MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A more conservative Wisconsin Legislature starts its two-year session next week facing a $2.2 billion budget shortfall and several tough issues. Those include right-to-work legislation, raising gas taxes and fees to pay for roads and expanding the private school voucher program. Governor Scott Walker begins his second term on Monday with even larger Republican majorities in both the Assembly and Senate. That should make it easier […]
A long time Fond du Lac pediatrician and Fond du Lac County Board of Health member has retired. Doctor Warren Post, officially retired January first after providing his input into public health issues in Fond du Lac County for nearly 30 years. Over the years Doctor Post has worked as a health advisor to the Fond du lac County health Department. He was recognized with a proclamation at last month’s […]
MILWAUKEE (AP) — One of the first so-called revenge porn cases in Wisconsin is heading to trial. Keslin Jean Jacques, a Milwaukee man who posted nude and seminude photos of his ex-girlfriend on the Internet after a bad breakup, is scheduled to start his trial Wednesday. Jean Jacques, 31, was charged in April for publishing a sexually explicit image without consent. It was one of the first such cases after […]
A Milwaukee man accused of robbing a Fond du Lac woman at knifepoint has been charged. Forty three year old Antwon Brown made his initial Fond du Lac court appearance this week on charges of armed robbery, recklessly endangering safety, false imprisonment and possession of heroin and cocaine with intent to deliver. Bail was set at $100,000 cash. According to a criminal complaint Brown attacked his ex-girlfriend at an Ellis […]
On Monday, January 5, 2015, Fond du Lac County Senior Judge Peter Grimm will preside over the swearing in of Fond du Lac County Sheriff Mick Fink and Fond du Lac County Clerk of Circuit Court Ramona Geib. The ceremony will begin at 8:30 a.m. in Judge Grimm’s courtroom, located on the 2nd floor of the City-County Government Center. Meanwhile, Dale Schmidt will be sworn into office as the new […]
County Road “T” – Fourth Street Road will be closed between National Avenue and Mary Lee Drive on Tuesday January 13, 2015 for sanitary sewer work. The closure is expected to last one day with a detour route of Mary Lee Drive - Reinzi Road – National Avenue will be posted. The closure was pushed back a week due to the extreme cold weather this week.
The Campbellsport School Board is expected to take action to place a $25 million school building referendum on the April ballot. The board will consider will consider adopting a resolution at their meeting Monday evening. A community survey last fall showed only 41 percent of respondents indicated they would likely support the original $35 million project. District administrator Paul Amundson says the district has been studying the issue for over […]
Weather alerts, student grades, and more are available through apps offered by the North Fond du Lac and Lomira School Districts. North Fond du Lac School Superintendent Aaron Sadoff says the app can be customized to meet individual family’s needs. "As a parent I go in, I put in a passcode, all of the sudden I've got an icon for all three of my kids. I can hit on it […]
On January 1, 2015, at 1:35 p.m. the Fond du Lac Fire Department responded to 82 N. Berger Parkway for a reported apartment building fire. On arrival fire crews found a small fire burning outside a first floor unit. The fire burned through the outer wall and began to burn part of the interior structure in the basement. The fire was quickly extinguished and the building was ventilated. Building smoke […]