A Fond du Lac woman is facing charges after allegedly embezzling over 200 thousand dollars fror her former employer in Dodge County. Five counts of theft in a business setting have been filed against 46 year old Tessa Hilt. Hilt is accused of taking the money from Waas Boring and Cable Company in Lomira. She was the office manager from 2009 until 2014, when she left her postion and had […]
Warning that the Republican presidential race has become too nasty, Scott Walker says he's "suspending" his White House bid. Walker urged others to quit, too, and "clear the field" so someone can emerge to take down front-runner Donald Trump. Walker says he's believes he's "being called" to encourage that "a positive conservative message can rise to the top." One of the last Republicans to enter the race, Walker joined former […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Patrick Crooks died Monday in his chambers in the state Capitol. Crooks announced last week that he planned to retire when his term ended in July. Governor Scott has the power to appoint someone to fill Crooks' seat before then. His spokeswoman says he'll decide what to do at a more appropriate time.
Area school superintendents say a proposal to make the state superintendent an appointed position rather than an elected office would be a mistake. Rosendale Brandon school district administrator Gary Hansen says making the position a partisan appointment would have a negative impact on education in Wisconsin. "He's a Republican representative from New Berlin and my first reaction would be I wonder if this proposal would be coming in front of […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — One of every four female undergraduate students at the University of Wisconsin-Madison who responded to a survey last spring said they've been sexually assaulted. The Association of American Universities administered the survey across 27 institutions. UW-Madison officials say about 9,000 students, or about 22 percent of the school's students, responded to it. The results of the survey were released Monday. Nearly 28 percent of UW-Madison female […]
OSHKOSH, Wis. (AP) — Oshkosh police have released the name of a 42-year-old woman who was fatally shot in an apartment. Authorities on Monday identified the victim as Stacey Strange. Autopsy results show Strange died of multiple gunshots. Police were called on a report of gunshots just after 1 a.m. Sunday. Officers found Strange dead in an upper apartment. A 30-year-old man sought in the killing was later arrested in […]
WAUKESHA, Wis. (AP) — A Wisconsin judge has suspended the case involving two 13-year-old girls accused of trying to kill a classmate while an appeals court decides whether to review the case's placement in adult court. The two girls are charged with attempted first-degree intentional homicide in Waukesha County. Investigators allege they stabbed Payton Leutner 19 times in an effort to appease the online fictional character Slender Man. Defense […]
Local law enforcement agencies are asking residents to zip through their medicine cabinets and zip down to their local drug drop box and empty pill bottles into a zip-lock bag and deposit the drugs for disposal on or before September 30, 2015. Fond du Lac County residents are fortunate to have a way to properly dispose of medications. Fond du Lac County has six drug drop boxes, three alone […]
MILWAUKEE (AP) — The Brewers' youth movement is carrying over to the front office. Milwaukee hired 30-year-old David Stearns on Monday to take over as general manager. Stearns replaces Doug Melvin, a baseball lifer who announced last month that he was stepping down following a 13-year tenure. Stearns had been with the Houston Astros, where he was in his third season as an assistant to GM Jeff Luhnow. Stearns' responsibilities […]