A Milwaukee woman accused of killing a Town of Fox Lake man last August is scheduled later this month to enter a plea to a charge of second degree intentional homicide. 31 year old Kriscilla McHenry appeared in Dodge County Circuit Court Monday for a status conference. Online court records indicate that McHenry’s defense counsel and District Attorney Kurt Klomberg representing the state have reached an agreement on the […]
An arraignment hearing for a Kenosha man charged in the cold case slaying of a Sturdevant teenager in Fond du Lac County has been rescheduled for Friday The hearing was postponed last month after the attorney for Dennis Brantner requested a judge substitution. The case was being heard by circuit judge Richard Nuss. The rescheduled hearing will be held Friday in Judge Gary Sharpe’s court. Brantner is charged with […]
A Waupun Correctional Institution inmate has made his initial Dodge County Circuit Court appearance on attempted homicide and battery charges after he allegedly tried to kill another inmate and injured a correctional officer. 28 year old Eric Conner is charged with attempted first degree intentional homicide and battery by prisoners. Conner is accused of making a shank and attacking the 27 year old inmate. Following the stabbing, correctional officers spotted […]
The Department of Public Works would like to notify pedestrian traffic of the sidewalk closure in the downtown area. The north sidewalk between the Macy Street Parking Ramp and the Marian Plaza on Main Street will be closed due to roofing work occurring at 30 S. Main Street. The closure will begin Thursday, June 4th at 7:00 A.M. and is expected to re-open at the end of the day Wednesday, […]
Construction will begin Thursday on a small stretch of Highway 151 in Fond du Lac. Gov. Scott Walker has approved $625,000 for reconstruction of point two miles of 151 near the Ducharme Parkway intersection. Construction will begin Thursday and finish in August. The project will involve adding the east leg of Ducharme Parkway to the existing three-legged intersection; and installing slotted left-turn lanes on 151. Left turns and through […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) â A white Wisconsin police officer has been cleared of wrongdoing in an internal investigation of his fatal shooting of an unarmed 19-year-old biracial man. The Madison Police Department on Wednesday issued a summary of its finding that Officer Matt Kenny did not violate its deadly force policies in the March 6 shooting death of 19-year-old Tony Robinson. The internal decision follows one last month by Dane […]
OSHKOSH, Wis. (AP) An aircraft manufacturer says the company's chief executive and a mechanic were killed in a crash in one of its planes in eastern Wisconsin. Sonex Aircraft says CEO Jeremy Monnett and assembly mechanic Mike Clark died Tuesday when their single-engine plane crashed near Wittman Regional Airport in Oshkosh, about 90 miles northwest of Milwaukee. Forty-year-old Jeremy Monnett is the son of Sonex founder, John Monnett, who […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) A state Senate committee is scheduled to vote Thursday on a bill that would ban non-emergency abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy. Two Wisconsin health committees took up testimony on the fast-tracked bill during a public hearing Tuesday. Under the proposal, doctors who perform an abortion after 20 weeks in non-emergency situations could be charged with a felony and subject to $10,000 in fines or 3 […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) A Wisconsin Assembly committee has advanced a bill that would allow businesses to keep a supply of epinephrine injectors to be used in case of life-threatening allergic reactions. The Health Committee unanimously approved the bill Wednesday. The committee changed the bill to make clear that businesses may offer the drug, but aren't required to have it on hand. Schools are already allowed to keep a supply […]