todayNovember 17, 2015
A Ripon man has been convicted on amended charges in connection with a fatal car versus motorcycle accident in Fond du lac County last summer. At a plea and sentencing hearing in Fond du Lac County circuit court Travis Hartman was issued a citation for failure to yield resulting in death and pleaded no contest to misdemeanor charges of negligient operation of a motor vehicle resulting in death and reckless driving causing death. He was initially charged with homicide by negligient operation of a motor vehicle. Fond du Lac Judge Peter Grimm placed Hartman on probation for two years with 60 days in jail. He was also ordered to pay nearly $1700 in fines plus court costs and $7000 in restitution. His driver’s license was suspended for a year and he was ordered to perform 100 hours of community service. Before the sentence the father of the victim told the court he forgave Hartman. According to a criminal complaint Hartman was driving a a vehicle on Highway 44 in the town of Ripon when he looked down to change the radio dial and struck a motorcycle in front of him. The motorcycle operator died at the scene.
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photo: waupun mayor rohn bishop The Waupun Common Council has postponed action on wage increases for paid on call firefighters and elected officials to get more public input. The council discussed the matter, sometimes heated, at their meeting this week and will take up the issue again at their April 8th meeting. If […]
todayMarch 27, 2025
A house fire near New Holstein claimed the life of a child. Shortly after 2am Wednesday firefighters were called to the scene on Honeymoon Hill Road near County Road T. A child in the home was pronounced dead at a hospital. The cause of the fire remains under investigation.
todayMarch 27, 2025
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