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A Madison man has made his initial Dodge County Circuit Court appearance after allegedly shooting at another vehicle Sunday night outside of the Fox Lake Kwik Trip.  21 year old Anthony McCaskill Jr. is charged with discharging a firearm towards a person, endangering safety/reckless use of a firearm, and carrying a concealed weapon.  Bail was set at 25 thousand dollars cash.  The incident allegedly unfolded after McCaskill and his girlfriend […]

A Milwaukee woman has been sentenced to 20 years in prison for the stabbing death of a Fox Lake man.   Dodge County Circuit judge, Brian Pfitzinger, sentenced 31 year old Kriscilla McHenry to 20 years in prison and 20 years extended supervision in the stabbing death of Michael Soeller in a Randolph motel in August 2014.  Police say the victim was stabbed 38 times.   McHenry was convicted of second […]

The North Fond du Lac Fire Chief has resigned his position in  the village following his arrest this week on felony theft charges in Pennsylvania.  Richard Zmuda was arrested Wednesday afternoon after North Fond du Lac police received an arrest warrant from Bradford, Pennsylvania police.  North Fond du lac police chief Darren Pautsch says Zmuda is accused of stealing more than $47,000 from an elderly aunt.  Zmuda appeared in Fond […]

Political observers say the 18th Senate district race will be the top race for Wisconsin Democrats in the 2016 election.  Winnebago County  Executive Mark Harris announced this week that he is challenging Republican state senator Rick Gudex of Fond du lac.  Wispolitics.com editor J.R. Ross says after winning in 2012 by just 500 votes Gudex would be considered vulnerable.   "Right now its the number one target for Democrats, partly […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin is 30th in private-sector job creation, but still lags the national average.  That's according to the latest figures released Thursday by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.  The report shows private-sector jobs in Wisconsin grew just over 1.7 percent for the 12-month period ending in March. That is behind the national average of 2.4 percent. Wisconsin ranks 30th out of all 50 states, an improvement […]

Fond du Lac city councilmember Brian Foster is resigning his seat next month.  Foster, says he is leaving the council because he is moving outside the city of Fond du Lac.  Foster is the warden at the Green Bay Correctional Institution.  Foster was appointed to the council in 2014.  His seat is up for election next April.  The council will decide whether to appoint someone to the seat or leave […]

Monday September 21st (1pm-2pm) Office Keywon Brown President and CEO of Life Enforcement will be coming to Lake View Place  at 517 Luco Rd to talk about “Being Kind, and taking care of someone else” He started a program called Life Enforcement whose mission is to find creative ways to inspire people in the community to take responsibility for spreading kindness, generosity and joy; while creating and maintaining a better […]

A group of Fond du Lac residents  is launching a program to address concerns  surrounding race in the community.   The first meeting of the Humanity Project was held Wednesday night at the Marian University Stayer Center.  County board supervisor, educator and long-time human rights activist Judy Goldsmith says the program will use informational videos and discussions about race.  Goldsmith says participants will be able to engage in a monthly activity […]

A former Waupun police lieutenant who went on a crime spree a couple years ago is going to prison.   Brad Young was sentenced in Green Lake County Circuit Court to 15 years in prison and 15 years extended supervision.  Young earlier had pleaded no contest to burglary in seven counties including Fond du Lac, Dodge and Green Lake.  Waupun deputy police Chief Scott Louden says he is satisfied with the […]