MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin election officials want a judge to dismiss a lawsuit seeking changes to the newly designed ballot for the Nov. 4 election. Republican legislative leaders filed the lawsuit against the state Government Accountability Board in Waukesha County last week. They argue that the GAB's model ballot is confusing, gives undue prominence to Democratic candidates and makes it hard to tell which office candidates are seeking. State […]
Two Ripon men arrested in connection with an armed robbery at a Ripon Pick n Save have made their initial Fond du Lac court appearance. Twenty one-year-old Cody M. Schaffer is charged with one felony count of armed robbery, while 17-year-old Tyler W. Cody is charged with one count of party to the crime of armed robbery. The incident happened around 11:45 p.m. September 19th at Ripon’s Pick n Save. […]
LA CROSSE, Wis. (AP) — A University of Wisconsin-La Crosse graduate student who was studying abroad in Sierra Leone is sharing her story after she had to leave the country amid the deadly Ebola outbreak. The UW La Crosse Department of International Education decided to evacuate Alexandria Berg as the crisis escalated. The 23-year-old secured the last available seat on a flight to Paris and then made her way from […]
A Fond du lac home will be demolished after it was deemed uninhabitable for human habitation. The Fond du Lac Aging and Disability Resource Center will work with the 94 year old homeowner to find alternative placement options. Police were called to the Mihill Avenue residence after a plumber reported the house was filled with garbage and personal items. The house was condemned after city inspectors performed an inspection of […]
Twelve people have officially been charged in a Dodge County prostitution ring including a Beaver Dam woman and her husband. Debbie and Daniel Walters of Beaver Dam, were charged Monday in Dodge County Circuit Court with running a prostitution business out of their home across the street from a church and school. Debbie Walters faces 32 prostitution related counts. Daniel Walters, a Dodge Correctional Institution employee, is charged with three […]
Beata Lieders says about a month before her son died she knew his time was short. Lieders says it was a mother’s intuition. Her son Blake was on the run when he died in a 2012 drowning accident at age 16. A year before the tragedy Lieders created an Open Art Studio program for kids to gather in a safe place and use art as a positive outlet. 'He […]
Ask any older adult what one of their biggest fears is and they will likely say falls. In 2013 about one in every 50 Wisconsin residents aged 65 and older was hospitalized for a fall-related injury and abo ut one out of every 25 visited the emergency room for a fall-related injury. Sandy Tryon with the Fond du Lac County Aging Disability Resource Center says falls continue to be […]
The tax rate is down in the proposed Fond du Lac School District budget. At a public hearing Monday night superintendent Dr. Jim Sebert says the budget is balanced and the tax rate is projected to go down. "We're projecting the budget to go down by 3.5% in terms of the expectations of the taxpayer," Sebert said. That's 35 dollars for the owner of a $100,000 home. Meanwhile Sebert told […]
A Fond du Lac man convicted of sexually assaulting a child is going to prison. Fond du lac judge Peter Grimm sentenced 65 year old James Clark Sr. to 13 years in prison followed by 15 years extended supervision. Clark was earlier convicted of second degree sexual assault of a child.