A Fond du Lac apartment complex and business were evacuated following a gas leak in the area Monday. Firefighters were called to the scene on Western Avenue and Brooke Street shortly before 2:30pm Monday where it appears construction crews may have accidentally struck a one inch gas line. Alliant Energy was called to repair the leak. An apartment complex and the Cars R Us business was evacuated as a precaution.
The University of Wisconsin-Fond du Lac is hosting a series of “Monday Memory” conversations during the fall semester. The public is invited to learn more about the history of the campus from people with unique insights into some special campus programs or memories. The next Monday Memory will be 12:45-1:15 p.m. on Monday, Oct. 12, in the UW-Fond du Lac Library with Tom Clausen, retired information technology director. Clausen will […]
Fond du Lac High School (FHS) Senior Carver Nolan, public relations leader for the 2015-16 Cardinal’s Nest, presents a $300 check to Harper Mruk, Director of Development, and Brian Shaver, Special Olympics Coordinator from The ARC of Fond du Lac at Ledgeview Lanes. The donation is being shared by The ARC Fond du Lac and the special needs program at FHS to support recreational bowling activities for its members and […]
On 09-25-15 at 3:18pm, the Dodge County Sheriff’s Office responded to a motor vehicle crash on US 151 at the intersection with Oakwood Road, in the Township of Trenton, Dodge County, Wisconsin. Preliminary investigation shows that a 1991 Dodge Spirit (operated by Orville Kemink, 78 years old, from Brandon, WI) was facing west in the median cross over on US 151 at Oakwood Road. The Dodge conducted a left/south turn […]
A Fond du Lac middle school student committed to the Lincoln Hills School for Boys for setting fire to a Fond du Lac business was questioned by police about the arson fire that destroyed a former convent. The 14 year old boy was recently adjudicated in Juvenile Court on a charge of arson. Division Chief of Fire Prevention Troy Haase says the boy broke into Boudry Electric where he set multiple […]
A Fond du Lac man accused of providing drugs to two boys and sexually assaulting them has been charged. James Rasmussen made his initial Fond du Lac court appearance Wednesday on charges of first degree sexual assault of a child, exposing genitals to a child, and three counts of delivery of marijuana. Judge Peter Grimm set bail at $100,000 cash. One of the alleged victims was 11 years old. […]
A Fond du Lac man accused of threatening an ex girlfriend with a gun at a nail salon is out of jail after his bond was lowered. At a bail bond hearing Friday reserve Judge Donald Poppy agreed to lower cash bail for 19 old Jerry Yang from $25,000 to $5000 cash. Yang was earlier bound over for trial on charages of recklessly endangering safety, carrying a concealed weapon without […]
MILWAUKEE (AP) — The FBI in Milwaukee says a phone scam is primarily targeting college students in Wisconsin. The FBI says it has received a number of calls from students or their parents complaining of the scam from someone who claims to be representing the federal government. The caller threatens to arrest them if they fail to pay thousands of dollars. The threats are over delinquent taxes, student loans or […]
Moraine Park Technical College has become the first technical college in the U.S. to achieve Fair Trade status. The designation was granted by Fair Trade Colleges & Universities USA this past summer and will be celebrated during Fair Trade month in October. “The College’s mission is to prepare students for success in a diverse and globally connected world,” said Bonnie Baerwald, Moraine Park president. “Our interest and designation as a […]