A Fond du Lac jury has found a former Fond du Lac High School student not guilty making threats to “shoot up the school.” Seventeen year old Carlos Martinez was found not guilty of making terrorist threats and disorderly conduct. Martinez was arrested last April after other students overheard him allegedly make the threat outside a classroom. Martinez said it was a joke.
Two Fond du lac men charged in connection with the murder of a Fond du Lac man outside the Press Box tavern last fall have been bound over for trial. Devon Neuman and Jesse Schultz waived their preliminary hearings Thursday on charges of party to the crime of first degree intentional homicide and party to the crime of robbery in the September 23 death of Logan Foster. Police chief Bill […]
A motion hearing is scheduled Friday morning for an over the road trucker charged in the 1990 murder of a Sturdevant teenager in Fond du Lac County. A four week jury trial for Dennis Brantner is scheduled to begin February 12. Brantner was charged in the murder of Berit Beck after the state crime lab matched his fingerprints to prints found in Beck’s van. A mistrial was declared in June […]
WAUKESHA, Wis. (AP) — A judge has sentenced a Wisconsin girl to the maximum 40 years in a mental hospital for stabbing a classmate in an attack aimed at pleasing a fictional horror character known as Slender Man. Judge Michael Bohren says 15-year-old Morgan Geyser remains a risk to hurt herself or others. Bohren says even though Geyser was just 12 at the time, the case "was an attempted murder."
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A judge is asking attorneys for their thoughts on how to handle potential contempt proceedings stemming from a leak of secret documents investigators compiled while probing Gov. Scott Walker's campaign activities. The state Supreme Court ended the investigation in 2015.
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Regional Administrator Cathy Stepp has recused herself from a Wisconsin compliance review. Midwest Environmental Advocates and 16 individuals petitioned the EPA in 2015 to review Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources' compliance with the Clean Water Act.
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Republican lawmakers are proposing a way to pay for rebuilding Interstate 94 around Milwaukee after Gov. Scott Walker and the Legislature scrapped the project. Three lawmakers on Thursday unveiled a bill that would put $25 million toward reviving the I-94 project between the Marquette and Zoo interchanges just to the west of Milwaukee. Walker abandoned the project expected to cost about $1 billion after the Legislature […]
One person was treated at the hopsital for smoke inhalation following a fire at a Fond du Lac home. Shortly before 7pm Wednesday firefighters were called to 156 S. Seymour Street for a report of a small fire in basement. Fire chief Pete O’Leary told WFDL news the homeowner extinguished the fire before firefighters arrived, but the house had to be ventilated. O’Leary says the initial indication is the fire […]
Wisconsin education officials say nearly 400 private and religious schools have registered to participate in state voucher programs during the 2018-19 school year. Nine schools in Dodge, Fond du Lac and Green Lake counties have registered to participate including two new schools…Holyland Catholic School in Malone and Saint Stephen Lutheran School in Horicon. Statewide 222 schools have registered to participate in the program, including 48 new schools and 21 schools […]