A Fond du Lac woman convicted of multiple drunken driving offenses is going to prison. Fond du lac judge Gary Sharpe sentenced 43 year old Tamara L. Strean to six years in prison followed by 10 years of extended supervision for her seventh and eighth OWI. She was arrested for her seventh OWI offense in August of last year and her eighth OWI in March of this year.
A Fond du Lac man arrested in connection with a shooting incident in the Taco Bell parking lot this week has been charged. Nineteen year old Dao Vang made his initial court appearance on charges of first degree recklessly endangering safety, carrying a concealed weapon and obstructing an officer. According to a criminal complaint Vang fired a shot from a pistol into the air following an argument over a marijuana […]
A 26-year-old Fond du Lac woman is charged with felony child abuse after she was caught on video jamming cotton swabs into her son's ears, causing them to bleed. According to the complaint, Jenna Schumacher took her 15-month-old son to Children's Hospital of Wisconsin for treatment of chronic ear bleeding and perforated eardrums. The complaint says doctors found no medical reason for the ear injuries, but discovered a piece of […]
The Fond du Lac County Sheriff’s Office says the driver of a semi died after he suffered a medical condition before his semi crashed into a cornfield Wednesday morning. Rescue personnel were called to the scene on East Larson Drive and Hickory Road shortly before 8am. The Fond du Lac County Dispatch Center received a call of a semi that traveled through the stop sign at E. Larson Dr. and Hickory […]
The Fond du Lac County Board has approved a 2015 budget. The board adopted the budget at their meeting Tuesday night with county board supervisors Thomas Schumacher and Dennis Stenz voting against. County executive Al Buechel says the budget includes funding to reinstate county membership into the East Central Regional Plan commission for the first time since 1982. "There are different services that are being provided that our municipalities can't […]
The Fond du Lac County Board has approved a five year capital improvement plan. County Executive Al Buechel says the big ticket item is reconstructing a six mile stretch of County Highway I that runs parallel to Highway 41. "That is the poorest quality road we have in the county right now," Buechel said. "They'll widen the road, increase the shoulders and straighten the curves." Buechel says the CIP also […]
Nobody was injured and one person is in custody following a shooting incident in Fond du lac. Police were called to the area of 427 W. Johnson Street near Taco Bell shortly before midnight Monday night to a report of shots fired in the parking lot of a business. A vehicle matching the description of a suspect vehicle was spotted in the 700 block of Crestview Lane with […]
Fond du Lac police are investigating the death of a 43-year-old Fond du Lac man. Fond du Lac Assistant Police Chief Steve Thiry said investigators do not believe the death is suspicious. Police were called to an apartment at 27 Third St. Monday after friends found the man without a pulse.
Fond du Lac's Lakeshore Elementary School was recently recognized as one of eight schools in Wisconsin to receive a 2014 National Blue Ribbon Award. The Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction nominated Lakeshore School for the National Blue Ribbon School Award. National Blue Ribbon Schools are celebrated for their student and faculty achievements as well as promoting collaborative activities with families. Lakeshore staff represents some of the most skilled and effective […]