For many police officers and Fond du Lac residents it may seem hard to believe that four years have passed since a Fond du Lac police officer was gunned down in the line of duty. Officer Craig Birkholz was shot and killed while responding to a high risk domestic incident March 20th 2011. Police chief Bill Lamb says Birkholz arrived at the scene near Division Street and Lincoln Avenue shortly […]
A Beaver Dam man who robbed a gas station and convenience store is going to prison. Dodge County Circuit judge Joseph Sciascia sentenced 23 year old Zack Turck, to 12 years in prison and 23 years extended supervision for the June 2014 armed robbery of Coyote Liquor Store in Beaver Dam. According to a criminal complaint Turck entered the store and pointed a handgun at the clerk and demanded money […]
A Fond du Lac woman convicted for her role in a robbery at the Adelaide Park skateboard park more than two years ago has been placed on probation. At a hearing Friday Fond du lac judge Dale English withheld sentence and placed Cheyenne Steffen on probation for a year and a half. Steffen was convicted of party to the crime of armed robbery. Investigators says Steffen was the driver of […]
A Waupun man accused of beating a pregnant woman has been bound over for trial. At a hearing Friday 21 year old Zachary Disbrow entered pleas of not guilty to charges of false imprisonment, misdemeanor battery and disorderly conduct, all with a domestic abuse penalty enhancer. Waupun police were called to a Fond du Lac Street apartment on Jan. 19 for a report of a domestic abuse incident. According to […]
PORT WASHINGTON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin prosecutors want to introduce evidence showing the actor who played Screech in the 1990s TV show "Saved by the Bell" threatened to stab someone in one bar before he allegedly stabbed another person at a different bar Christmas Day. Dustin Diamond pleaded not guilty in January to charges stemming from a scuffle at a Port Washington bar. The claim that Diamond threatened a patron […]
A West Virginia man accused of violently spanking a Waupun toddler has been charged. Twenty two year old William Streets is charged in Dodge County Circuit Court with physical abuse of a child-intentionally causing bodily harm and obstructing an officer. According to a criminal complaint a worker at The Wee Care Day Care Center in Waupun reported the alleged abuse to the Dodge County Department of Social Services a little […]
PULASKI, Wis. (AP) — Del Monte Foods is closing food processing plants in Pulaski and Oconto Falls soon after acquiring the company that owned them. Forty full-time jobs will be lost, along with 200 seasonal positions. The plants process and store corn, green beans and peas. Del Monte acquired their owner, Sager Creek Vegetable Co., earlier this month. Del Monte said in a statement the decision was difficult but would […]
The following high school seniors are the 2014-15 recipients of Fond du Lac High School’s Academic Excellence Scholarships. These scholarships are awarded to students based on their cumulative grade point average (GPA) and their future plans to attend a state of Wisconsin public or private institution. The Higher Education Aids Board (HEAB) in partnership with the college the scholarship recipient is attending funds these scholarships, valued at $2,250 per year […]
March 21, 2015 5K Run/Walk to Benefit the Fond du Lac Police K-9 Unit 7:30 am * Registration 9:00 am * Start 5K Run/Walk 10:15 am * Kids Fun Run Where: Marian University Sadoff Gymnasium 45 S. National Avenue Fond du Lac Website Link for More Information