A Ripon man faces the possibility of spending the rest of his life in prison if convicted of sexually abusing children. Fifty seven year old Terry Lee Phillips made his initial Fond du Lac court appearance Wednesday on 31 counts including repeated sexual assault of a child, child enticement, and physical abuse of a child. Bail was set at $500,000 cash. A preliminary hearing is scheduled for May 17. He […]
Fond du Lac police are investigating a robbery at the Fond du Lac Avenue Subway restaurant. At approximately 8:30 p.m. on Tuesday police say the suspect entered the restaurant and demanded money. He displayed some type of object and received an undisclosed amount of cash from the cashier before fleeing the restaurant. The suspect was described as a male, approximately 5’10” to 6’0” tall and was last seen wearing gray […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin Supreme Court candidate Brian Hagedorn is declaring victory, even though his opponent says the race is almost certainly headed toward a recount. Hagedorn issued a statement early Wednesday morning saying his margin of victory in Tuesday's election is "insurmountable." With 99% of precincts reporting, Hagedorn had a 5,911-vote lead out of 1.2 million cast. That is about half of a percentage point over Lisa Neubauer, […]
Fond du lac School District residents have given the go ahead for for major building upgrades at all Fond du Lac public schools. Voters have approved a $91.5 million referendum question to maintain and upgrade every school building in the district and a second question to spend $7 million to make sure every school building in the district is air conditioned. The first question passed with 6,694 yes votes to […]
Oakfield School district residents have voted in favor of a referendum to allow the district to continue operating. Voters approved the five year, $5.3 million operations referendum by a vote of 651 to 385. Superintendent Dr. Vance Dalzin says the referendum will start with the 2020-21 school year. "We really have a lot of support. We're just so happy to see that it passed," Dalzin told WFDL news.
Two incumbents have been re-elected to the Fond du Lac School Board. Peggy Breister was re-elected to a second term and was the top vote getter with just under 6500 votes. "I really want to thank everybody who supported me through this and who came out and voted today." Breister told WFDL news. "More importantly I'm really excited about the referendum. I think that is a great thing for this […]
One incumbent has been re-elected and two newcomers were elected to the Fond du Lac city council in Tuesday's election. Incumbent Brian Kolstad was the top vote getter among six candidates vying for three seats on council with 3859 votes. "I'm honored to be able to serve again for another two years," Kolstad told WFDL news. Alicia Hans was elected with 2750 votes and Dan Degner received 2702 votes. In […]
Jerry Jaye has been re-elected Lakeside Municipal Court judge. Jaye defeated Ripon attorney Doug Iverson in Tuesday’s spring election by nearly 700 votes. "Its very gratifying to see that as many people supported what we do in the court that did," Jaye told WFDL news. "We try to run a fair and impartial court with integrity and respect for everybody." Jaye was first elected when the court was established more […]
A portion of Division Street in downtown Fond du Lac is closed for the next couple of days. Fond du Lac Public works says Division St. between Main Street and Portland Avenue is closed starting Wednesday until the end of the day Friday to allow a contractor to complete permanent pavement restoration following sanitary lateral repairs.