Month: March 2019

Nobody was seriously injured in a fire that destroyed a shed in Fond du Lac County.  At about 11:30am Sunday firefighters were called to the Brenda Ziemer residence  on County Highway OOO  in the town of Lamartine.   The shed and contents are considered a total loss.  The property owners son received minor smoke inhalation,  was treated at the scene by North Fond du Lac Ambulance and released.   The fire is […]

OSHKOSH, Wis. (AP) — Police in Oshkosh are investigating after a man and a woman died over the weekend.  Officers were called to a weapons complaint on the south side of Oshkosh on Saturday afternoon. Police found a 26-year-old man who was dead. A 26-year-old woman had multiple gunshot wounds. She was pronounced dead at a hospital.  The incident happened at a residence. Police say the man and woman knew […]

A Beaver Dam man has been convicted in a heroin overedose death.  A Dodge County jury found 29 year old  Brian K. Larson, II guilty of First Degree Reckless Homicide, for the delivery of heroin that caused the death of Dakoda Kline.  Klein was found dead in a vehicle parked in a cemetery in April of  2017.  Investigators say Klein died from a heroin overdose and purchased the heroin from […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A drop in teen pregnancies has contributed to the lowest number of babies being born in Wisconsin in more than 40 years, according to a university researcher.   Data from the state Department of Health Services show there were less than 65,000 babies born in 2017, the lowest number in the state since 1973.  One major factor in the decrease in births is that fewer teens are […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Democratic Gov. Tony Evers isn't proposing any new strategies to fight chronic wasting disease in the state budget despite years of demands from his own party for action. A spokeswoman says the governor chose not to address the disease in the budget because he's waiting for the Department of Natural Resources to come up with a plan.

CORNUCUPIA, Wis. (AP) — Despite all the ice on Lake Superior, visitors likely won't be able to venture out to see the ice caves at Apostle Islands National Lakeshore in northern Wisconsin this winter.  Park Service officials went out on the lake near Cornucopia, Wisconsin, on Friday to test the ice. The park's chief of planning and resource management, Julie Van Stappen, says officials found the ice sheet along the […]

The historic downtown Fond du Lac Hotel Retlaw is reopening its doors to the public this weekend.   The hotel restaurant and lounge, and the Espresso Café and Wine Bar are opening Saturday.   Owner Dennis Doucette says the more than 120 guest rooms and suites will open in phases over the next couple of months.  The hotel is reopening its doors for the first time in four years and after undergoing […]

Fond du Lac Public Works – Water Utility says Macy Street and Western Avenue is closed.  Macy Street between Second Street and Western Avenue is closed and the westbound lane of Western Avenue between Main Street and Oak Street will be closed.   One southbound lane of Macy Street at Western Ave has reopened to limited traffic movements. Traffic on Macy Street will be able to continue south to Linden Street […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Democratic Gov. Tony Evers doesn't plan to build any new prisons to accommodate Wisconsin's burgeoning inmate population.  Evers released his budget Thursday. The spending plan doesn't call for building a new facility, or replacing the aging prison in Green Bay.  Instead, it calls for adding one barracks at Taycheedah Correctional Institution and two at Jackson Correctional Institution. Each barrack would hold up to 144 inmates.  The […]