Month: December 2015

Fond du Lac police had to use a Taser before taking a Fond du Lac woman into custody following an alcohol related crash last week.   Twenty three year old Michelle Wescher is charged with discharging bodily fluids at a police officer, disorderly conduct, resisting arrest and bail jumping.   Police and rescue personnel were called to the scene near the intersection of 5th and Main Streets shortly before 6:30pm last Wednesday evening.   Police captain Jon […]

The Fond du Lac County Sheriff’s Office is cracking down on drunken drivers.              The Sheriff’s Office OWI Task Force will join other law enforcement agencies                 throughout Wisconsin participating in the “Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over”                    national campaign through Jan. 3rd.    The Sheriff’s Office says choose a sober designated driver […]

Unemployment rates rose across most of Wisconsin's largest cities in November including Fond du lac.  Preliminary data the state Department of Workforce Development released Wednesday shows unemployment rates in 29 of the state's 32 biggest cities increased from October.   The city of Fond du Lac’s jobless rate inched up two tenths of a percent to 3.5 percent. The lowest unemployment rate was 2.9 percent in Fitchburg, Madison and Sun Prairie. […]

AAA projects the number of year-end holiday travelers will top 100 million for the first time on record. Nearly one in three Americans will take a trip this holiday season, with 100.5 million expected to journey 50 miles or more from home. This represents a 1.4 percent increase over last year and the seventh consecutive year of year-end holiday travel growth. Locally, over 2 million Wisconsin residents will make a […]

Hundreds of Fond du Lac residents without family or friends to spend Christmas Day with will sit down to a nice Christmas dinner thanks to the generosity of Fond du Lac residents.   The 15th annual Fond du Lac Community Christmas dinner will be held Christmas Day at the Eagles Hall on North Park Avenue.  Nancy Elliman plays the piano during the event which is open to anyone who is alone, unable to prepare a meal […]

A Fond du lac business is stepping up to the plate offering a matching donation in an effort to help the Fond du Lac Salvation Army Red Kettle campaign reach its goal.  This year’s $150,000 Red Kettle goal has been threatened by unseasonably warm weather.  West Shore Group owner, Bill Mongin, is challenging community businesses, organizations and shoppers to donate to the Red Kettles on Christmas Eve, the last day the Kettle Campaign, […]

The very first week of the new year there is a soiree being held at Thelma Sadoff Center for the Arts. This event will be free and open to the public.  This past May, the Producers of the Around the Corner with John McGivern TV show spent a week in our area shooting a Fond du Lac edition of this popular PBS program. It is the show’s tradition to screen the show […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The state Supreme Court has suspended the lawyer who defended serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer for two months over a series of ethics violations.  The Office of Lawyer Regulation alleged six counts of misconduct against Gerald Boyle. Five of the counts stem from a case in which a client hired Boyle to help recover money spent on John Lennon memorabilia he suspected was fake. The OLR alleged […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Two lawmakers are seeking support for a bipartisan effort that would make it a felony to defraud the Wisconsin Economic Development Corp. The bill by Republican Rep. Samantha Kerkman and Democratic Sen. Dave Hansen comes after reports that the state's job creation agency gave taxpayer loans to at least two companies that gave false statements on their applications.  Under the bill, defrauding the agency would be […]