8-16-19 evers, democrats offer gun background check bill

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers and Democratic lawmakers are proposing an expansion of background checks for gun sales in the state.  Republicans who control the Legislature have said they are opposed to such efforts. But

8-16-19 election security-fdl county clerk

The Fond du Lac County Clerk says she does not believe that local clerks are using outdated computers  that could be open to cyberattacks.   Wisconsin elections officials last week scaled back a plan to buy scores of new loaner

8-16-19 wi unemployment rate up

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin’s unemployment rate is up for the second month in a row.   The state Department of Workforce Development reported Thursday that Wisconsin’s unemployment rate for July was 3%. That is up from 2.9%

8-16-19 fdl car entries-the latest

Fond du lac police are investigating if a man apprehended by a resident may be responsible for a series of  vehicle entries in the city over the last couple of weeks.  Police received reports of  thefts from unlocked vehicles

8-16-19 fdl police-hit and run updates

Fond du Lac police continues to ask for the public’s help following two hit and run incidents that resulted in minor injuries to bicyclists.   Asisstant Police Chief Steve Klein says a woman was struck by a pickup

8-16-19 beaver dam woman convicted in heroin overdose death

A Beaver Dam woman has been convicted in a drug overdose death.  Forty year old Jackie Meyer pled guilty to First Degree Reckless Homicide for supplying the drugs that caused the overdose of Karen Sadowski. Meyer also pled guilty to

8-16-19 woman convicted in drug overdose death of fdl man

One of three individuals arrested in the heroin overdose death of a Fond du Lac man last summer has been convicted.   At a hearing this week Julie Harr pleaded guilty to charges of reckless homicide and  manufacture/delivery of cocaine.