Fond du lac’s Walleye Weekend kicks off Friday at Lakeside Park and festival officials say this year’s event includes several new features. The event centers around a Mercury Marine National Walleye fishing tournament but features music, food, beverage and many other attractions for kids and adults. Fond du lac Festivals Director Leanne Doyle says one of the new events is called Hearts to Heroes, a motorcycle charity ride to benefit area […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Republicans on the Wisconsin Legislature's budget-writing committee plan to propose eliminating the alternative minimum income tax which primarily benefits people earning more than $200,000 a year. Republican Rep. Dale Kooyenga said Thursday he plans to propose doing away with the tax that brought in just over $26 million in the 2013 tax year. He says that cut will be made up with raising taxes elsewhere, so […]
The Waupun police chief says additional charges are expected to be filed against a Waupun couple accused of sexually assaulting a three year old boy. The boy’s father, 26 year old Robert Moungey and his girlfriend, 25 year old Cassandra Scheuers are charged with first degree sexual assault of a child. Police chief Dale Heeringa says Moungey is accused of tying his son to a bed and taking pictures of […]
A Watertown man convicted of sexually assaulting a 13 year old girl will spend some time in jail. Dodge County Circuit Court Judge Steven Bauer handed down a withheld sentence of five years probation to 23 year old Dylan Zimmerman. As a condition of probation, Zimmerman must serve six months in jail. In March, Zimmerman pleaded no contest to a charge of second degree sexual assault of a child. According […]
MENASHA, Wis. (AP) — Menasha police have released a report on the shooting that resulted in four deaths on a recreational bridge which says the shooter had a long history of depression, alcohol dependency, suicidal and sometimes homicidal thoughts. Investigators say Sergio Valencia del Toro was intoxicated when he fatally shot two men and a child on the bridge before taking his own life May 3. The report cites […]
OSHKOSH, Wis. (AP) — Authorities say a confidential informant helped deputies make a large-scale marijuana bust in Winnebago County. Sheriff's officials seized nearly 500 plants and more than 40 pounds of marijuana worth as much as $1.5 million this week from a house in the Town of Vinland. The 64-year-old homeowner with no prior criminal record has been charged with distributing marijuana. Sheriff's Capt. Dave Mack says he's never seen […]
BERLIN, Wis. (AP) — Police say a 12-year-old boy has died in an accident involving an off-road vehicle in Green Lake County. Authorities say officers were called to private property in Berlin Wednesday afternoon where the boy was found dead in a utility task vehicle accident. The UTVs are wider and longer than an all-terrain vehicle. Berlin police worked with the sheriff's department and Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources to […]
Enhancing the quality of life for patients and families facing terminal illnesses is a key part of Agnesian HealthCare’s Hospice Hope program. An interdisciplinary team works with patients and their families, dealing with their physical, emotional, social and spiritual needs, at a time when a curative approach to care is no longer available. This year’s Agnesian HealthCare Foundation Garden Walk & Art Fair will help raise money to help support […]
Kelly Norton has been named president of St. Mary’s Springs Academy in Fond du Lac. Norton had been the interim president since March and before that was the director of advancement at the school. The announcement was made by the St. Mary’s Springs Academy Board of Directors.. "After a thorough and extensive interview process, the search committee felt that through her term as Interim President, and throughout the interview […]