Month: August 2022

A Fond du Lac man has been charged  in the shooting death of a Fond du Lac man last month.   Thirty two year old Timothy Brown made his initial court appearance Wednesday on charges of first degree intentional homicide and felon in possession of a firearm in the August 20 shooting death of 40 year old Brandon Johnson.   Johnson was found dead in the 200 block of Marquette Street with […]

An elderly Campbellsport man died after his pickup truck struck a parked vehicle in the village of Campbellsport.  When the crash occured Tuesday afternoon on Main Street near Elm Street the pickup overturned trapping the driver under his vehicle.  The 77 year old man was pronounced dead at St. AgnesHospital in Fond du Lac.

Two children were seriously injured in a two vehicle crash in Dodge County.  The 11 and 14 year old children were passengers in the vehicles involved in the rear end collision Tuesday afternoon on County Highway A at the intersection with Ollinger Road.  They were transported to UW Hospital in Madison.

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Gov. Tony Evers is giving Wisconsin K-12 public schools $90 million more in federal COVID-19 relief money. He announced the move on Tuesday just before schools were to open for the fall. Evers says the money would help schools keep and retain teachers and ensure that the student-to-teacher ratio doesn’t increase. Districts across the state, including the two largest in Milwaukee and Madison, have reported high […]

MILWAUKEE (AP) — Lt. Gov. Mandela Barnes, a Democrat running for U.S. Senate, has logged more than 10 times as many hours of security as his predecessor, an issue that Republican Sen. Ron Johnson is raising in the hotly contested race. The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reported Tuesday that Barnes averaged more than 13½ hours of security protection a day at a daily cost to the state of $660 for patrol […]

A federal judge in Wisconsin is expected to rule later this week to allow voters with disabilities to receive assistance when returning their ballots this fall.  Judge James Peterson said he will issue the ruling that cites federal protections under the  Voting Rights Act for disabled voters to receive assistance.  Executive director of the League of Women Voters of Wisconsin Debra Cronmiller:  "I'm so excited,"  Cronmiller told WFDL news.   "This is a wonderful indication […]

TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) — A judge has begun hearing evidence to determine if five men will face trial for their alleged roles in a plot to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer. The proceedings in state court came six days after two leaders were convicted in federal court. Michael Null, William Null, Eric Molitor and Shawn Fix are all from Michigan. They're charged with providing material support for terrorist acts […]

WAUKESHA, Wis. (AP) — A North Dakota man convicted of shooting two police officers in Wisconsin in 2020 will likely spend the rest of his life in prison. A judge in Waukesha County on Monday added another 80 years to the 50-year sentence Nathanael Benton is already serving for trying to kill an inmate in jail with a sharpened toothbrush. In November 2020, officers from Delafield and Hartland responded to […]

Fond du Lac Area Transit is offering  free bus rides all day on Wednesday.  Fond du Lac Area Transit manager, Lynn Gilles, says the annual event has been going on for more than a decade. Gilles says it's not a coincidence that Free Fare Day is being held as kids go back to school this week.     "It's a perfect day to go out and do a test run,"  Gilles told […]