Eight former standout athletes are being inducted this weekend into the Fond du Lac High School Athletic Hall of Fame. The late Stan Gores is the first posthumus inductee. Gores was a 1940 Fond du Lac High School graduate and longtime Fond du Lac Reporter sports editor. Gores’ son, Paul, says his dad was the first Fond du Lac High School basketball player to earn four letters. "He was kind […]
The Fond du Lac Police Department has been notified that Benjamin D. Solheim is being released from prison and back into the community. Solheim is being released from prison after serving 16 years for 5 counts of Possession of Child Pornography and one count of 4th Degree Sexual Assault. Solheim was convicted of sexually assaulting a 14-year-old female acquaintance. Solheim is on extended supervision until August 2022. Special conditions of […]
The Fond du Lac Police Department has been notified of a change of address for Jacob Schwendimann. Schwendimann was released from prison after being convicted on 04-28-10 for failure to provide information to the Sex Offender registry as required by law. In 2009 Schwendimann was also convicted of Contributing to the Delinquency of a Minor in Ohio. The victim was a cooperative teenage female that he met on the internet. […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Deep-pocketed Republicans are starting to take sides in Wisconsin's U.S. Senate race, even though only one candidate has officially entered the race. Former Marine Kevin Nicholson announced the support of 14 prominent Republican donors and fundraisers on Thursday. Nicholson is the only officially declared candidate. He secured the backing of national conservative group Club for Growth earlier this week. Nicholson's backers include longtime GOP fundraiser Mary […]
OSHKOSH, Wis. (AP) — Officials with the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh's private fundraising foundation say they will file for bankruptcy in the wake of a scandal involving a former chancellor and his chief business officer tied to several real estate ventures. The foundation filed a reorganization petition under Chapter 11 of the federal bankruptcy laws. Foundation chairman Tim Mulloy says the voluntary action will protect the university's endowment, allow restructuring and […]
OSHKOSH, Wis. (AP) — A Russian tortoise that was taken from an Oshkosh zoo a month ago has been returned. Menominee Park Zoo officials said the tortoise, named Anastasia, was found last week in her pen. Officials say when Anastasia was first discovered, she was cold and resisted eating, but is now doing better.
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Two would-be daredevils from Wisconsin are now criminal defendants for scaling the Golden Gate Bridge. The Marin County district attorney on Thursday charged 21-year-old Thomas Rector and 18-year-old Peter Kurer with misdemeanor trespassing for climbing the bridge's north tower earlier this year. The West Bend, Wisconsin, residents were charged after posting their exploits to social media sites. A five-minute clip posted online in May shows them […]
Calamus, Wis. (AP) — A Beaver Dam woman was killed after she stopped on a highway to help two motorists ivolved in a crash and was hit by another vehicle. The Dodge County Sheriff's Office says the 37-year-old woman was struck by a pickup truck that swerved to avoid hitting her vehicle about 5:15 a.m. Thursday. She was pronounced dead at the scene on Highway 151 in the town of […]
A nine year old Waupun boy received minor injuries after he was struck by a car following the Truck N Show celebration last week. Waupun police chief Scott Louden says the incident happened last Friday night in the 900 block of East Main Street. "There's always concerns for safety because of how much traffic is in our community," Louden told WFDL news. "The nine year old ended up darting out […]