A Dodge County judge has rescinded an earlier order that placed a convicted child sex offender at a home in the Dodge County town of Leroy. Following a hearing Monday Judge Joseph Sciascia rescinded the order that placed Robert Larson on supervised release and ordered his return to the Sand Ridge Secure Treatment facility. Dodge County Sheriff Dale Schmidt is pleased with the ruling. Schmidt says Monday’s hearing was held […]
Bail has been set at $500,000 for an Oshkosh man accused of sexually assaulting four children when he lived in Ripon in the 1990s. Chris Ziemer made his initial Fond du Lac court appearance on four counts of repeated sexual assault of a child and one count of sexual assault of a child younger than 13. According to a criminal complaint two of the alleged victims are Ziemer’s nieces. All […]
A Fitchburg teen accused of shooting an employee at the Fleet Farm store in Beaver Dam has made his initial Dodge County Circuit Court appearance. Bail was set at 250 thousand dollars cash on Friday for 17 year old Jared Spencer. He’s facing charges that include attempted first degree intetentional homicide, first degree reckless injury, aggravated battery, first degree recklessly endangering safety- all with a use of a dangerous weapon […]
OSHKOSH, Wis. (AP) — The state's troubled job creation agency's board has approved hiring a national consultant to review its operations. The Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation's board voted unanimously during a meeting Monday at Fox Valley Technical College in Oshkosh to hire The Council for Regional Economic Competitiveness to review the agency's mission, goals, structure and procedures. The vote authorized a $175,000 contract for the organization. According to WEDC, the […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Wisconsin state Assembly plans to vote next week on a public financing deal to pay for a new Milwaukee Bucks arena. Assembly Majority Leader Jim Steineke said Monday that the Assembly will be in session on July 28 to debate the bill. The Senate passed the measure last week on a bipartisan 21-10 vote. Under the bill, the public would spend $250 million initially with […]
OSHKOSH, Wis. (AP) — Republican Gov. Scott Walker has signed a bill that gives state troopers a 6 percent raise. The governor signed the measure at Fox Valley Technical College in Oshkosh on Monday morning. Troopers haven't had a pay raise since 2009. In exchange for the raise, the bill calls for troopers to pay substantially more for their health insurance each month, with rates ranging from a few dozen […]
GRAND CHUTE, Wis. (AP) — Fox Valley Technical College is taking part in a worldwide project that uses a 3-D printer to create mechanical, prosthetic hands. The college's Fab Lab Club signed on to the e-Nable project last fall. Students completed work on a plastic hand for a 6-year-old girl this spring and will start a new project in the fall. The project's website connects volunteers to people seeking prosthetic […]
Several construction projects are underway or nearing completion in Fond du lac. Community Development Director Dyann Benson says after a brief lag in construction the Hampton Inn project is almost done. The Meadows Senior apartment complex on Rolling Meadows Drive is anticipated to be completed by the end of the year; and the contractor is setting roof trusses on the Mercury Marine expansion project.
ST. ANDREWS, Scotland (AP) — Jordan Spieth amazing bid for a Grand Slam was stopped Monday by Zach Johnson, no longer just a normal guy from Iowa. Johnson captured his second major at the home of golf, winning the British Open in a playoff over Louis Oosthuizen and Marc Leishman that capped off a wild five days at St. Andrews and a finish that won't soon be forgotten. Most of […]