Month: June 2021

A Beaver Dam man convicted of Theft by Contractor has been ordered to pay more than $70,000 in restitution.  Dodge County Circuit judge Joseph Sciascia also placed 40 year old Norbert Ortiz on probation for five years.   According to a criminal complaint Ortiz failed to complete a $110,000 home remodeling project, and spent over $61,000 paid by the resident on purchases from Google, restaurants, groceries, casinos, cell phone service, and paid himself $38,000 for the […]

A Watertown woman is going to prison for possession of methamphetamine.  Dodge County Circuit judge Brian Pfitzinger sentenced 41 year old Misty Paulson to a year and a half in prison and two years extended supervision.  She was originally placed in probation in 2019 but did not successfully complete the Dodge County Drug Treatment Court program.

MILWAUKEE (AP) — Prosecutors have accused a suburban Milwaukee woman of killing her friend by poisoning her with eyedrops. The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reports 37-year-old Jessy Kurczewski of Franklin was charged Friday with homicide and two counts of felony theft. According to a criminal complaint, the case began in 2018 when Kurczewski called police and said her friend wasn't breathing. The complaint doesn't name the friend. The complaint says toxicology […]

The executive director of the League of Women Voters of Wisconsin says she has no idea what a retired police officer would be able to find by investigating the November presidential election won by president Joe Biden.   Assembly Speaker Robin Vos announced recently he was hiring retired police officers in a continued push for repeated examinations of ballots.  League of Women Voters of Wisconsin director Debra Cronmiller says the Assembly speaker is […]

Former NBA player and Wisconsin native Caron Butler is among those asking Connecticut's governor to sign a bill that would strictly limit the use of solitary confinement in prison. Butler spent two weeks in solitary confinement while serving time in prison as a teenager on guns and drug charges. He calls it dehumanizing. The legislation requires that almost all inmates be allowed at least 6 1/2 hours out of their […]

An Illinois man was arrested following a chase involving a stolen vehicle in Fond du Lac and Washington counties.   The chase started  shortly after 4pm Sunday after citizens reported a reckless driver on Interstate 41 near Highway 151.  The chase continued southbound at highway speed into Washington County where  the  suspect driver exited I-41 at Hwy 60, causing side damage to another vehicle before traveling through the intersection and off the roadway where his vehicle was […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers is making it official, announcing his bid for a second term in the battleground state where he stands as a Democratic block to the Republican-controlled state Legislature. Evers said that he decided to run again because he has unfinished business and needs to remain a check on Republicans through his veto powers. Evers announced his plans during the Wisconsin Democratic Convention, which […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin Democrats focused their virtual state party convention on the importance of beating Republican U.S. Senate Ron Johnson and reelecting Gov. Tony Evers in 2022, two high-profile races that will once again put the battleground state in the national spotlight. Evers officially announced his plans to seek a second term during his address Saturday. The five announced Democratic candidates vying to take on Johnson will speak […]

Nobody was injured in a weekend fire that displaced the residents of a Fond du Lac duplex.   Shortly before 11:30pm Saturday firefighters responded to a porch fire at 331 West Division Street.  The fire was quickly extinguished, but not before it caused damage to the porch, doorway, and exterior siding.  Investigators say improper discarding of smoking materials started the fire. Seven occupants who resided in the upper unit are being assisted by the Red Cross.