MILWAUKEE (AP) — A former priest accused of sexual abuse won't be getting any money from the Archdiocese of Milwaukee in its bankruptcy case. Federal bankruptcy Judge Susan Kelley has tossed out a claim from Marvin Knighton, who says he was wrongly defrocked and money he contributed to his retirement account should be returned to him. Knighton was charged with child sexual abuse in 2002 but acquitted by a jury […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Three families of children with disabilities are challenging Wisconsin's law that allows students to open enroll at schools outside their home district, saying it violates federal disability law. The families are represented by the conservative group the Wisconsin Institute for Law and Liberty. The group announced on Wednesday that it had filed the lawsuit Tuesday in U.S. District Court in Madison. The lawsuit alleges that Wisconsin's […]
A Fond du Lac woman convicted of multiple drunken driving offenses is going to prison. Fond du lac judge Gary Sharpe sentenced 43 year old Tamara L. Strean to six years in prison followed by 10 years of extended supervision for her seventh and eighth OWI. She was arrested for her seventh OWI offense in August of last year and her eighth OWI in March of this year.
A Fond du Lac man arrested in connection with a shooting incident in the Taco Bell parking lot this week has been charged. Nineteen year old Dao Vang made his initial court appearance on charges of first degree recklessly endangering safety, carrying a concealed weapon and obstructing an officer. According to a criminal complaint Vang fired a shot from a pistol into the air following an argument over a marijuana […]
A 26-year-old Fond du Lac woman is charged with felony child abuse after she was caught on video jamming cotton swabs into her son's ears, causing them to bleed. According to the complaint, Jenna Schumacher took her 15-month-old son to Children's Hospital of Wisconsin for treatment of chronic ear bleeding and perforated eardrums. The complaint says doctors found no medical reason for the ear injuries, but discovered a piece of […]
The Fond du Lac County Sheriff’s Office says the driver of a semi died after he suffered a medical condition before his semi crashed into a cornfield Wednesday morning. Rescue personnel were called to the scene on East Larson Drive and Hickory Road shortly before 8am. The Fond du Lac County Dispatch Center received a call of a semi that traveled through the stop sign at E. Larson Dr. and Hickory […]
The Fond du Lac County Board has approved a 2015 budget. The board adopted the budget at their meeting Tuesday night with county board supervisors Thomas Schumacher and Dennis Stenz voting against. County executive Al Buechel says the budget includes funding to reinstate county membership into the East Central Regional Plan commission for the first time since 1982. "There are different services that are being provided that our municipalities can't […]
The Fond du Lac County Board has approved a five year capital improvement plan. County Executive Al Buechel says the big ticket item is reconstructing a six mile stretch of County Highway I that runs parallel to Highway 41. "That is the poorest quality road we have in the county right now," Buechel said. "They'll widen the road, increase the shoulders and straighten the curves." Buechel says the CIP also […]
Nobody was injured and one person is in custody following a shooting incident in Fond du lac. Police were called to the area of 427 W. Johnson Street near Taco Bell shortly before midnight Monday night to a report of shots fired in the parking lot of a business. A vehicle matching the description of a suspect vehicle was spotted in the 700 block of Crestview Lane with […]