CRIME & SAFETY

A Fredonia man who was shot by an Ozaukee County detective Wednesday while police were serving a felony search warrant for internet crimes against children has been charged with two felonies. The man, identified in court filings as 57-year-old Kenneth M. Harter, has been charged with battery to a law...

One of the people involved in a Sheboygan County crash Wednesday had to be airlifted from the scene. Sheriff’s Deputies were called to the scene of the crash on Highway 57 at Highway A near Adell just after 4:00 Wednesday afternoon. The initial investigation revealed that a 22-year-old Plymouth...

Flight for Life was called to a serious crash on Highway 57 at County Highway “A” near Adell on Wednesday afternoon which injured three persons. The Sheboygan County Sheriff says it was shortly after 4pm when a 22-year-old man from Plymouth failed to stop for the stop sign on “A” and slammed into a northbound vehicle being driven by an 82-year-old man from Belgium. That man had to be airlifted by Flight for Life helicopter for treatment. A passenger in his car – his wife – and the other driver were also injured and transported to local hospitals for treatment of their injuries.

A Wisconsin woman was arrested for the most over the top crime, from cover to cover. She did not return a couple library books, so she was arrested and cuffed. SG. Heidi Dalibor received calls, letters in the mail, about two overdue library books. The Grafton Library in Wisconsin, apparently had more than enough of Heidi not returning her library books, so they contacted the authorities. Say what? They called to cops over two books. These books were "several months" overdue, so that warrants the police arresting her...I guess.

A driver who didn’t yield the right of way on Highway D east of Highway K in the Town of Belgium shortly after 7:30 a.m. Saturday injured four people, according to an Ozaukee County Sheriff’s Office release. A 2003 Toyota Tundra traveling east on Highway D turned into a driveway in front of a westbound 2011 Ford F350 towing a trailer. The 60-year-old Brown Deer man driving the Toyota suffered minor injuries and was taken to Aurora Medical Center in Grafton. His passenger, a 53-year-old Milwaukee woman, suffered serious injuries and was taken to Froedtert Hospital in Wauwatosa via a Flight for Life helicopter. A 46-year-old Belgium man who was driving the Ford suffered minor injuries and his passenger, a 69-year-old Belgium man, suffered serious injuries. Both were taken to Aurora Medical Center in Grafton. The accident remains under investigation. Photo by Sam Arendt.

A 22-year-old Walmart employee accused of reaching under a woman’s dress with his cell phone to take a photo at the Saukville store was charged this week in Ozaukee County Circuit Court with two felonies. Grafton resident Justin G. Aman faces counts of invasion of privacy and capturing an...

SHEBOYGAN - A Sheboygan County judge has sentenced one man to prison and dismissed all charges against a woman in connection with the overdose death of a 55-year-old man. After the man’s death in Sheboygan last spring, prosecutors charged Jason Knoll, 46, with being party to a crime to first-degree reckless homicide involving drugs and charged Amy Jo Papendieck, 57, with delivering heroin and second-degree recklessly endangering safety.

Two Port officers, one a rookie who just completed field training, come to the rescue when woman realizes she won’t make it to hospital, gives birth at home. NEWBORN BABY Eden Rundquist, her mother and father Carlie and Steven and 3-year-old sister Dawson posed this week with Port Washington police officers Jacob Zygowski and Kirsten Larson, who helped deliver Eden at the family’s Port Washington home in April. The officers and Ozaukee County Sheriff’s Office dispatcher Morgan Palmer were recognized for their actions last week. Photo by Sam Arendt.

A sergeant with the Grafton Police Department will have his rank reduced but will not be terminated following a review of nearly a dozen policy violations, including taking a vacation during paid leave. Grafton Police and Fire Commission members ordered that Justin Lawrenz's rank be reduced from sergeant to patrol...

