Month: October 2015

The Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection (DATCP) received a report this week from the New London area regarding transient asphalt contractors looking for work.  Their vehicles have out-of-state plates and their business cards and contracts list an out-of-state address.  All Wisconsin residents should be on the lookout for these transient contractors.  A New London consumer agreed to pay $4,000 by check to the crew for a resurfacing job, […]

An Oshkosh man convicted of robbing a Fond du lac bank is going to prison.    Fond du Lac judge Peter Grimm sentenced 26 year old Maranatha Henderson to 12 years in prison and 15 years extended supervision.  He was also placed on probation for a year to run consecutive to his prison sentence.  Police say Henderson and 35 year old Shafia Jones robbed the Guaranty Bank inside the West Johnson […]

The Dodge County Sheriff's Office has identified the victims of a fatal motor vehicle crash.   The crash happened Wednesday at 7:04 pm, on Sth 73 near the intersection with Concord Road in the Township of Westford, Dodge County, Wisconsin.  Preliminary investigation shows that a farm tractor operated by Terry Neuman, 58 years old, from Randolph, WI) was towing a corn picker and gravity box traveling south on Sth 73.  […]

Habitat for Humanity of Wisconsin has announced a green initiative for the upcoming holiday season. Habitat ReStores throughout the state of Wisconsin, including the Fond du Lac ReStore (65 W. Scott Street) will be accepting non-working or no longer needed holiday lights throughout the holiday season.  “Don’t throw those old strings of lights away, donate them to our ReStore,” said Paul Osterholm, Executive Director.  “We’ll recycle them and use the […]

The Department of Public Works would like to inform motorists of the closure of Military Road between 9th Street and Hickory Street.  The closure will begin Monday, October 26th and remain closed 3 to 5 days.  The street will be closed to allow the railroad to make repairs to the railroad crossing and approaches on Military Road. Local traffic to businesses and schools will be allowed.  Motorists are encouraged to find […]

The Gottfried Prairie and Arboretum presents a family friendly, luminary Halloween Hike on October 24th from 7 pm to 9 pm at the UW Fond du Lac campus, 400 University Drive, Fond du Lac.    This year’s theme is What a Meal.  Come and learn from five friendly characters talking about how they help the environment by what they eat:  Monarch Butterfly, Brown Bat, Great Horn Owl, Coyote, and Prairie […]

The Fond du Lac city council vice president says he wishes a former Fond du Lac Management Information Systems director would directly apologize to the city for his role in a fraudulent invoicing scheme.  Former MIS director Mark Beveridge and three others were convicted of stealing more than $200,000 from taxpayers to purchase mostly electronic equipment for personal use.  In an interview with WFDL news this week Beveridge said he […]

The case of the former Fond du Lac Management Information Systems Director convicted in a fraudulent invoicing scheme is coming to an end.    At a hearing in Fond du lac County Circuit Court Fond du Lac judge Peter Grimm ordered probation for Mark Beveridge will end November 11th  after Beveridge agreed to pay the city of Fond du Lac the remaining  nearly $36,450  owed in restitution.   Beveridge spent more […]

The ex-girlfriend of a Fond du lac man convicted of burning down his bowling alley is being released from probation.  At a hearing this week Fond du lac judge Peter Grimm ordered a civil judgement for Linda Stiller-Devoe.  Her probation will end November first.  Her probation agent told the court he has no worries of any future criminal behavior and says Stiller-Devoe has made efforts to pay restitution.  Stiller-Devoe was […]