A Wisconsin appeals court has ruled that a trial on whether Gerald Turner is released or committed to a mental health facility will be held in Fond du lac. Turner’s mandatory release date last February prompted the Wisconsin Department of Justice to file a petition to commit the 69-year-old to a mental health facility. The state is arguing that Turner is a sexually violent person and suffers from mental disorders. Turner was convicted for the Oct. 31, 1973 rape and murder of Lisa Ann French, a 9-year-old who went trick-or-treating that evening in Turner’s Fond du Lac neighborhood. The girl’s body was found in a garbage bag along a road outside the city.
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photo: waupun mayor rohn bishop The Waupun Common Council has postponed action on wage increases for paid on call firefighters and elected officials to get more public input. The council discussed the matter, sometimes heated, at their meeting this week and will take up the issue again at their April 8th meeting. If […]
todayMarch 27, 2025
A house fire near New Holstein claimed the life of a child. Shortly after 2am Wednesday firefighters were called to the scene on Honeymoon Hill Road near County Road T. A child in the home was pronounced dead at a hospital. The cause of the fire remains under investigation.
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