Rep. Jeremy Thiesfeldt announced three listening sessions on Monday, January 29th, 2018. Times and locations include: Oakfield Village Hall/Library 130 North Main Street Oakfield, WI 53065 11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Taycheedah Town Hall W4295 Kiekhaefer Parkway Fond du Lac, WI 54937 2:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. Fond du Lac City/County Building County Board Chambers 160 South Macy Street Fond du Lac, WI 54935 6:00 p.m. – 7:30 p.m.
Congressman Glenn Grothman (R-Glenbeulah) today announced upcoming town hall meetings for Wed., Jan. 24, 2017, and Thurs., Jan. 25, 2017. Town hall meeting times and locations are as follows: Wed., January 24, 2017 9:00 a.m.-10:00 a.m. Horicon Public Safety Building 220 Ellison Street, Horicon, WI 53032 11:00 a.m.-Noon Mayville City Hall 15 S. School Street, Mayville, WI 53050 1:30 p.m.-2:30 p.m. Theresa Town Hall N8679 County Road P, Theresa, WI […]
All three Fond du lac residents charged in the sexual assault of a six year old girl have been convicted. Forty one year old Shane Berg pleaded no contest this week to a reduced charge of second degree sexual assault of a child. A sentencing hearing is scheduled for March 20. Eighteen year old Tory Tuinstra was convicted of sexual assault of a child and will be sentenced next month. […]
The Oshkosh owner of three scrap metal companies has been convicted of defrauding a Fond du lac scrap metal company out of millions of dollars. At a plea hearing Thursday Sterling Kienbaum pleaded no contest to racketeering and theft. A restitution hearing is scheduled for May and and a sentencing hearing in June. District Attorney Eric Toney says Kienbaum stole $14 million from Sadoff Iron and Metal between 2009 and […]
Fond du Lac police say a taxi driver died from natural causes not from injuries after his taxi cab crashed into a tree earlier this month. Seventy five year old Richard Kunasch died this week at Theda Care Medical Center in Neenah. The crash happened January 4 on Hawthorne Drive.just east of Buttermilk Drive. An autopsy determined that Kunasch died from natural causes from underlying medical issues including cardiac disease […]
Fond du Lac County is teaming up with Dodge County to expand services for treatment of opioid and methamphetamine addiction. Fond du Lac County Department of Community Programs AODA Coordinator Lynn Klapperich says the counties will be using the grant to contract with a program called Justice Point. "They will hire the staff and their staff will be out in the community working with the ERs, police, fire, individuals, families, […]
A legislative committee held a public hearing Thursday on a bill designed to give teachers more protection in the classroom. Fond du Lac Republican state representative Jeremy Thiesfeldt says the Teacher Protection Act would allow teachers to remove a student from the classroom. The measure would also allow teachers to ask school boards to suspend students if administrators refuse to do it. The bill would require police to notify school […]
A new AAA survey shows a continued high percentage of Wisconsin residents plan to travel in 2018. State AAA spokesman Nick Jarmuscz says 79 percent of Wisconsin residents say they plan to take at least one vacation of three days or more this year. Jarmuscz says the most popular travel times are in the spring and summer. He says the most popular vacation destinations are major cities, beaches and national […]
Madison mayor Paul Soglin says Wisconsin has gone backward under Republican governor Scott Walker. Soglin announced this week that he was entering the crowded Democratic field in the race for governor. Soglin criticized Walker for the $3 billion incentives package to lure FoxConn. "That's not the way you build jobs. When you look what its costing per job and then you look at the fact that we're only now beginning […]