suffered crop losses.  Walker says excessive rainfall and flooding that began in early spring and continued through September led to crop losses of 30 percent […]

One person received life-threatening injuries in a two vehicle crash in Dodge County.  The crash happened shortly after 11am Wednesday on state Highway 33 at the intersection with County Highway V, in the town of Hubbard.  A preliminary investigation shows that a vehicle traveling south on Cth V entered the intersection with Highway 33 colliding with a Peterbilt straight truck towing a trailer.   The car driver was flown to Aurora […]

An impressive site near Waupun when a gas line caught fire near Ballweg Implement  Wednesday morning with flames shooting 50 feet into the air.  State  representative Joan Ballweg says she could see the flames from her store.  Waupun fire chief B.J. DeMaa says Alliant Energy was doing repair work to the line when it appears a valve didn’t close properly.  Highway 68 and Ver Hage Road were closed for approximately […]