It's Wayne Mauser, local news.
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I'm Wayne Mauser for Civic Media News.
One person is dead after a crash in Fond du Lac County.
Crews were called to Walnut Road near Century Lane in the town of Forest around 5.50 p.m.
Wednesday.
The preliminary investigation shows the ATV was heading westbound on Walnut Road with a tow behind a brushmore attached to the vehicle.
The driver, a 70-year-old Fond du Lac County man, lost control of the vehicle, causing it to flip in the road.
The man was pronounced dead at the scene.
The crash is still under investigation.
A pickup truck and a dump truck collided on Highway 29 in Toronto County's
Maple Grove Tuesday afternoon, killing a 38-year-old man.
The Sheriff's Office says numerous 911 calls started coming in about 3.40 p.m.
of a crash on Highway 29 at Hoffa Park Drive.
Deputies say the pickup hit the dump truck in the westbound lanes of 29.
The driver of the pickup was killed.
It's not known if the 21-year-old dump truck driver was hurt or their condition.
Names are being withheld until families are notified, and the Sheriff's Office is still investigating
how the crash happened.
An Oshkosh man who is currently in the Oshkosh Correctional Institution for a Violent Crime has been sentenced for enticing a minor.
According to the U.S.
Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of Wisconsin, 36-year-old Aja Lan Baldwin was sentenced to 15 years in prison and 10 years of supervised release for attempting to entice a minor while he was incarcerated for a violent crime at the Oshkosh Correctional Institution.
Court records say that between February and April of 2026, Baldwin had sexually
exploitive conversations with a minor, OCI staff intercepted illicit messages and monitored sexually explicit and sometimes violent phone calls Baldwin had with the minor.
In 2023, Baldwin was sentenced to four years in prison, four years of extended supervision and four years of probation on a charge of strangulation and suffocation with a domestic abuse modifier.
The 30 year old ripping man charged with possession of child pornography and child exploitation was a
in Fond du Lac County Court on Wednesday.
Pirate El Blades Purcell pled not guilty to the 11 felony charges he's facing, charges them from a cyber tip from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, the subsequent investigation, and the execution of a search warrant at his residence in June.
During the search, Rippon police officers, assisted by the Wisconsin Department of Justice Division of Criminal Investigation, and the Fond du Lac County Sheriff's Office, seized electronic devices and storage
on the county jail on a $100,000 cash bond.
Attorneys in the case will be back in court for a status conference on January 19th.
Officials in Vonderland County's town of El Dorado are warning residents about a possible cougar sighting in the area.
As a precaution, residents are encouraged to remain alert and use caution when outdoors, especially during early morning and evening hours.
Children and pets should be kept under close supervision and avoid approaching or attempting to interact with any large wild animal.
The sighting has not been confirmed, but officials share this information to keep residents informed and safe.
Presidents are asked to be aware of the surroundings and report any additional sightings to the appropriate local authorities.
Months before automated license plate readers and flock camera systems became controversial, the Green Lake County Sheriff's Office held an information presentation about them.
Bob Nelson has more for Civic Media News.
Chief Deputy Matt Bandicoke says they've always been transparent about the tools they use in law enforcement.
They primarily use the nine cameras in the county for missing people, criminal matters, and some non-criminal activities such as reckless driving.
Bandicoke says their public safety committee recently met to revise policies for their flock cameras.
We completely and totally respect some of the concerns that the community has brought up and we want to do our best to address those.
and maintain a secure system that is beneficial for the community.
One revision involved reducing the number of days for retention of data in the system from 30 days to seven days.
Another revision involves who can authorize the use of data from the system.
We've also changed the authorization circumstance.
We'll be reducing that to having to be authorized by a supervisor essentially or detective to make sure that it's not being misused.
The flock camera systems have been used in Greenlight County since 2023.
I'm Bob Nelson for Civic Media News.
The Wisconsin Department of Justice is joining a coalition and the Federal Trade Commission in filing a lawsuit to block Play Power's acquisition of Fond du Lac Base BCI Burke.
The companies represent two of the largest makers of commercial outdoor playground equipment.
The coalition's complaint alleges that potential merger will drive up prices and decrease innovation and
quality for equipment bought by schools, churches, parks, and recreation departments, and other organizations across the country.
Wisconsin Attorney General Josh Cole says, quote, when we keep markets competitive, we protect consumers, unquote.
According to the complaint, five companies, including Playpower and Burke, own more than a dozen playground equipment brands and hold 85 to 90% of playground equipment market share in the United States.
Joining the Wisconsin DOJ and the FTC
in filing the lawsuit, our attorneys general in 11 other states, including Illinois.
Governor Tony Evers and the Public Service Commission of Wisconsin this week announced that 36 school districts, nonprofit organizations, local and tribal government, manufacturers, and higher education institutions will receive $11.5 million from the Energy Innovation Program.
