A Fond du Lac man was arrested at gunpoint this week following a short foot chase. Police were called to the Maplewood Commons Apartments on Martin Avenue Wednesday for a report of a man who was wanted on a warrant in Illinois. When a police officer attempted to stop the vehicle the man fled on foot into the apartment complex. He eventually surrendered without further incident.
Fond du Lac police officers used a Taser before taking an intoxicated hit and run suspect into custody this week. Police responded to a report of an SUV that struck a pickup near Johnson Street and National Avenue and drove away. Police officers located the suspect vehicle in the area of Winnebago and Harbor View Drives. Police says the driver refused to get out of the SUV, resisted and began […]
A 21-year-old man is jailed in the deaths of a Wisconsin couple he killed because he wanted to kidnap their teenage daughter, investigators said Friday, a day after the girl approached a stranger along a rural road saying she'd been abducted in October and held against her will. Jake Thomas Patterson was taken into custody shortly after 13-year-old Jayme Closs sought help from a woman walking her dog in a rural, […]
One person was killed and another was flown by Flight for Life to Froedtert Hospital following a crash late Thursday night, Jan. 10 on I-41 near State Highway 28 in Dodge County. According to the Dodge County Sheriff’s Office, at approximately 11:59 p.m. officials were dispatched to a two-vehicle crash on Interstate 41 near STH 28 in the Township of Lomira. The preliminary investigation shows a silver Ford pickup truck was […]
For more than 30 years Fond du Lac children have trick or treated on the Sunday afternoon before Halloween. The change was prompted by the terrifying murder of nine year old Lisa French when she was trick or treating on Halloween 1973. Now the Fond du Lac city council is considering changing trick or treat hours again but for a completely different reason. City manager Joe Moore says he brought […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A Wisconsin teenager missing for nearly three months after her parents were killed in the family home was found alive barely an hour's drive away, by a woman who stumbled across the 13-year-old girl and pounded on her neighbors' door shouting: "This is Jayme Closs! Call 911!" Jayme was skinny and dirty, wearing shoes too big for her feet, but appeared outwardly OK when she was […]
Ancient Survivors Exhibition Exhibition Dates: January 10 - March 2, 2019 Free admission to view the art thanks to the generosity of Horicon Bank. An exhibition featuring sturgeon artwork, artifacts, and history. Opening Reception: Thursday, January 10, 6 – 8 pm Free admission and open to the public, meet the artists, biologists and sturgeon advocates who played a major role in the exhibition. Panel Exchange: Thursday, January 31, 6 – 8 […]
The Fond du Lac County executive says the county board could take action to extend a county sales tax as early as their February meeting. The county held its final public information meeting last month on extending the tax which is scheduled to sunset at the end of 2021. The tax was enacted nine years ago as part of an incentive package to keep Mercury Marine in Fond du Lac. […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Kimberly-Clark Corp. has notified Gov. Tony Evers' administration that it will close its plant in Neenah by May 31. The Department of Workforce Development announced Thursday that the paper products giant had provided the workforce reduction notice. The plant's closure was first announced a year ago. Kimberly-Clark also initially said it planned to close a larger facility that employs about 400 people in nearby Fox Crossing, […]