Month: April 2015

Mercury Marine and Major League Fishing have teamed up to offer 30 fishing enthusiasts an “Ultimate Dream” weekend Oct. 9-12. The winners of the Major League Fishing Ultimate Dream Sweepstakes will receive roundtrip airfare to Orlando, Florida, three nights’ hotel accommodations near Orlando, meals, a guided half-day of fishing with an elite pro angler, swag from Major League Fishing, a $250 Bass Pro Shops gift card and the ability to […]

Fond du Lac area private and public elementary schools students are invited to get creative and help clean up our planet, by competing in the Mercury Marine Recycling Challenge starting Earth Day, April 22, 2015. Schools participating in the challenge will paint a mural or design, on a 55 gallon recyclable container to collect materials such as glass, plastic, aluminum, cardboard and paper at Walleye Weekend. Students are encouraged to […]

The FHS Forensics team enjoying their second place win at Hortonville High School in February. Pictured L to R - Olivia Salm, Gwen Salm, Anne Wilhelms, Brianna Burgess (front) Dominic Rosado, Bailey Darling, Tyra Mueller, Alma Enciso, Hunter LoBianco (front) and Sydney Loomans On Sunday, March 15, the Fond du Lac High School (FHS) Forensics team attended the National Catholic Forensics League (NCFL) qualifying tournament.  Competitors that participate in the […]

A BBQ grill that tipped over in high winds apparently started  a fire on a second floor deck of a Fond du Lac duplex.  Firefighters were called to the residence at 225 North Park Avenue  shortly after 10pm last night and quickly extinguished the fire.   Fire chief Pete O’Leary says its against the law to use any flame producing device on balconies or decks in multi-tennant spaces.

A man and woman from Oshkosh have been arrested in connection with a robbery at the Guaranty Bank in Fond du Lac last month.  The Guaranty Bank inside the West Johnson Street Pick N Save store was robbed on Sunday March 15th and assistant police chief Steve Klein says the suspects, a 26 year old man and 35 year old woman,  were arrested Tuesday night in Oshkosh.  Klein says the […]

Additional charges have been filed against a  former assistant special education teacher at Horace Mann High School in North Fond du Lac accused of sexually assaulting a special education student.  In addition to seven counts of sexual assault of a student by school staff,  an amended complaint includes seven counts of child enticement.  At an arraignment hearing Wednesday 45 year old Dominic Carmona pleaded not guilty to all 14 counts. […]

Three Fond du Lac police officers have received promotions.  Fond du Lac assistant police chief Steve Klein says Jason Laridaen has been promoted to captain, Corby Gross will be lieutenant and Nick Hahn has been promoted to detective.   The promotions are subject to Police and Fire Commission approval.

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Republican lawmakers who support eliminating requirements that public works contractors be paid a prevailing wage say they may add the measure to Gov. Scott Walker's state budget. Rep. Rob Hutton, a Brookfield Republican, says Republican leadership in each chamber is discussing whether the bill should go through a public hearing process or be rolled into the governor's budget.  Wisconsin law says workers on state or local […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — State education officials say more Wisconsin high school graduates are taking Advanced Placement exams and earning scores high enough for college credit.  The Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction's annual report on AP exam participation shows 34 percent of graduating seniors in 2014 took at least one exam. That's up from 19 percent of graduates a decade ago.  Twenty-four percent of those taking the exam from the […]