The 54-year-old Fond du Lac woman who was drunk when she hit a man walking his scooter across a street in Fond du Lac last September has pled no contest to an injury by intoxicated use of a vehicle charge. Terri Huettl was in Fond du Lac County court for a plea hearing last Thursday. A second charge was read into the record and dismissed. According to the criminal complaint when Huettl’s truck struck the 18-year-old Fond du Lac man on September 2nd he hit her windshield and flew into the air. Medical staff who treated him told police he suffered a fractured skull, traumatic brain injury, broken clavicle, and severe internal bleeding. A partial portable breathalyzer test administered at the county jail put Huettl’s blood alcohol concentration at nearly 2 ½ times the legal limit. She will be sentenced on July 19th.

The teenager who was caught recording high school girls getting ready at his house faces a sentence of almost 50 years in prison. Bryan Seban admitted last week to spying on girls who attended Kettle Moraine Lutheran High School while facing 14 felony charges. According to investigators, he made a...

SHEBOYGAN FALLS, Wis. - Firefighters on Tuesday, June 6 responded to the scene of a fire on Meadowlark Road south of County Road J in Sheboygan Falls. The call came in around 2:13 a.m. Upon arrival, deputies found the garage was fully engulfed and spreading the northwest side of the...

Four persons needed hospitalization following a crash in the Town of Belgium on Saturday morning. The Ozaukee County Sheriff’s Office says they got the call at 7:37 a.m., reporting a collision on Ozaukee County Highway “D” east of Kay-K Road about three miles west of the Village.

June 7, 2023 – Jackson, WI – Jackson Police Sgt. Brinks stopped a slow moving traveler Tuesday evening and asked it to pick up the pace. The traveler got quite mouthy and snapped. Sgt. Brinks ended up giving the traveler a ride to the creek it was walking...

FOND DU LAC, WI — Two people are arrested and charged in connection with May shooting incident in Fond du Lac. A 16-year-old male and a 19-year-old man from Fond du Lac were taken into custody last Wednesday at a location in the 100 block of South Marr Street in the City of Fond du Lac. Both are charged with Attempted First-Degree Intentional Homicide (Party to a Crime). Those charges are in connenction with a shooting incident that occurred on May 23. Both suspects are being held in the Fond du Lac County Jail. The investigation is continuing.

BELGIUM, Wis. - Four people were hurt in a crash in Belgium in Ozaukee County Saturday morning, June 3. It happened around 7:30 a.m. on County Highway D east of Kay K Road. Sheriff's officials said the driver of a Toyota Tundra going east on County Highway D failed to yield the right-of-way to a Ford F-150 towing a trailer that was going west. The Tundra turned in front of the Ford in an attempt to enter a driveway, officials said.

FOND DU LAC - Two people were arrested early Friday morning after a traffic stop led to the discovery of illegal drugs in the vehicle that were sniffed out by a K-9 dog. According to a post on the Fond du Lac County Sheriff's Office Facebook page, the incident took place at about...

Fond du Lac Police executed a search warrant in the first block of South Marr Street Wednesday arresting 16-and-19-year-old Fond du Lac men in connection with a shooting that happened in front of a gas station. The two teens are being held in the Fond du Lac County Jail on charges of attempted first degree intentional homicide. Those charges have been referred to the Fond du Lac County District Attorney’s Office. Police responded to calls about gunshots being heard on May 23rd in the area of South Main Street and East Pioneer Road. Later that evening police got a call telling them they should search the area around the Pioneer Pit Stop BP. They found handgun casings there. The investigation is ongoing, anyone with information is asked to contact Lieutenant Matt Bobo at 920-322-3722 or the Crime Alert line at 920-322-3740. Callers can request to remain anonymous.

A 26-year-old Kewaskum man is recovering following a near-fatal motorcycle crash in rural Sheboygan County. According to the Sheboygan County Sheriff’s Office, the incident occurred at the intersection of Highway SS and County Road A at around 5:00 p.m. Wednesday. The truck towing a horse trailer pulled into the...

A home in rural southeastern Sheboygan County sustained “severe damage” during a fire on Thursday night according to the Sheboygan County Sheriff’s Office. The fire struck a home at N2975 Sunset Drive, northwest of Highway 32 and County Highway “W” at around 9:30 p.m. The fire started in a garage and then spread to the main structure.