Month: August 2019

One of three individuals arrested in the heroin overdose death of a Fond du Lac man last summer has been convicted.   At a hearing this week Julie Harr pleaded guilty to charges of reckless homicide and  manufacture/delivery of cocaine.   Several other counts were dismissed and read into the record.   Judge Gary Sharpe ordered  a pre-sentence investigation and a sentencing hearing will be scheduled.   Harr was one of three people charged  in the overdose […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Republican leader of the Wisconsin Assembly says a paralyzed Democratic lawmaker timed going public with his requests for accommodations to undermine the GOP legislator's assuming the head of a national organization.  Assembly Speaker Robin Vos accused Rep. Jimmy Anderson of trying to make Vos look bad just before he became president of the National Conference of State Legislatures.  Democrats had asked Vos to make accommodations months earlier […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Insect repellent would have to be sold at all Wisconsin state parks and forests under a bill moving through the Legislature.   The proposal heard Thursday by an Assembly committee is designed to help alleviate nature lovers' fears of contracting Lyme disease.  The measure is part of a bipartisan effort to prevent Lyme disease. According to state health officials, the average number of Lyme disease cases in Wisconsin […]

There were no injuries reported in a fire that destroyed a car in Fond du Lac County.  About 10pm Wednesday Oakfield volunteer firefighters and the Fond du Lac County Sheriff's Office were called to a report of a car on fire in the middle of Lost Arrow Road at Highway 175.

A heads up for Fond du Lac motorists… the East Scott Street Bridge over Deneveu Creek will be closed Thursday.   The bridge will be closed to allow a contractor to epoxy the bridge surface.  The signed detour will be Winnebago  Drive and Luco Road.

A Fond du Lac sex offender is being released back into the community.   Fond du Lac police say Christopher A. Marsh is getting out of prison August 15 after serving additional prison time after his parole was revoked in October of 2015.  Marsh had previously been released in July of 2014 after serving seven years in prison for sexually assaulting two teenage girls.  He will be living at 457 Thomas Street.   Special conditions of […]

Fond du Lac police say a preliminary investigation indicates that gunshots fired in a near downtown neighborhood were fired into the air and not targeted at anyone.    Early Sunday morning police responded to the area of Brooke Street and Forest Avenue for a report of shots fired.  Assistant Police Chief Steve Klein says nobody was injured.  Anyone with information is asked to call the Crime Alert number at 322-3740.  You […]

The Dodge County Sheriff says he is implementing a new owi policy this month because he is fed up with drunken driving and the toll it has taken on innocent lives.  Dodge County Sheriff Dale Schmidt announced last week that  starting this month anyone arrested on suspiscion of drunken will be identified and have their photos posted on social media.  "I have been to far too many of these crashes where […]

The Fond du Lac Police Department has received a grant to purchase equipment.  The $11,000 grant will be used to purchase ballistic shields, plasma rope, ambidextrous charging handles for firearms and a safe to store controlled substances.