MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The University of Wisconsin System regents have approved a contract that makes Under Armour the exclusive athletic uniform and equipment supplier for UW-Madison for the next decade. The deal calls for Under Armour to supply $3.3 million in shoes, apparel and equipment to UW-Madison's teams for free in the first year. The school would get $2.5 million worth of free gear in year two, increasing incrementally […]
Authorities have released the name of the person struck and killed by a train in Dodge County . The Dodge County Sheriff’s Office says 20 year old Zarek Kniffen of Fond du Lac was killed when he was struck by a train on the railroad tracks near STH 49 and Windhover road in the Township of Lomira. A preliminary investigation shows that Kniffen was on the tracks and was struck […]
Earlier this summer, the City of Fond du Lac Fire/Rescue along with the firefighters union kicked off a statewide campaign to bring Child ID Kits to all children K-12. Fire chief Pete O’Leary says the fundraising effort has incredible success locally and Sunday Fond du lac firefighters will travel to the Packer game to help the statewide effort. The firefighters will be greeting fans outside Lambeau Field asking for […]
A Fond du lac man has been convicted of seven misdemeanor counts in connection with two separate shooting incidents in the city of Fond du lac and village of North Fond du lac. A Fond du Lac jury found Mason Paasch guilty of multiple offenses including discharging a firearm within 100 yards of a building, and disorderly conduct. He was found not guilty on three counts including a felony of […]
A second man has been sentenced to prison after being convicted of burglarizing storage units in Dodge County. At a plea and sentencing hearing Wednesday, 42 year old Robert McKenna pleaded guilty to three counts of party to the crime of burglary as a repeater. Eight other burglary counts were dismissed and read into the record. Dodge County Judge Joseph Sciascia sentenced McKenna to 9 years of initial confinement and […]
A Dodge County woman has been convicted on child neglect charges after her two children were removed from a Town of Burnett home with what were described as “deplorable” conditions. At a plea hearing Wednesday, 26 year old Secoy Koch-Miller pleaded no contest to a charge of neglecting a child and neglecting a child causing bodily harm. In early 2013, the Dodge County Sheriff’s Department began an investigation after a […]
Fond du Lac's McDermott Park has been selected for a program through the University of Wisconsin Madison to develop an improvement plan for the park. Nancy Sondergard with the group Friends of McDermott Park says their application was accepted for the UW Madison School of Landscape Architecture Capstone Project. Sondergard says McDermott Park is one of only 13 projects selected for this year. "We submitted our application in mid-August […]
The Fond du lac County Clerk says she is excited about using new election equipment for next year’s contests. Clerk Lisa Freiberg says the new election equipment should be arriving in a little more than a month. "Its scheduled to arrive in Fond du Lac on November 3rd. Its up in Minnesota right now getting all kinds of special added features that will help our election officials," Freiberg said. Freiberg […]
It may be October, but construction work continues on Fond du lac County roadways. Fond du Lac County Highway CommissionerTom Jahnke says the weather cooperated this summer allowing highway crews to complete several projects throughout the county. "Right now we're doing some paved shouldering on Highway 151 and Ducharme Parkway, also finished patching on Highway 44 out of Ripon. That road is tentatively scheduled for a rehab next year," […]