SHEBOYGAN, Wis. (AP) — A Sheboygan man has been sentenced to four years in prison for selling heroin that resulted in an overdose death. Twenty-three-year-old Taylor Shannon will also spend six years on supervision for first-degree reckless homicide. Thirty-year-old Kael Klassen died of an overdose last April in Sheboygan. Detectives say they found numerous texts on Klassen's phone from a phone number belonging to Shannon. Klassen had just returned […]
Mercury Marine, the world leader in commercial and recreational marine propulsion and technology, has been named one of America’s Best 500 Employers for 2015 by Forbes Magazine. The global marine manufacturer ranked No. 82 on the list announced by Forbes in partnership with Statista.com. “We are honored to be recognized on the Forbes list of America’s Best Employers,” said John Pfeifer, Mercury Marine president. “It is a real tribute […]
Fond du Lac STEM ‘s Odyssey of the Mind (OotM) team was awarded the Ranatra Fusca Creativity Award in Madison on March 21 and invited to the World Finals at Michigan State University. The team of (front L-R) Sophie Schmidt and Eleanor Sitter; (second row) Miles Dennis, Jared Ott, Alexis Lord (middle), Mason McGrath, and Louis Wagner-Lang concluded months of hard work and dedication by becoming Wisconsin’s latest Ranatra winners […]
Fond du Lac High School STAAND members, (from left) Cassidy Kahl, Rachel Zahradnik, and Rhiannon Klabunde, take a photo with Botanicals Floral studio owner, Patrick Creed The Fond du Lac High School group, Students Taking Action Against Negative Decisions (STAAND) is highlighting the month of April, recognized as Alcohol Awareness month, by spreading the message of their current campaign of “Driver Been Drinking? Refuse the Ride!” to reduce the number […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The English language arts portion of the Badger Exam that was scheduled to be given to students in grades 3-8 across Wisconsin as soon as Monday has been delayed by two weeks. The state Department of Public Instruction said Thursday that the company contracted to provide the online test notified the state on Wednesday that it could not deliver the exam as promised by Monday. State […]
KIEL, Wis. (AP) — Funeral services are scheduled for a Wisconsin state trooper killed in a shootout with a bank robbery suspect. Trooper Trevor Casper will be remembered at a funeral Sunday at his alma mater, Kiel (keel) High School. The service begins at 5 p.m. and is open to the public. A private burial will be held Monday at Saints Peter and Paul Catholic Cemetery in Kiel. Governor Scott […]
Fond du Lac police are continuing their investigation into the Hometown Bank robbery this week but have not been able to link a shooting suspect with the robbery. The robbery occurred shortly before 4:30pm Tuesday, about an hour before the shooting across West Johnson Street near Pick N Save. Authorities say Steven Snyder was responsible for a bank robbery and murder In Marinette County that afternoon, and the shooting death […]
As the investigation into this week’s fatal shooting of a state patrol trooper continues…members of the Fond du Lac police department are dealing with another loss of a fellow officer. Just four days before the shooting Fond du Lac police gathered at the Hamilton Park police memorial to mark the 4 year anniversary of the shooting incident that claimed the life of police officer Craig Birkholz. Fond du Lac police […]
A state patrol captain in the Fond du Lac district office says a rookie trooper’s heroic actions this week may have saved other innocent lives. Trooper Trevor Casper was shot and killed in an exchange of gunfire in the parking lot of the Forest Plaza strip mall, but not before the trooper fatally shot the suspect. State patrol captain Tony Burrell says the trooper followed the suspect’s vehicle into the […]