MILWAUKEE (AP) — University of Wisconsin System regents have voted to add faculty tenure protections to its policies as state legislators consider dropping those assurances from Wisconsin statutes. Regent Mark Bradley says the board is doing what it is able to do to protect tenure. The Legislature's Joint Finance Committee recently voted to remove tenure from state law as it debated a two-year budget. The committee also added language that […]
Two men accused of stealing from the Sadoff Iron and Metal company have been bound over for trial. Donald Krueger of Fond du Lac and Daniel Christenson of Wild Rose waived their preliminary hearings Friday on charges of theft by false representation. Fond du Lac police chief Bill Lamb told WFDL news Krueger worked for Sadoff and Christenson for Fox Valley Metal. Lamb says the pair is accused of working […]
A Kenosha man charged in the cold case slaying of a Sturdevant teenager in Fond du Lac County was back in court Friday afternoon for his arraignment hearing. Dennis Brantner entered a plea of not guilty to a charge of first degree murder in the 1990 death of Berit Beck. Investigators say they found Brantner’s fingerprints in Beck’s van. Beck disappeared while driving from her home in Sturdevant to a […]
A Fond du lac man charged with a series of home invasions has been found competent to proceed in court. Lucas Leffel is charged with seven counts of burglary and attempted second degree sexual assault. Police say Leffel admitted to entering four homes in the southeast side of town while naked last year. Leffel is being held in jail on $250,000 cash bond.
The village of North Fond du Lac has a new acting Fire Chief as the search for a permanent chief/EMS director continues. The North Fond du Lac Police and Fire Commission has approved hiring fire lieutenant, Bruce Pluim as Acting Fire chief. Village administrator, Chuck Hornung, says 19 people from throughout the country have applied for the permanent position. Hornung says he hopes the village can hire a new chief […]
Fond du Lac police are investigating whether the apparent discharging of fireworks earlier this week is related to a rash of mailbox vandalism incidents. Assistant police chief Steve Klein says police received two reports of what sounded like either gunshots or fireworks the same night that dozens of mailboxes were vandalized in the city and just outside the city limits. Police are still looking for the person or persons responsible.
Dodge County Sheriff’s Sgt Joe Nicholas and K9 partner Paige have made their first drug bust on the road together. On May 31st Sgt Nicholas conducted a traffic stop in the Town of Lomira that resulted in an arrest for possession with intent to deliver Ecstasy. Sgt Nicholas also located over 10.5oz of Marijuana that was mostly in the form of a large brick of “Marijuana butter” along with over […]
One of three men arrested in connection with the robbery of a Tucker’s restaurant employee four years ago is going to prison. Fond du Lac judge Gary Sharpe sentenced Vincent Hanes to two years in prison followed by four years extended supervision. Hanes pleaded no contest last Novmeber to a charge of robbery with use of force. A second man was placed on probation earlier this year for his role […]
A member of the legislature’s budget-writing committee thinks lawmakers will be able to reach a compromise that’s workable on one of the last major sticking points in the state budget. The governor wants to borrow more than a billion dollars to pay for transportation, while some lawmakers say fee and tax increases are necessary, or delaying road projects. Republican state representative Michael Schraa of Oshkosh says some of the […]