Month: December 2019

The North Fond du Lac School superintendent says last week’s school shooting incidents and school threats reinforce the need for developing a culture of kindness and caring in schools.    School resource officers shot and wounded two armed students in separate incidents at high schools in Waukesha and Oshkosh.   The student in Waukesha was shot after he allegedly pointed a pellet gun at another student and officers and later said he was “tired of being […]

A 16-year-old Wisconsin boy has been charged with attempted homicide for allegedly stabbing a school resource officer with a barbecue fork. Grant Fuhrman was charged as an adult Wednesday in last week's attack on Oshkosh West High School Resource Officer Mike Wissink. Wissink shot and wounded Fuhrman during the attack in Wissink's office. According to the complaint, Fuhrman told a friend in late September or early October to bet him […]

Pay raises for Wisconsin state employees are scheduled to be voted on by a special legislative committee next week. The panel of legislative leaders is scheduled to meet on Dec. 18 to act on pay plans that Gov. Tony Evers' administration forwarded for approval last month. Democrats had been calling on Republican legislative leaders to set the meeting so the raises can go into effect in January as planned. State […]

A North Fond du Lac high school student has been referred to juvenile authorities for charges after making a threatening snapchat post.  North Fond du Lac school superintendent Aaron Sadoff says a student created a screenshot post with a warning not  to come to school and shared it with a handful of friends.  Sadoff says the student has admitted to creating and sharing the chat “as a joke” and has […]

The Fond du Lac County Sheriff’s Office was busy responding to several mostly minor traffic crashes on slippery roads Monday night.  Sheriff’s captain Bill Tadych says freezing drizzle resulted in slippery roads throughout the county.  "We had that right mixture when the temperature dropped and we had that precipitation in the air and we had ten total weather related incidents,"  Tadych told WFDL news.  "....seven accidents and three run-offs but nothing […]

The Fond du Lac school superintendent says last week’s  threat at Fond du Lac high school and airsoft gun incident at Sabish Middle School are disturbing,  especially given they happened the same week as shooting incidents at two high schools.    A 17 year old Fond du Lac High School student was arrested after posting a picture of a handgun on social media with a reference to shooting up the school.  Sebert says he doesn’t […]

A Ripon High School student accused of leaving a threatening note in a girls bathroom has been charged.  Lillian Cavell made her initial Fond  du Lac court appearance Tuesday on a charge of making terrorist threats and disorderly conduct.   The charges carry a maximum penalty of three years, nine months in prison and $11,000 in fines.   She is free on a $1,000 signature bond with conditions that she not have […]

WAUKESHA, Wis. (AP) — A Wisconsin teenager who was shot by a police officer after he allegedly pointed a pellet gun at another student's head says he was “tired of being picked on.” Eighteen-year-old Tyrone Smith was charged Monday with several counts, including second-degree recklessly endangering safety and dangerous weapons on school premises. Smith was 17 last week when authorities say he pointed the pellet gun at another student's head […]