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Congressman Glenn Grothman (R-WI-6) questioned the Mylan CEO about corporate greed during a House committee meeting this week. Grothman asked Mylan CEO Heather Bresch if she felt guilty about making nearly $20 million a year. Bresch didn’t answer that question directly. Instead she talked about the 600 products Mylan

UPDATED September 20, 2016:  Preliminary investigation shows that Charles Thompson (52 years old, from Reeseville, WI) was operating a 2007 Honda motorcycle east on CTH C, west of USH 151. The motorcycle struck a deer that was crossing the roadway.  Thompson, who was not wearing a helmet, was ejected

   City officials in Mayville are hoping the city will be eligible for state disaster aid following last week’s flooding. Officials said if the city reaches $18,600 in damage costs it may be eligible for the aid. Dodge County Sheriffs reported heavy rains caused a lot of localized flooding

Fond du Lac County Sheriff’s have released the names of the two men injured in a small plane crash southwest of the County Airport Wednesday afternoon. Thomas Helm, 73, of Neenah was the pilot.  He was taken to St. Agnes Hospital in Fond du Lac. David Plathe, 60, of

A truck driver was hurt Saturday morning when a truck crashed on Highway 41 at Military Road in Fond du Lac.   Authorities said the driver was heading north, but ended up in the southbound lanes. The truck was carrying 18,000 to 20,000 pounds of bread.   The driver

The president of the Fond du Lac County Economic Development Corporation says the new owners of the Retlaw Hotel are a perfect fit when it comes to maintaining the historic character of the Retlaw. Steve Jenkins said Frantz Community Investors will renovate the hotel into a facility they say

The next go around in Fond du Lac County Court for a 62-year-old Kenosha man accused of killing 18-year-old Berit Beck will be three months from today. During a status conference Tuesday a motion hearing was scheduled for September 6th. District Attorney Eric Toney says at that time a decision

Fond du Lac County District Attorney Eric Toney says his team is willing to retry Dennis Brantner for the murder of Berit Beck, but no official decision has been made. Toney says the prosecution and investigative teams are ready to retry the case. But Toney says there are others

No decision by the jury in a 26-year-old Fond du Lac County murder case. The jury Wednesday morning decided after 16 hours of deliberation it couldn’t reach a verdict on whether Dennis Brantner killed Berit Beck in the Fond du Lac area in the summer of 1990. Brantner’s lawyer,

A Fond du Lac County jury is deciding whether a 62-year-old Kenosha man is responsible for killing Berit Beck in the summer of 1990. The jury sat through more than three hours of closing arguments this morning. Defense attorney Craig Powell said no one can put Brantner in Fond

Fond du Lac County Judge Dale English Friday sentenced a 27-year-old Kewaskum woman to three years in prison and two years of extended supervision for killing a Ripon woman in a traffic accident. Heather Cleveland was texting on her phone minutes before running into a pickup that was turning.

  It was brother testifying against brother during the ninth day of a Fond du Lac County homicide trial. Michael Brantner testified in his brother Dennis Brantner’s trial Thursday. He says he got a call from Dennis’s employer in March of 2014 saying Dennis hadn’t shown up for work.

Bart Naugle, a DNA analyst from the State Crime Lab told the court he tested about 30 different items from Berit Beck’s van, but got little to no DNA that would be helpful in the case against Dennis Brantner. Judy McLeod, one of Brantner’s ex-wives, also testified. She said