Local school districts are projected to get more state aid next school year. According to the state Department of Public Instruction, the Fond du Lac School District will receive $2.4 million more…a 6.3 percent increase. The Waupun School District is slated to receive .62 percent more state aid, and the North Fond du lac School District’s increase is projected to be up nearly four percent. North Fond du Lac superintendent Aaron Sadoff says […]
More than ten tons of hazardous chemical waste from households, farms and businesses was collected during a recent Clean Sweep Program in Fond du Lac County. Two hundred households brought potentially dangerous items for disposal to the county Fairgrounds. A waste management Company sorted the items, disposing of them safely and keeping them out of county drains and landfills. Common household items brought in for disposal included aerosols, flammable paints, fuels and batteries, […]
One of three people accused of robbing a Fond du lac woman has been convicted. At a hearing this week Joshua Gehde pleaded no contest to theft. He was originally charged with robbery. Fond du Lac judge Robert Wirtz placed Gehde on five years probation, plus a year in jail and ordered Gehde pay restitution and court costs. Courtney Shelly and Cori Ritz of Chilton were also charged in the case.
A 22 year old Beaver Dam man charged with robbing Coyote Gas and Liquor in Beaver Dam and dealing heroin has pleaded not guilty to charges against him. Zachery Turck entered the plea Wednesday in Dodge County Circuit Court. He’s charged with armed robbery with threat of force, manufacturing with intent to deliver heroin, and possession of narcotic drugs. According to a criminal complaint, the Beaver Dam Police Department and […]
DEVILS LAKE, N.D. (AP) — Five anglers from Wisconsin have been caught with 100 walleye over the state limit at Devils Lake and are each facing fines of more than $1,700. North Dakota Game and Fish wardens say they got a tip about a group of men who were overfishing and staying in a rental home in Devils Lake. A warden found 25 whole walleye in one of the fishermen's […]
An Oakfield woman received non life-threatening injuries when she was pinned by a lawnmower over the weekend. Shortly after 1pm Saturday rescue personnel were called to the scene at W 8095 Prairie Road in Oakfield. The Sheriff's Office received a report that as a lawnmower was being loaded onto a trailer it had rolled backward onto the 62-year-old- woman.
MONONA, Wis. (AP) — The eighth annual Wisconsin Wife Carry Championship Race was a big hit again this year, especially for Jon Fenrick of Middleton. He slung his 103-pound wife over his shoulders and completed the obstacle course Friday in a minute flat. With the victory he takes home $525 — plus his wife's weight in beer. The contest is an internationally sanctioned event. It was a big attraction at […]
Fond du Lac Police are continuing to investigate a bomb threat at the Fond du Lac Fleet Farm store on Thursday night. A police department news release says shortly after 6pm last Thursday a store employee discovered a threat indicating that a bomb was going to go off at a specific time. The store on Rogersville Road was evacuated and the area was blocked off to traffic as officers searched the store. Store […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — An aide to Gov. Scott Walker who got caught up in a secret investigation into illegal campaigning has landed a new state job with a hefty pay raise. Cindy Archer has been hired as chief information technology officer for the state public defender's office. Her hourly salary is $54.34 an hour. That's an 11.7 percent increase from the $48.62 per hour she was making previously as […]