Month: March 2016

A  Milwaukee woman has been charged in connection with a heroin overdose death in Fond du Lac County.  Twenty three year old Angelique Kannenberg made her initial Fond du Lac Court appearance Friday on a charge of  first degree reckless homicide.    Fond du Lac judge Richard Nuss ordered $100,000 cash bond.  A preliminary hearing is scheduled for March 18th.   Kannenberg is accused of supplying the heroin that led to the death of Joshua Wille at a […]

A Berlin man will serve more time in prison for a crime spree through Green Lake, Fond du Lac and Dodge Counties which included stealing multiple vehicles and car chases with authorities. Dodge County Circuit Court Judge Brian Pfitzinger sentenced 19 year old Maxwell Decker to 6 years in prison and 5 years extended supervision  In November, Decker pleaded no contest to charges of burglary-arm self with a dangerous weapon, […]

A Berlin woman faces embezzlement charges after being accused of stealing more than $30,000 from the Berlin Area School District. Berlin Police Chief Kevin Block says the investigation began in the summer of 2015 after auditors for the school district found money missing from some accounts at Clay Lamberton Elementary School in Berlin. Block says the employee who handled those accounts, later identified as 42-year-old Torry D. Putzke, was placed on […]

MILWAUKEE (AP) — Former baseball player Pete Rose's bobblehead is being inducted into Milwaukee's National Bobblehead Hall of Fame and Museum.  The organization said Friday that Rose's bobblehead will be its first inductee. Co-founder and CEO Phil Sklar says Rose was picked for the inaugural induction ceremony after an online poll. A ceremony is being held April 23rd at the Pabst Theater in Milwaukee. Some the organization's bobbleheads are on […]

Friday, Congressman Glenn Grothman (R-Glenbeulah) issued the following statement endorsing Senator Ted Cruz for President. “Throughout the past several months I have received many inquiries about who I am going to vote for in the April 5th Republican primary.  I have decided to vote for Senator Ted Cruz of Texas.  At this time in our nation’s history we need someone who can be counted on as a solid conservative and […]

Beaver Dam Community Hospital will be holding a blood drive for the Blood Center of Wisconsin on Friday, April 1 from 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. in BDCH’s first-floor conference rooms. The Blood Center supplies all blood needed by patients at all Dodge County Hospitals.  All who attempt to donate will receive a pass for up to four people to Mt. Olympus Water Park in Wisconsin Dells.  Appointments can be […]

A Dodge County Circuit judge has ordered a convicted violent sex offender to be placed in a Reeseville residence despite objections from law enforcement.  At a review hearing Thursday Judge Joseph Sciascia ordered that Robert Larson Jr. be placed at the residence on Neueberger Road.   Sheriff Dale Schmidt says his concern is that 14 children live in homes within 1500 to 2000 feet of the residence and eight additional children visit the homes regularly. […]

Construction is expected to begin this summer on connecting a citywide bicycle loop through Lakeside Park.    Fond du Lac Public Works director Jordan Skiff says two major segments are expected to be completed this summer.  Skiff says construction will start at the existing bike trail near Harborview Drive and Doty Street, extending north into the park.  Skiff says the second leg will go along the Lake Winnebago shoreline to the lighthouse.

The chairman of the Fond du lac Area Association of Commerce executive committee  is thanking retired Association president Joe Reitemeyer for his years of  service and says the committee may conduct a national search for a replacement.  Joe Reitemeyer announced this week he was retiring for personal reasons after 30 years as president.  Executive Committee chairman, Tom Schneider,  says Reitemeyer provided outstanding leadership during his years on the job.   Schneider says the first step […]