Fond du Lac police are investigating a disturbing and bizarre child sex assault case. Three Fond du Lac residents are accused of sexually assaulting a six year old girl. Tory Tuinstra and Shane Berg are charged with repeated sexual assault of a child and Ellen Neumann is charged with party to the crime of child sex assault. Assistant police chief Steve Thiry says the assaults allegedly occurred at a […]
The Fond du Lac city council has rejected a proposed townhouse development on the city’s east side. The special use permit request was denied on a 3-3 tie vote at this week’s council meeting. Developer Joe Ziegler wanted to the build the 28 townhouse units along Ducharme Parkway near the Spring Lakes Estates. Several residents spoke in opposition at the council meeting.
The mother of the groom is pleading with whoever stole the cards from her son and new daughter in law’s wedding reception to return them…no questions asked. Ryan Koll and Amber Burtard were married last weekend and held their reception at the Mayville golf course. The groom’s mom, Pam Koll, says after the reception the wedding cards and other items were placed in her son’s truck. When they checked the […]
The Fond du Lac fire chief says he was surprised to hear Governor Scott Walker’s administration was reversing itself on a fire sprinkler decision. The administration wrote a letter to the state Justice Department last month that the seven year old requirement that fire sprinklers be put in new apartment buildings with three to 20 units was unenforceable. O’Leary says the rule is one of the best ways to save […]
The co-owner of the historic downtown Fond du Lac Retlaw Hotel says construction is expected to begin shortly after Labor Day on a multi million dollar remodeling project. Dennis Doucette says work will start on a new Main Street entrance to the hotel. Doucette says so far there haven’t been any unexpected surprises in a building that’s been sitting vacant for more than a year. Remodeling work was delayed as […]
A Republican state lawmaker from Markesan says she thinks a proposed new fee on electric vehicles is fair. The new fee would amount to about $100 a year. The fee and around $400 million in borrowing would pay for roads as Republican lawmakers try to reach a compromise to break a budget impasse. State representative Joan Ballweg she thinks its fair that owners of electric vehicles be asked to help […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A legislative panel has approved language in Gov. Scott Walker's budget eliminating the state property tax. The Joint Finance Committee voted 12-4 Thursday to end the forestry mill tax. All the committee's Republicans voted to eliminate the tax; all the panel's Democrats voted against it. Revenue from the forestry tax goes toward acquiring, preserving and developing forests. The tax is the only property tax the state […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The state's largest business group is announcing a new coalition to help bring a Foxconn Technology Group plant to southeastern Wisconsin. Wisconsin Manufacturers and Commerce said in a news release Thursday that the Wisconn Valley Jobs Coalition includes 146 business groups, local chambers of commerce, entrepreneurs, employers and workers that support the plant. The group sent a letter to the state Senate on Thursday urging members […]
CHICOPEE, Mass. (AP) — A mistake by the Massachusetts State Lottery has injected a little extra drama into the massive $758.7 million Powerball drawing. Lottery officials early Thursday corrected the site where the single winning ticket was sold to Chicopee, in western Massachusetts. Overnight, they had announced the winning ticket was sold at a shop in Watertown, just outside Boston. But shortly before 8 a.m., the lottery said it had […]