An Illinois man has been charged in connection with a high speed chase in Fond du Lac over the weekend. Delaney Watt made his initial Fond du Lac court appearance Tuesday on charges of eluding an officer. Judge Gary Sharpe ordered a $500 cash bond. Fond du lac County sheriff’s captain Rick Olig says the chase occurred Saturday night when a sheriff’s deputy attempted to stop a vehicle […]
GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — The head of the national teachers' union says beating Gov. Scott Walker is the organization's top priority in the upcoming Wisconsin election. The National Education Association is the second national union to say it's targeting Walker. The American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees said earlier this month it had a "score to settle" with the governor. Walker has been a target of public […]
MARSHFIELD, Wis. (AP) — More Wisconsin residents have reported they were victims of a Green Bay Packers ticket scam through which police say a 37-year-old Marshfield man stole tens of thousands of dollars. Lt. Darren Larson of the Marshfield Police Department's detective bureau says that football fans from outside the department's jurisdiction are coming forward including from Fond du Lac. The Marshfield man, whose name hasn't been released by police, previously admitted […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin election officials want a judge to dismiss a lawsuit seeking changes to the newly designed ballot for the Nov. 4 election. Republican legislative leaders filed the lawsuit against the state Government Accountability Board in Waukesha County last week. They argue that the GAB's model ballot is confusing, gives undue prominence to Democratic candidates and makes it hard to tell which office candidates are seeking. State […]
Two Ripon men arrested in connection with an armed robbery at a Ripon Pick n Save have made their initial Fond du Lac court appearance. Twenty one-year-old Cody M. Schaffer is charged with one felony count of armed robbery, while 17-year-old Tyler W. Cody is charged with one count of party to the crime of armed robbery. The incident happened around 11:45 p.m. September 19th at Ripon’s Pick n Save. […]
LA CROSSE, Wis. (AP) — A University of Wisconsin-La Crosse graduate student who was studying abroad in Sierra Leone is sharing her story after she had to leave the country amid the deadly Ebola outbreak. The UW La Crosse Department of International Education decided to evacuate Alexandria Berg as the crisis escalated. The 23-year-old secured the last available seat on a flight to Paris and then made her way from […]
A Fond du lac home will be demolished after it was deemed uninhabitable for human habitation. The Fond du Lac Aging and Disability Resource Center will work with the 94 year old homeowner to find alternative placement options. Police were called to the Mihill Avenue residence after a plumber reported the house was filled with garbage and personal items. The house was condemned after city inspectors performed an inspection of […]
Twelve people have officially been charged in a Dodge County prostitution ring including a Beaver Dam woman and her husband. Debbie and Daniel Walters of Beaver Dam, were charged Monday in Dodge County Circuit Court with running a prostitution business out of their home across the street from a church and school. Debbie Walters faces 32 prostitution related counts. Daniel Walters, a Dodge Correctional Institution employee, is charged with three […]
Beata Lieders says about a month before her son died she knew his time was short. Lieders says it was a mother’s intuition. Her son Blake was on the run when he died in a 2012 drowning accident at age 16. A year before the tragedy Lieders created an Open Art Studio program for kids to gather in a safe place and use art as a positive outlet. 'He […]