A Greendale man involved in an armed stand off in Fond du Lac last week has been charged. Forty nine year old Brian Santistevan made his initial Fond du lac court appearance Monday on charges of disorderly conduct, battery, false imprisonment, threats to injure and strangulation-suffocation. Bail was set ata $4000 cash. Police were called to a residence on Sibley Street last week for a report that a woman and […]
North Fond du Lac School District residents will decide two building referendum questions in April totaling nearly $30 million. The village school board has approved placing the referendum questions on the April ballot. Superintendent Aaron Sadoff says the first question asks voters to spend up to $27 million for partial demolition and renovations at the Early Learning Center, and an addition to include classrooms, a gym and renovations at […]
The Department of Public Works says a portion of West Division Street between Macy Street and Main Street will be closed today. West Division Street will be closed to allow a Contractor to install a water service for fire protection for 15 W. Division Street. Motorists are encouraged to find an alternate route as there will not be a signed detour route.
The Fond du Lac School Board is discussing whether the district should hire its own translators and interpreters. The issue was raised at a recent school board meeting by an interpreter who expressed concern that he was getting paid just $11 an hour. Superintendent Dr. Jim Sebert says the district currently contracts with ManPower Inc. to hire interpreters. "A lot of districts do what we do in contracting out. […]
A Fond du Lac judge has rejected a motion to dismiss first degree murder charges against an over the road trucker from Kenosha. Judge Robert Wirtz issued his oral ruling Monday regarding a motion filed on behalf of Dennis Brantner who is charged in the 1990 death of Berit Beck in Fond du lac County. District attorney Eric Toney says the state […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A group of current and former inmates at Wisconsin's youth prison have filed a federal lawsuit alleging as much as 20 percent of the population is held in solitary confinement and guards needlessly pepper spray prisoners. The American Civil Liberties Union and the Juvenile Law Center filed the lawsuit Monday in Madison on behalf of four current and former inmates at the prison in Irma. The […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — While two Wisconsin state agencies have scrubbed references to climate change from their web sites, the Division of Emergency Management has released new information on global warming and its effects on the state. Wisconsin emergency management officials, in an online post, describe how climate change could generate flooding, drought and forest fires. The information is a departure from how the Department of Natural Resources and state […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Democratic lawmakers have introduced a resolution imploring their Republican colleagues not to restrict abortion access. Sen. Chris Larson of Milwaukee and Rep. Chris Taylor of Madison held a news conference to preemptively respond to expected Republican attempts to limit abortion access. The resolution calls on lawmakers to recognize abortions are an essential part of women's health care and to refrain from imposing burdensome regulations on providers. […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Republican leaders who control the state Assembly are getting behind Gov. Scott Walker's proposed changes to welfare programs. Assembly Speaker Robin Vos says he wants to work with Walker on enacting the proposals released Monday. One thing Walker wants to do is reduce benefits to parents who don't work at least 80 hours a month or meet other requirements to get trained for a job and […]