The state Department of Workforce Development has announced a Ripon company is closing its doors. Spartech LLC., has notified the state that due to a change in business circumstances they will be permanently closing their facility located at 100 Creative Way in Ripon. A total of 70 employees are expected to be laid off in phases beginning December 4 through next March. The Fox Valley Rapid Response Team will work […]
Nobody was injured in a fire that destroyed a town of Eldorado home. Firefighters were called to the Duane and Eveline Spano home on Moon Road Friday afternoon. The fire was reported by a neighbor and appears to have started from an extension cord in the living room of the residence. The fire is not considered to be suspicious. The house is a total loss. Town of Eldorado Fire Department […]
The Fond du Lac Police Department says they are opposed to a proposal that would allow a Fond du Lac grocery store to sell alcohol online. Pick n Save’s ClickList program would allow customers to groceries, including alcohol Online for pick-up in designated parking stalls in the parking lot. Assistant police chief Steve Klein says a person who purchases alcohol Online would have to type in their driver’s license number […]
Fond du Lac police are searching an area on the city's west side after receiving a report of an attempted robbery. A woman told officers that shortly after 8:30pm Thursday she stepped outside Friar Tuck’s restaurant on West Johnson Street for a cigarette when a man pointed a rifle at her and asked for her cellphone. She described the person as a black male wearing a mask. About 20 minutes […]
A Watertown man has been convicted in the heroin overdose death of a Dodge County woman. Fifty year old Terance Jannke, was convicted of reckless homicide in the overdose death of Holly Nehls. He was accused of giving the heroin to Nehl’s boyfriend, Gabriel Brandl, who injected Nehls with the drug causing her death. Police say Brandl drove his car with Nehls in the front seat for several hours before […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin Democrats have introduced a bill banning bump stocks, devices that convert semi-automatic rifles into fully automatic weapons. Authorities say Las Vegas shooter Stephen Paddock had such devices with him. Congressional Republicans have said they should consider regulating them. The National Rifle Association has announced its support for regulating them. State Reps. Chris Taylor, Lisa Subeck, Melissa Sargent and Terese Berceau, all from Madison, introduced a […]
An arrest warrant has been issued after a Menasha man charged in connection with an armed robbery in Ripon failed to appear in court last week. Eighteen year old Tristan Van Eperen is charged with party to the crime of armed robbery and receiving stolen property. According to the criminal complaint on July 22 Van Eperen and another man robbed a Ripon man at gunpoint using a stolen CO2 pistol. […]
A Fond du Lac man has been convicted of robbing a Fond du Lac business. David Haefner pleaded no contest to theft as a repeater. Charges of robbery, theft from a financial institution and bail jumping were dismissed and read into the record. A pre-sentence investigation was ordered and a sentencing hearing is scheduled for December 4th. Police Chief Bill Lamb says Haefner robbed Heights Finance on Rickmeyer Drive. Lamb […]
WAUKESHA, Wis. (AP) — A Wisconsin girl who repeatedly stabbed a classmate to impress the fictional horror character Slender Man has written a "very powerful letter" of apology to the victim and hopes it can be delivered to her one day. Anthony Cotton, an attorney for 15-year-old Morgan Geyser, says she is remorseful for the 2014 attack and wrote the letter without prompting from anyone. Geyser pleaded guilty to the […]