Month: April 2016

A Ripon man is going to prison time after robbing an Oshkosh convenience store.  Forty five year-old William M. Vessell was sentenced in Winnebago County Circuit Court to three years in prison and five years extended supervision after he was convicted of theft.  He was originally charged with armed robbery.  According to a criminal complaint, on January 3rd Vessell demanded money from the clerk at an Oshkosh Kwik Trip store.   Police […]

Brandon Meats and Sausage has been recognized at a statewide competition honoring different kinds of meats.  The contest, hosted by the Wisconsin Association of Meat Processors, is the largest of its kind in the U.S. with almost 1,000 varieties of meat entered.  Forty judges and meat processors from the state and country judged 36 different kinds of meat.  Brandon Meats won first place for its bacon and chicken fiesta sausages, while […]

Nobody was injured in a fire that damaged a Fond du lac duplex over the weekend. Shortly before 3am Sunday firefighters were called to 29-31 N. National Ave to find a fire on the rear of the 2nd floor deck which extended inside the structure.   Both residents were able to escape the duplex.  The fire was quickly extinguished but not before it caused some structural damage and moderate smoke damage throughout. […]

A Milwaukee man is in custody following an armed robbery in the Fox Valley and subsequent chase with law enforcement on Interstate 41.   Grand Chute police were called shortly before 10:30 Friday night to a report that an Appleton man had been robbed at gunpoint.  A few minutes later Neenah police spotted the suspect’s vehicle on Interstate 41 and a chase ensued, ending when the vehicle hit stop sticks that had been placed on […]

A Madison man convicted in a shooting incident in Dodge County has been placed on probation.  Dodge County Circuit judge, John Stork, ordered an imposed and stayed seven year prison sentence for 22 year old Anthony McCaskill.  The judge ordered five years probation with a conditional year and three months in the county jail.  McCaskill was convicted of  Discharging a Firearm from a Vehicle, Endangering Safety by Reckless Use of a Firearm and misdemeanor Carrying […]

The Fond du lac Fire Department is recognizing outstanding achievements from the past year.  Brian Vahsholtz received the 2015 Fire Fighter of the Year award for his work covering numerous fields in the department.  Phillip Seibel and Brian Westby received the paramedic of the year award for providing life support measures to a fatally injured State Trooper Trevor Casper on March 24, 2015.  Casper was shot and killed by a bank robbery suspect, but not before Casper […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A Wisconsin court has struck down the state's right-to-work law, calling it unconstitutional. The ruling was issued Friday in a lawsuit filed by local unions. Wisconsin Attorney General Brad Schimel promised to appeal the order. The lawsuit argues that the law is an unconstitutional seizure of union property because it requires unions to extend benefits to workers who don't pay dues.

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Governor Scott Walker has announced the creation of nine new positions at the state Department of Health Services to combat a rare bloodstream infection. There have been 57 confirmed cases of the Elizabethkingia bloodstream infection in Wisconsin, more than any other state. Eighteen people who have been diagnosed with the infection have died in Wisconsin.

Six area students were recognized by the Herb Kohl Educational Foundation at an awards luncheon Sunday.  The awards honor the achievements of students and educators who are receiving foundation awards.  Madeline McGauley, from Beaver Dam High School, Samuel Meier, at Fond du Lac High School, and Serena Pritchard, from Waupun Central Wisconsin Christian School are Excellence Scholars winners. Taylor Carpenter from North Fond du Lac Horace Mann High School, Brandon Castillo, Beaver Dam Don Smith […]