A Brandon teenager has been charged with sexually assaulting a young girl. Seventeen year old James Iverson Jr. is charged with first degree sexual assault of a child and exposing a child to harmful materials. He is accused of sexually assaulting a four year old girl his mother was babysitting. Iverson is free on a $10,000 signature bond. A preliminary hearing is scheduled for April 13.
Fond du Lac police have stepped up presence at Fond du Lac High School after a threat was made on social media. The post threatened to shoot up the school. Principal Matt Steinbarth sent a message to parents stating it was up to them whether to send their kids to school. Steinbarth says additional police officers are at the school and the threat is under investigation.
Fond du Lac police are investigating an attempted robbery at the O’Connor Quik Mart on Fond du Lac Avenue. Shortly before 7:30pm Friday police say an employee reported a man wearing blue latex rubber gloves and a coat covering his face entered the store and demanded money. There was no weapon displayed. He left the store without any money. The suspect is described as five feet seven inches tall. Police […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin Supreme Court candidates Michael Screnock and Rebecca Dallet are denying they will be "rubber stamps" for the partisan interests that are backing their candidacies in the officially nonpartisan race. Dallet and Screnock debated Friday for the first time before the April 3 election. Dallet is a Milwaukee County judge backed by liberals while Screnock is a Sauk County judge supported by conservatives. Dallet says Screnock […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin dentists say some patients have a hard time getting treatment because the state hasn't given the industry the same funding when compared to other health services. A four-county pilot program launched in 2016 that gave some dentists in the state higher Medicaid rates. State officials say a formal evaluation of the program's impact on improving access will be released later this year. Federal sources say […]
At 9 p.m. on a Friday in February, Watson was standing outside of La Casa, a micro-church and community center — whose main chapel is the size of your parents' spacious living room — nestled next to a tienda in Washington, D.C.'s Mount Pleasant neighborhood. Inside, a hardcore punk band called Unknown Threat had just taken the stage. Of course, there was no actual stage. There was just the floor […]
A public meeting is scheduled for next week on a proposed reconstruction of County Highway V in Fond du Lac, including two new roundabouts. The proposal includes reconstructing Highway V from Pioneer Road to north of Mullen Drive next year. Highway commissioner Tom Janke says construction on Highway V just south of Highway VV through the Rienzi Road, Fond du Lac and National Avenues intersection is slated for 2020. Janke […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Republican Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker is opposing President Donald Trump's proposed tariffs on steel and aluminum imports, asking that he reconsider. Walker joined the backlash Friday against Trump's proposal that will likely raise steel and aluminum prices in the United States. Walker says American companies that will feel the negative impact of the tariffs can move their operations to another country, such as Canada, and not […]
A Hustisford Man is likely to spend the rest of his life in prison for the sexual assault of a child. Fifty three year old Steven Baran was sentenced in Dodge County Court Friday to 35 years in prison for repeatedly sexually assaulting a child. In addition, Judge Steven G. Bauer ordered that Baran serve an additional 15 years of extended supervision. Bauer said during the sentencing that Baran will […]
