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CRIME & SAFETY
One Dead, Two Injured in Fond du Lac Car Crash
One person is dead, and two others are injured following a car accident that happened in Fond du Lac County. On Thursday (July 25) at 7:40 a.m., the Fond du Lac County Sheriff’s Office received multiple calls reporting a two-vehicle crash in the Township of Fond du Lac on County Highway D.
Suspect pleads not guilty in Fond du Lac drug deal turned deadly stabbing
FOND DU LAC (WLUK) – The suspect in a homicide during an argument about a drug deal pleaded not guilty Friday. No trial date was set for Annaka Trudell in connection with the Feb. 13 stabbing death of Ashley Calo. A status conference is set for Aug. 21, court records show.
Fond du Lac police increasing presence at hotels during EAA AirVenture week
The EAA AirVenture brings hundreds of thousands of people to northeast Wisconsin, including to Fond du Lac. FDLPD said they're increasing police presence at hotels during AirVenture week.
Nurse charged in Waupun prison death pleads not guilty after failing to get case dismissed
JUNEAU – A former registered nurse at Waupun Correctional Institution pleaded not guilty Thursday to a charge of abuse of residents of a penal facilities following the death of Donald Maier, a 62-year-old prisoner. Jessica Ann Hosfelt, 47, is one of seven prison staff — including the former warden — facing criminal charges...
Milwaukee Man Arrested in Fond du Lac County had Ecstasy Hidden in Groin Area of his Pants
FOND DU LAC COUNTY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) — A Milwaukee man was arrested in Fond du Lac County last week for numerous offenses, including hiding drugs in the groin area of his pants. It happened Friday around 4:15 a.m., when a deputy working on I-41 radared a vehicle traveling 120...
Waupun prison staff Tasered man who died of dehydration, failed to give him medication, claim says
Waupun prison staff used a Taser on Donald Maier as he was moved to the solitary confinement cell where he later died naked and gasping for water, according to a recently released legal filing. Maier, 62, received his prescribed medications only once, if at all, during his nine days in solitary, and prison...
Suspects in U-Haul chase accused of using fake checks to buy vehicles
WINNEBAGO COUNTY, Wis. (WBAY) - Newly filed criminal complaints reveal more information about two people accused of robbing a man and going on a wild police chase with a U-Haul. Omah A. Brown, 45, from Milwaukee, and Shakierra B. Ray, 27, from Green Bay, both face multiple criminal charges after...
News – July 25, 2024
(Juneau) The Dodge County Sheriff’s Office will be cracking down on speeders later this month. The agency will be joining law enforcement officers throughout the Midwest on July 31st in this year’s Speed Awareness Day campaign. The speed awareness campaign has a twofold approach: to combine increased zero-tolerance enforcement with effective communication to road users on the importance of obeying the speed limit.
7/26/24 Hometown Broadcasting News Friday
With EAA well under way this week through the weekend, stop out at the Fond du Lac Skyport and check out a variety of aircraft on site! You can even purchase a ride in vintage WWII aircraft right out of our local airport. Lt. Nick Kahnke, who was part of...
Brownsville Man Part Of Most Recent State Patrol Graduating Class
(Brownsville) There is Dodge County representation in the most recent graduating class of the Wisconsin State Patrol. The 69th and 70th recruit class, made up of 23 cadets, will be receiving their badges Friday at the graduation ceremony in Wisconsin Dells. Michael Vis, part of the 70th recruit class, is...
Authorities Seek Public’s Help in Fraud Case
Vernon County Sheriff Roy Torgerson reports the Sheriff’s Office is attempting to locate Raymond Scott “Scotty” Regall, age 59, with a last known address of Fox Lake, WI. Early Thursday afternoon, July 25, 2024, at approximately 2:00 PM, the Sheriff’s Office received a report that the man...
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