Fond du Lac police say it appears five young men decided to smash car windows just because "they thought it would be fun." Police arrested the men, ranging in age from 19 to 26, and at least two of them face felony criminal damage to property charges for smashing the windows on more than 60 vehicles parked on city streets. Assistant police chief Steve Klein says there is no […]
A Michigan man has been arrested following a high speed chase in Waupun. Police chief Dale Heeringa says an officer on patrol clocked a car speeding around 60 miles an hour on West Main Street…a 25 mile an hour zone. Heeringa says the chase continued out of Waupun and northbound on Highway 49 toward Brandon. The vehicle eventually went into a ditch and the driver was taken into custody […]
The Dodge County Sheriff’s Office has identified a suspect in the murder of a town of Fox Lake man. Sheriff Pat Ninmann says authorities are looking for 30 year old Kriscilla McHenry of Milwaukee in connection with the death of 43 year old Michael Soeller. Soeller was discovered August 24th by his landlord in an apartment at the intersection of Highways 33 and 73 . Ninmann says a person now […]
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The nation's corn and soybean farmers will harvest by far the largest crops ever this year, the U.S. Department of Agriculture said Thursday in a new report. Bigger crops have been expected this year as adequate rain and cool temperatures made for favorable growing conditions, but the new estimates far surpass previous records. Corn farmers are expected to harvest nearly 14.4 billion bushels of corn, […]
OSHKOSH, Wis. (AP) — Oshkosh police say a middle school employee has been arrested and accused of having sex with a 14-year-old student. Police say they were notified by administrators at the Oshkosh Area School District Wednesday about a possible inappropriate relationship between an employee at Merrill Middle School and a student. After officers investigated and arrested a 26 year-old female paraprofessional employee. She's being held in the Winnebago County […]
WAUKESHA, Wis. (AP) — Waukesha County prosecutors are asking that next week's preliminary hearing be postponed for one of the two 12-year-old girls accused of stabbing and nearly killing a classmate to please the fictional horror character Slender Man. Assistant prosecutor Ted Szczupakiewicz filed the request Wednesday. He was responding to a public defender's assertion that a forensic psychologist found his client mentally unfit for trial. The public defender, Joseph […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — At least two Dane County judges have granted adoptions by same-sex couples, thereby recognizing their marriages. In the latest case Wednesday, Kat Riley adopted the 2-year-old biological daughter of her partner, Teresa Riley. And, Teresa Riley adopted her spouse's 4-year-old biological son. The Rileys were married in Iowa last year. Now both children have two parents, instead of one parent and one legal guardian, and have […]
MILWAUKEE (AP) — Thousands of more documents collected during the first John Doe investigation into former aides and associates of Gov. Scott Walker when he was Milwaukee County executive have been released. The 7 gigabytes of documents were released Thursday by Milwaukee County Executive Chris Abele. They were collected during the now-closed investigation that resulted in six convictions on a variety of charges. Walker was never charged with wrongdoing. The […]
As summer turns to fall and winter the Fond du Lac Salvation Army is making a plea for assistance. Salvation Army social services director Ron Jacobson says there’s a great need for non perishable food items to stock the food pantry. Jacobson says there’s also a need for winter clothing and blankets.