HONOLULU (AP) — A police report says Green Bay Packers defensive lineman Letroy Guion smelled of alcohol and marijuana, stumbled and spoke with slurred speech when he was arrested in Hawaii for intoxicated driving. Arrest records obtained by The Associated Press Thursday shows his blood alcohol level was 0.086 percent after he was arrested in Waikiki on June 21. The records say he told an officer it was his birthday […]
One of two Fond du Lac residents accused of leaving a harness on their pet dog for so long it became embedded in the animal’s body has been placed on probation. Fond du Lac judge Peter Grimm ordered 42 year old Amy Shaw spend five days in jail followed by two years probation. Shaw was also ordered to perform 30 hours of community service. Shaw pleaded no contest to party […]
Zach Berndt was selected as Marian University's Veteran of the Month for June. Berndt has served in the Army National Guard for the past 10 years. During his service, Berndt has taken every opportunity to serve his country, including attending trainings and schools, and was deployed to Afghanistan. Berndt strives to live the Army core values every day, and brings that passion throughout his job and his role as husband and father to his wife, Aymee, and four […]
Fond du lac's Thelma Sadoff Center for the Arts executive director Kevin Miller is leaving. Miller has accepted an offer to become the first executive director of the Confluence Arts Center in Eau Claire. Miller has been the executive director of Thelma for 10 years, leading a nearly $8 million expansion/renovation project, and rebranding effort. Miller also chairs the Wisconsin Arts Board. A search committee has been established to […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Wisconsin Supreme Court has determined that a meeting closed to the public by the Appleton school district should have been open, a major victory for advocates of the state's open meetings law. The court ruled unanimously in the closely watched case Thursday. Open government advocates had warned that an adverse ruling could have provided a means for school boards and others to get around public […]
Bail was set at $200 cash for a Fond du Lac woman accused of starting a shed on fire behind St. Paul’s Cathedral. Thirty two year old Lisa Bindert is charged with negligent handling of burning material, as a repeat offender. She was arrested Sunday afternoon after a shed fire broke out at 84 W. Division St. According to a criminal complaint witnesses told police Bindert poured what looked like lighter fluid […]
Fond du Lac residents were startled Wednesday night when a couple tornado sirens sounded. Emergency management Director Bobbi Hicken says there was no tornado warning and the city electrician will examine the sirens to see why there was a malfunction. "When I did hear the sirens I was actually at home and so I called dispatch right away. They were not aware the sirens had started," Hicken told WFDL news. […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Wisconsin state chamber of commerce is coming out strongly against raising taxes on heavy trucks to help pay for roads. Wisconsin Manufacturers and Commerce lobbyist Scott Manley said Wednesday that the tax increase is "anti-business and anti-consumer." Lawmakers have been discussing a new tax on large trucks that would raise about $135 million a year. Republican Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald says senators have many […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A faculty group wants lawmakers to remove language from the state budget prohibiting the University of Wisconsin System regents from imposing strict qualifications for top administrative positions. The Legislature's budget committee added budget provisions in May blocking regents from adopting policies requiring them to consider only faculty or people with tenure or terminal degrees for system president, chancellor and vice chancellor positions. The regents currently don't […]