Fond du Lac police say they believe an Allenton man was planning to rob a car wash when officers arrested him. Police were called to Jet Stream car wash on Pioneer Road shortly before 4:30pm Monday to a report of a man who was possibly armed outside the business. When officers arrived they found the suspect hiding in a ditch near the business and recovered an air-soft gun. Assistant police […]
Fond du Lac police are invstigating a report that a home health care aide stole money and personal items from a 60 year old disabled woman. According to a police report on July 9th the alleged victim contacted police to report the theft. She said the 24-year-old Fond du Lac woman came to her home to perform personal care for her and noticed one of her items in her bag […]
The Fond du Lac County Sheriff’s Office has cited five teenagers for trespassing on a town of Metomen property that is rumored to be haunted. Two 18 year old women from Fond du lac and Kewaskum and three boys from Fond du Lac, North Fond du Lac and Malone were cited for trespassing. Sheriff’s captain Rick Olig says a property owner on Callan Road reported the teens making a great […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Wisconsin Supreme Court plans to rule Thursday in three major cases. The court is planning to issue its ruling on the collective bargaining changes Gov. Scott Walker and the Republican Legislature approved in 2011, despite massive protests that led to a series of recall elections. Elements of the law have been upheld by the state Supreme Court and two federal courts already. The state Supreme […]
OSHKOSH, Wis. (AP) — A Roman Catholic ministry has offered a new faith-based housing option to University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh students. The Newman Student House will open this fall. The off-campus facility is a six-unit coed apartment building about a half-mile from the university. Residents must follow the house rules, including no drugs, alcohol or overnight guests. They must also agree to a set of expectations laid out in its community […]
Starting this week you can vote absentee for the August 12th primary. Fond du Lac County Clerk Lisa Freiberg says there are some changes however. "You can't just call or stop by your town or village clerk. You need to know when they are doing it. They must set hours," Freiberg said. Freiberg also says you can no longer vote absentee on the weekends. "A lot of our town […]
A Fond du lac police detective accuses the Fond du Lac County sheriff of not being truthful when it comes to the issue of deputy cards for police detectives, the sheriff says the comments are apparently part of his opponent’s strategy to run a smear campaign against him. Sheriff Mick Fink says he made the decision not to issue deputy cards to three detectives including his opponent Bill Ledger, […]
The challenger for Dodge County sheriff says he feels confident with the election two weeks out. Dale Schmidt is running against incumbent sheriff Pat Ninmann. "Its finally starting to wind down and we're getting the message out to the people that we need to have a change," Schmidt told AM 1170 WFDL's Between the Lines program. Responding to critics who argue his candidacy is about a faction in the Department […]
The National Weather Service says cold air funnels captured on camera over Lake Winnebago this weekend posed no real danger to the public. Meterologist Marsha Cronce says most of the times cold air funnels never reach the ground and even if they do won’t pack much of a punch. "If a cold air funnel would hit the ground it could cause minor wind damage. You might get a gust of […]