Month: August 2021

An associate professor of anthropology at UW-Oshkosh says while an initial search of an Omro burial site didn’t uncover  the missing remains of 67 year old Starkie Swenson the work is not over.  Swenson died in 1983 and in 1994, a man was convicted in Swenson’s death, but a body has never been found.  U-W Oshkosh anthropology associate professor Jordan Karsten says the Winnebago County Sheriff’s Office reached out for help in locating the remains […]

The Dodge County Sheriff says all three people involved in a head on collision caused by a wrong way driver on Highway 151 over the weekend have died from their injuries.  The crash happened Saturday on 151 just north of County Highway B.  Sheriff Dale Schmidt says investigators are trying to determine why a vehicle was traveling north in the southbound lane of Highway 151 when it collided head on with another vehicle.  Schmidt […]

An Illinois man has been arrested following a high speed chase in Fond du Lac County.  The chase started late Friday afternoon after a  Sheriff Deputy conducted a traffic stop for a speeding violation on County Highway D near Brown Road in the town of Fond du Lac.  When the  deputy detected an odor of drugs and asked the driver to exit the vehicle the driver drove off at a high rate of speed.   A […]

A Milwaukee man involved in a high speed chase with gunshots fired in Dodge County six years ago is going to prison.  Dodge County judge Martin De Vries sentenced 27 year old  Anthony McCaskill  to one and a half years in prison and two years of extended supervision for Discharging a Firearm Towards a Person and Endangering Safety.   In September 2015, law enforcement received a call about shots being fired near the Kwik Trip in […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Gov. Tony Evers has signed a bill that establishes a uniform use-of-force policy for police across Wisconsin. Evers announced he signed the bill on Friday. Under the bill, police can use force based on a situation's circumstances and whether a suspect is fleeing or resisting arrest. Deadly force is a last resort. The measure initially included language that would have made an officer who doesn't intervene […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The University of Wisconsin removed a large boulder from its Madison campus at the request of minority students who view the rock as a symbol of racism. Chamberlin Rock, on the top of Observatory Hill, is named after Thomas Crowder Chamberlin, a geologist and former university president. Students of color on campus say the rock represents a history of discrimination. It was referred to as a […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The leader of Wisconsin's disaster response efforts is running for the U.S. Senate. Wisconsin Emergency Management Administrator Darrell Williams announced his run Friday morning. He joins a crowded field of Democrats looking to unseat Republican incumbent Ron Johnson. He's the second Black Democrat to enter the race after Lt. Gov. Mandela Barnes announced his candidacy in July. Gov. Tony Evers appointed Williams as emergency management administrator […]

A Green Lake man has been charged with 20 felony counts of Possession of Child Pornography possession. Zachary Kehlenbrink was arrested in January. The Green Lake County Sheriff’s Office investigated Kehlenbrink based on three cyber tips it received from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children. Nearly two thousand images were reportedly found on his phone and two laptops, and over 140 videos. The 31-year-old will be back in […]

According to the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, through July 20 this year, 24 people have died while riding an off-highway vehicle. Last year, the state didn’t hit that number until August 29. The agency stated the drivers involved in the deadly wrecks were also driving fast in some cases and weren’t wearing a seat belt.