The funding will help reduce energy usage, expand the deployment of clean energy technologies, bolster prepared
and resilience and bolster comprehensive energy planning statewide.
Among the grant recipients, the city of Oshkosh is receiving $207,264 for renewable energy and energy storage and will pack a foundry incorporated will get $367,435 for energy efficiency and demand response.
I'm Wayne Mauser for Civic Media News.
For Civic Media News, I'm Connie Feldman.
Federal authorities in Wisconsin just announced charges in what they call one of the largest drug busts ever prosecuted in the state.
The massive maritime drug bust involves more than $17 million worth of cocaine.
Three Mexican nationals affiliated with the Sinaloa Cartel were extradited following their arrest off the coast of Costa Rica, where law enforcement intercepted nearly 1,800 pounds of pure cocaine aboard a U.S.
registered yacht.
Federal prosecutors announced the charges on Tuesday, calling it one of the largest drug seizures ever prosecuted in the Eastern District of Wisconsin.
Officials emphasize stopping the shipment prevented tens of millions of dollars in illegal drugs from reaching American communities.
Wisconsin's two candidates for governor went face-to-face last night in the first and only debate between the two before the November 3rd election.
The Milwaukee County executive and congressman sparred over data centers, affordability, abortion, President Donald Trump, and the 2020 election.
Throughout the hour-long debate, Crowley frequently linked Tiffany to Trump and his policies, including the big beautiful bill, tariffs, and the war with Iran.
Tiffany countered by accusing Crowley of sounding like a socialist.
Tiffany said he is for Wisconsin, while Crowley is consistently focused on being against Donald Trump.
On abortion, Tiffany said he would uphold the state's current law, allowing abortion access through 20 weeks of pregnancy.
But in the house, Tiffany has supported bills that would ban abortion care at about six weeks of pregnancy.
Crowley said he would work with the legislature to enshrine abortion rights in the state constitution.
Which candidate was the winner of the debate is a matter of speculation, but the contrast between the two is clear.
For Crowley, it's a choice between protecting working families or continuing Trump's economic policies.
For Tiffany, it's a choice between tax relief or bigger government.
A Wisconsin congressional candidate is facing a disorderly conduct charge following a viral road rage confrontation at a gas station.
Court records show candidate Matthew Arndt was charged after being caught on camera launching into a profanity-laced anti-semitic rant in Mequon.
Arndt defended his political stances on Israel, but admitted he could have chosen better words during the incident.
He's scheduled to make his first appearance in court next month.
Wisconsin-based home products company D.H.I.
Corporation is moving its corporate headquarters back to Milwaukee.
The company is bringing around 25 employees to a 4,500 square foot office space in Milwaukee's historic Papst District.
Founded in the city as a hardware business in 1872, D.H.I.
operated out of Mequon for more than two decades before making the return downtown.
Chief Executive Officer J.P.
Dreveline called the move an investment in growth and talent, joining several
major companies that have recently relocated to Milwaukee's urban core.
The UW-Madison Board of Regents is moving forward with plans to build new residence halls to help house its growing student body.
The university is currently operating dorms at 115% capacity, forcing many students into crowded triples or converted lounge spaces.
To address the shortage, the school plans to form a public-private partnership for all electric energy-efficient housing expected to open by fall of 2029.
And that's your state news update.
I'm Connie Feldman for Civic Media News.
Josh Jacobs returns.
Hi, I'm Mike Clemens with Sports NFL.
After a six week suspension by the league, Packers running back.
Josh Jacobs back on the practice field, preparing for Sunday's game in Detroit.
But
does he think he'll have any snaps in that game?
Getting back into the flow of the guys.
We got guys, you know, even up front that I've never played with.
We don't see how I go, man.
I don't know where we're going to be at this week if I'm actually going to play or not.
All I'm trying to do is get prepared to play if they let me.
Baseball,
it's the Brewers and Tampa Bay Rays tomorrow night, 7 o'clock, the first pitch of the World Series.
The team's holding media day press conferences all day today.
Basketball, the Bucks losing to the Wizards last night, 1-28 to 1-16.
Plenty of things we got to clean up.
Just going against the set defense is really hard.
We got a screen a little bit better.
But I thought when we got in transition, we did a pretty good job of seeking the open guy and finding, you know, we got 28 assists, but, you know, we can't be playing against the set defense, you know, especially late in the game, third and fourth quarter.
That's the Bucks' new head coach.
Taylor
Jenkins with sports.
I'm Mike Clemens.
I'm meteorologist Brandon Bormans, some patchy fog possible in the morning, otherwise mostly sunny, another gorgeous day with highs in the mid sixties.
A bit of fog possible again later on tonight, otherwise partly cloudy, a low of 48, mostly sunny Friday, highs in the upper sixties.
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