6-23-14 motorcycle-horse accident

Two people were seriously injured in a motorcycle accident in Fond du lac County.   Rescue personnel were called to the scene on  Highway 45 at Northwestern Ave. in the Town of Friendship Saturday morning.  When deputies arrived they learned that a motorcycle operated by a  57 yr. old Fond du Lac man, was traveling northbound on Hwy 45 when he lost control avoiding a horse that was running in the roadway.  As a result of the accident, the operator and his 53 year old female passenger were ejected from the motorcycle.  Both parties received severe head injuries as a result of the accident. The male party was taken to Theda Clark Hospital for treatment of his injuries while the female was taken to St. Agnes Hospital for her injuries. Both subjects were not wearing helmets. The investigation is continuing. The Fond du Lac County Sheriff’s Office was assisted at the scene by the Van Dyne First Responders and Fire Department, Theda Star Helicopter, a NFDL Ambulance and a City of Fond du Lac Paramedic Unit.

6-23-14 lomira man dies from injuries in rollover crash

A 22 year old Lomira man has died from injuries suffered in a one vehicle rollover accident on Highway 41 in Fond du Lac County.  Jeffrey Thill died Friday at Theda Clark Regional Medical Center in Neenah.    The accident happened a week ago in the southbound lanes of 41 south of Highway B.  Investigators say Thill veered to the right and overcorrected before rolling over.  A passenger, 21 year old Katelyn Freund, of North Fond du Lac received non life threatening injuries.

6-23-14 motorcycle fatalities

WISCONSIN DELLS, Wis. (AP) — Two motorcyclists have died in separate crashes on Wisconsin roadways.  On Saturday night, a 36-year-old man was killed when he struck a deer while riding on westbound Interstate 90/94 near Wisconsin Dells. Authorities say Todd Hughes of Glenbeulah was ejected from his Harley Davidson when he hit the deer at about 10:30 p.m., and was pronounced dead on the scene.  A 21-year-old Pewaukee man also died Saturday night when his motorcycle left the roadway on Highway 16 near County Highway JJ in Waukesha County. The accident happened about 7:30 p.m. The man's name hasn't been released.

6-23-14 bobcat season

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Hunters and trappers will get a chance to go after bobcats in southern Wisconsin this fall.  The state Department of Natural Resources already offers a bobcat season in northern Wisconsin. This fall the agency will run a season south of Highway 64. Both seasons will run concurrently in two parts, from Oct. 18 to Dec. 25 and Dec. 26 to Jan. 31.  Permit applications for the southern region are due Aug. 1. Applicants will have to note which region they want to hunt or trap in as well as what time period. Permits will be awarded through a lottery.

6-20 Planned Parenthood To Close In Fond du Lac

Planned Parenthood says it will shut down its clinic in Fond du Lac on September 25th.  C-E-O Teri Huyck blamed the closure on the governor and Legislature.  Majority Repubilcans voted last year to eliminate a million dollars in reproductive health care funding in the current state budget.  The G-O-P has been working to put curbs-and-controls on abortion facilities in the last session.  But Huyck says the Fond du Lac clinic does not provide abortions -- and neither did the other four Planned Parenthood facilities that have closed in the last two years due to a lack of state funds.  Huyck called the Fond du Lac closure a loss for families who rely on the agency for cancer screenings, health exams, birth control, and treatments for sexually-transmitted diseases.  She says the Fond du Lac facility served about 11-hundred patients each year -- and they'll be referred to the group's closest clinics in Oshkosh and West Bend

6-20 Oshkosh Corp Job Fair

Hundreds of workers laid off by Wisconsin's maker of military vehicles are getting lots of help in finding new jobs.  The Oshkosh Corporation held a job fair yesterday, where 29 companies sought people for a total of 16-hundred openings.  In April, Oshkosh announced the layoffs of 700 hourly employees and 60 salaried workers due mainly to the scaling back of U-S military operations in Afghanistan.  Now, the company says the total number of layoffs should be around 535 after many employees took early retirement.  The job fair focused solely on production workers.  

6-19-14 weather update

Weather Update: Cleanup continues this afternoon from this morning’s storms that hit southern Wisconsin. Early this morning a cluster of showers and thunderstorms developed west of I-35. The majority of the winds produced were 40 to 55 mph at the most, but with moist soils, some of these winds knocked down trees and power lines.
Wednesday Storm Damage: The National Weather Service has confirmed it was straight line winds or a microburst from a thunderstorm that occurred in the Sun Prairie and Cottage Grove areas this morning. Dane County Emergency Management reported trees on five vehicles and five homes in Sun Prairie. The City of Milwaukee reports 80 damaged trees. The Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District (MMSD) initiated overflows early Wednesday in order to prevent basement back-ups. All Black River State Forest ATV and UTV trials, along with Jackson County Trails are temporarily closed due to the heavy rains.
Tuesday Storm Damage Update: Officials at Country View Elementary School estimate the cost to repair storm damage repair will be between $3 million and $4 million. Contractors have already begun the clean-up process and hope to have repairs completed by the first day of school on September 2^nd.
Power Outages: As a result of this morning’s storms, more than 17,000 customers were without power.   Numbers are steadily dropping as crews work to restore power. Currently about 9,000 customers are without power – mainly in the Madison area.

Flooding: . Two rounds of very heavy rain affected a stretch from Trempealeau county eastward through northern Adams county, prompting flash flood warnings. Those warnings have expired.

Looking Ahead: The National Weather Service forecasts another round of strong to severe storms to move across Wisconsin during the mid-evening and overnight hours.   Additional rounds of thunderstorms could bring heavy rain and a risk of flash flooding. A Flash Flood Watch is in effect in western and south central Wisconsin until Thursday morning. Wisconsin Emergency Management (WEM) will monitor state lakes, rivers and streams carefully over the next several days. WEM has received no requests for assistance but will stay in contact with our county and tribal emergency management partners across the state.