ANTIGO, Wis. (AP) — A teenager shot and wounded outside his prom at Antigo High School last month is talking about the ordeal that has shaken the small northern Wisconsin community. Eighteen-year-old Collin Cooper says the bullet that struck his leg as he left the prom shattered part of the major bone in his calf. Cooper is back home recovering after seven days in the hospital and three surgeries. The […]
A Fond du lac man has been convicted in connection with an armed robbery of a gas station-convenience store last summer. A Fond du Lac jury found Ronald Loving guilty of party to the crime of armed robbery, possession of a firearm by a felon and theft. A pre-sentence investigation was ordered. Loving was one of three men charged in the robbery of the Highway 151 Mobile gas station near County Highway D last July […]
A former St. Mary’s Springs Academy football player has filed a lawsuit against the Fond du Lac police department claiming his civil rights were violated when an officer conducted a drug search of his car in 2014. The lawsuit filed earlier this year in federal court in Milwaukee claims a police officer told school officials that crumbs found in Jordan Disterhaft’s car tested positive for marijuana, but when tested later at the police station […]
A Fond du Lac man convicted in the heroin overdose death of another Fond du Lac man is going to prison. Fond du lac judge Gary Sharpe sentenced 22 year old Jeffery Hiley to seven years in prison followed by eight years of extended supervision. Hiley earlier pleaded no contest to first degree reckless homicide as a repeat offender. A charge of manufacture-delivery of heroin was dismissed. Assistant police chief Steve Klein says […]
Two Fond du Lac residents have completed their segments in a cross country relay to raise money for multiple sclerosis research. Melissa Schmidt and Carlee Schmitz were participating in the MS Run US…a relay that started in Los Angelas, ending in New York. Melissa Schmidt ran the first leg last month starting at the Pacific Ocean. Carly Schmitz started April 24th in Nevada…finishing this week, more than 240 miles later in Utah. "Pure […]
The Fond du Lac County Highway Commissioner says he believes a Highway 23 expansion project will occur at some point in the future. The project is on hold indefinitely after a federal judge ruled last Friday that the project could still not move forward. Fond du Lac County Highway Commissioner Tom Janke says the argument that traffic counts don’t warrant the project doesn’t make sense to him. "Traffic projections are somewhat ambiguous. If […]
Fond du Lac state representative Jeremy Thiesfeldt says he was disappointed but not surprised that a federal judge continues to hold up a Highway 23 expansion project. Judge Lynn Adelman denied a motion by the state DOT to restart the project to widen Highway 23 to four lanes between Plymouth and Fond du lac. Thiesfeldt says he will encourage the DOT to appeal the judge’s latest ruling. "I don't think judges are inclined to […]
TOWN OF MAPLE GROVE, Wis. (AP) — Federal aviation officials say a pilot has died in the crash of a helicopter in Manitowoc County. The Federal Aviation Administration says the MD-369E chopper crashed near Reedsville Wednesday morning. The Manitowoc County Sheriff's Department says the pilot was the only one on board and was helping install transmission lines. The crash occurred in a remote, swampy area in the Town of Maple […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A Wisconsin appeals court has affirmed a judgment finding a frequent University of Wisconsin System protester guilty of an obstructing an officer while trying to enter a UW-Oshkosh building. According to the ruling, former UW-Stevens Point student Jeff Decker attempted to attend a campus event in May 2014, even though he wasn't permitted on campus. Two police officers intervened, but Decker avoided them and started struggling […]