Month: December 2015

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The prosecutor who put Steven Avery in prison for killing a young photographer says a Netflix documentary on the case is slanted toward the defense.  Filmmakers Laura Ricciardi and Moira Demos produced the 10-part "Making a Murderer" series chronicling how Avery was convicted of killing Teresa Halbach in Manitowoc County in 2005. Avery's attorneys suggest throughout the series that police wanted to frame his client.   Ken […]

MILWAUKEE (AP) — The pioneering Hoard's Dairyman Farm is encountering manure problems and has agreed to drain a 5 million gallon lagoon in hopes of keeping the animal waste from leaking into groundwater.  It's the latest development in a longstanding struggle by the farm to keep its manure from infiltrating the water table beneath a football field-sized concrete containment system.  The farm is just outside Fort Atkinson in Jefferson County. […]

LA CROSSE, Wis. (AP) — A team of Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources staffers have netted a massive walleye in a Jackson County lake.  Biologist Daniel Hatleli and fish technicians Brad Betthauser and Eric Kramer captured and released the whopper in Lake Wazee on December 16th while they were out conducting a sampling survey.  They snapped a photo and recorded the fish at 17.5 pounds and more than 32-inches long. […]

The Fond du Lac Police Department has been notified of a change of address for Allen L. Sabel. Sabel was previously released from prison and had been residing at 457 Thomas Street. Effective January 4, 2016, he will no longer be residing at 457 Thomas Street. As of the date of this release, Sabel does not have an approved residence. Sabel was convicted of Repeated Sexual Assault of the Same […]

Traffic was tied up for a while on Highway 41 following a one vehicle crash Christmas Day.  The crash happened  shortly before 10am Friday on southbound 41 near County Highway OO near North Fond du Lac.  Nobody was injured when a car blew a tire, went through the median, and was blocking both lanes of traffic.   The Fond du Lac County Sheriff’s Office says the driver is a convicted felony drug offender and fled the scene […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A University of Wisconsin System task force has finalized new tenure rules.  The task force wrapped up work Wednesday. The task force is expected to forward the policy to the Board of Regents' education committee by February. The full board is expected to vote on the plan in March.  Under the new rules, faculty members could be laid off for financial reasons or if academic programs […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — An atheist group is questioning whether a Republican legislator improperly used state resources to produce a Christmas greeting video in which he appears to encourage people to become Christians.  Representative Scott Allen of Waukesha posted a video on the Wisconsin Assembly GOP's You Tube channel on Dec. 18. In the video he invites anyone who isn't Christian to "consider the hope offered by the Prince of […]

The Foundation for Ripon Medical Center has received one of its largest gifts from a single donor as Judy DeWar, of Ripon, presents an estate gift of more than $246,000 on behalf of her cousin - Ruth Birge - to Katherine Vergos, Ripon Medical Center chief operating officer, and Dr. Jean Johnson, Foundation of Ripon Medical Center Board of Directors president.  The estate gift was designated for The Foundation for […]

In observance of the New Year’s holidays and in accordance with Fond du Lac County’s holiday schedule, the county offices in the City/County Government Center, the Department of Social Services, the Veterans Service Office and the Department of Community Programs will be closed all day on January 1, 2016.  On December 31, the offices in the City/County Government Center will close at noon.  Other offices listed above will be closed […]