Month: September 2020

Lawyers for Kyle Rittenhouse have launched a social media campaign depicting the Kenosha, Wisconsin, shooter as not just a scared teenager acting in self-defense, but an American hero akin to the Minutemen who fought at the nation’s founding. The dramatic rhetoric has helped raise nearly $2 million to pay for the 17-year-old’s defense against homicide charges in the killing of two protesters. But some legal experts say there are risks […]

A former Fond du Lac city councilmember says he doesn’t understand why the city council seems to want to rush an alternate Lakeside Park master plan.   Jim Treleven was on the council more than 20 years ago when there were two failed attempts at commercial development at Lakeside Park.   Treleven says he would think an environmental impact study would be needed before there could be any construction on the lighthouse peninsula or Oven […]

The president and owner of Integrity Saw and Tool in Fond du Lac and a member of the Lakeside Forward group says he believes the dollar commitment to an alternate Fond du Lac Lakeside Park master plan could be even greater than the $5.2 million that has already been pledged.    The group is proposing to help fund construction of  a restaurant on the lighthouse peninsula and amphitheater on Oven Island.   Paul Reetz […]

Fond du Lac Fire and Rescue is being recognized for it’s lifesaving treatment of  heart attack victims.   The Department has received the American Heart Association’s Mission: Lifeline EMS Gold Plus Award for implementing quality improvement measures for treating patients who experience severe heart attacks.   Fire and Rescue Division Chief of Fire Prevention Garth Schumacher says the award recognizes improving systems of care to rapidly identify suspected heart attacks, promptly notifying the hospital and trigger […]

Four Fond du Lac men are accused of recruiting a heroin user to buy guns.  The United States Attorney’s Office of the Eastern District of Wisconsin says the men  Jonathan Griffin, 28; Jason Spinks, 37; Shakie Davis; 25; and Treon Dennis, 36 are charged with conspiracy to make a false statement to a licensed firearms dealer and possession of firearms by felons.  The case was investigated by the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms […]

A Watertown woman is going to prison for providing drugs that led to the death of a teenage boy.  Debra Petroelji was sentenced in Dodge County Circuit Court to six years in prison and 14 years of extended supervision on a conviction of first degree reckless homicide.   She is accused of providing methadone and Percocet that contributed to the death of  a 16-year-old over four years ago.

The local unemployment rate continues to drop.  The Department of Workforce Development says the August unemployment rate in Dodge County stands at 4.9 percent,  down from seven percent in July.   The Fond du Lac County jobless rate fell from six percent to 4.7 percent last month.  The city of Fond du Lac’s August unemployment rate is 5.3 percent,  down from 6.7 percent the month before.

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A federal judge said Wednesday he won’t rule before the election on a lawsuit that challenged a state law requiring college student IDs to have an expiration date in order for them to be used for voter ID. U.S. District Judge James Peterson canceled a hearing he had scheduled Thursday morning in the case, less than six weeks before the election in the hotly contested battleground […]