A search warrant filed in Fond du lac County shows a suspect in the cold case homicide of Berit Beck left his fingerprints on several items found in Beck’s van. The Fond du lac County Sheriff’s Office held a press conference in April to say they had tangible, physical evidence that put over the road trucker Dennis Brantner in Beck’s van. The 18 year old Beck was murdered in July […]
A Fond du lac woman convicted of attempting to kill her six year old daughter and injure her boyfriend has been re-sentenced to seven years in prison. In June Fond du Lac judge Robert Wirtz dismissed a charge of attempted first degree intentional homicide against Kenna Bowe and re-sentenced her this week to seven years in prison for recklessly endangering safety and aggravated battery. Bowe was serving a 14 year […]
The City of Fond du Lac’s annual leaf collection will begin on Monday October 20, 2014 with crews starting in the southeast section of the city. The collection will proceed in a clockwise direction – to the southwest, northwest, and northeast sections. The leaf collection process will continue for approximately seven weeks, ending on Friday, December 5. Again this year there will be a map available on the City’s website […]
The Department of Public Works would like to notify the motoring public of street closures due to the City’s Manhole Rehabilitation Project and utility repair. The northbound traffic lane and parking on South Military Road will be closed between Hickory Street and C&N Railroad Tracks. The closure will begin Tuesday, October 14th and continue through Friday, October 17th. Traffic will be detoured north on Hickory Street, east on Western Avenue […]
MILWAUKEE (AP) — The signature dishes served at supper clubs that long served as Wisconsin's culinary and social backbone will be under the microscope during next week's statewide science festival. The festival kicks off Thursday with a free event at University of Wisconsin-Madison focusing on ingredients like the maraschino cherries that garnish drinks and vegetables served before dinner on relish trays. One speaker will be Ron Faiola, a Milwaukee-area resident […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A federal appeals court won't reconsider a decision allowing Wisconsin officials to re-implement the state's voter photo identification law. The 7th Circuit released documents Friday announcing that Judge Richard Posner had asked all 10 judges to reconsider Monday's decision, saying voter ID laws put an undue burden on the right to vote. The judges deadlocked 5-5 on the request, however, meaning it was denied.
MILWAUKEE (AP) — The board that oversees Wisconsin elections has scrapped plans for a campaign to educate the public about the state's voter photo identification law. The U.S. Supreme Court issued a decision yesterday preventing Wisconsin's law from going into effect before the November 4th election.
The Fond du Lac County Sheriff’s Office and Medical Examiner’s Office are investigating the death of an infant. Sheriff’s deputies and Ripon ambulance were called to a town of Ripon residence Friday morning to a report of a two month old girl not breathing. The child was transported to Ripon Medical Center where she died. The investigation is ongoing and the death is not considered suspicious at this […]
Nobody was injured and one man is in custody in connection with a domestic incident in Fond du Lac County Friday morning. The Fond du Lac County Sheriff’s Office received a call shortly after 2am of a report of shots fired at a residence on Lost Arrow Road. "The caller met with deputies a short distance away from the residence and deputies interviewed him and determined shots had been fired," Nolan […]