Month: January 2016

The filing deadline has been extended for a Fond du Lac county board seat where the incumbent failed to collect the necessary signatures to file nomination papers.  The deadline has been extended to 5pm Friday in District 16 because supervisor Martin Schroeder did not file non-candidacy status.  Schroeder turned in his papers late Tuesday afternoon…but did not have enough valid signatures because some of the people who signed were from outside his district.  Tom Wendt also did […]

A Fond du Lac man is in custody after he was stabbed during a domestic incident this week.  Assistant police chief Steve Klein says officers were called to a Martin Avenue apartment complex for a report of a physical confrontation between a man and woman.  "Apparently the 35 year old Fond du Lac man went after the female and was punching her.  She was able to grab a steak knife and ended up […]

The Fond du Lac County Sheriff’s Office is looking for a suspect in connection with a burglary at a Campbellsport business.   Sheriff’s lieutenant Cameron McGee says the Ben Franklin True Value Hardware store was burglarized sometime on January 3rd. McGee says investigators developed a suspect during an investigation of a suspicious vehicle complaint and tracked the vehicles’ owner to Jefferson County where they discovered at least some of the stolen items at his home…and a […]

A bold musician walked into Mike’s Music in Fond du Lac Wednesday, practiced on some of the instruments,  and then quickly grabbed two high-priced guitars and fled.  Store owner Dan Gilgenbach says the thief stole a Fender Telecaster and handmade Breedlove acoustic guitar before getting into a car parked outside with the engine running and fled the scene.   The car had Illinois license plates.  Gilgenbach says a store employee tried to chase the suspect but it […]

Fond du Lac County officials are reviewing possible modifications to an intersection near St. Mary’s Springs Academy.  At the request of the school, the Fond du Lac County Highway committee will discuss proposed changes to the intersection at County Highway K and Highway 23.   Highway Commissioner Tom Jahnke says the school made the request anticipating increased traffic when a school expansion project is completed this year.  "It still would allow for normal movements.  For vehicles […]

The Fond du lac County Public Health Officer says its still not too late to get a flu shot.  Kim Mueller says The flu season is expected to peak in the next few weeks.  Mueller says so far its been a relatively mild flu season.  She says there is plenty of flu vaccine to go around.

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A Democratic state senator has crafted a package of bills he says are designed to increase safety at Wisconsin prisons in the wake of an investigation into alleged abuse at the state's juvenile prison.  Sen. Jon Erpenbach said in a news release Wednesday that the bills call for four weeks of on-the-job training for new recruits and training for correctional officers who dispense medicine.  They also […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Governor Scott Walker wants Wisconsin's attorney general to challenge President Barack Obama's gun control plan. Walker said in a statement Wednesday that he believes Obama overstepped his authority when he announced an executive action to expand mandatory background checks to gun shows, flea markets and online sales. Attorney General Brad Schimel issued a statement saying he's asked his attorneys to review Obama's order and he will […]

TOMAH, Wis. (AP) — Police at the Tomah Veterans Administration Medical Center are investigating allegations that a mental health counselor sexually assaulted patients in the hospital's psychiatric unit. The 47-year-old man was arrested Monday by the Tomah VA police and booked into jail.  He was released on a signature bond Tuesday and is expected to be charged next week.