The Dodge County Sheriff's Office has identified the victims of a fatal motor vehicle crash. The crash happened Wednesday at 7:04 pm, on Sth 73 near the intersection with Concord Road in the Township of Westford, Dodge County, Wisconsin. Preliminary investigation shows that a farm tractor operated by Terry Neuman, 58 years old, from Randolph, WI) was towing a corn picker and gravity box traveling south on Sth 73. […]
Habitat for Humanity of Wisconsin has announced a green initiative for the upcoming holiday season. Habitat ReStores throughout the state of Wisconsin, including the Fond du Lac ReStore (65 W. Scott Street) will be accepting non-working or no longer needed holiday lights throughout the holiday season. “Don’t throw those old strings of lights away, donate them to our ReStore,” said Paul Osterholm, Executive Director. “We’ll recycle them and use the […]
The Department of Public Works would like to inform motorists of the closure of Military Road between 9th Street and Hickory Street. The closure will begin Monday, October 26th and remain closed 3 to 5 days. The street will be closed to allow the railroad to make repairs to the railroad crossing and approaches on Military Road. Local traffic to businesses and schools will be allowed. Motorists are encouraged to find […]
The Gottfried Prairie and Arboretum presents a family friendly, luminary Halloween Hike on October 24th from 7 pm to 9 pm at the UW Fond du Lac campus, 400 University Drive, Fond du Lac. This year’s theme is What a Meal. Come and learn from five friendly characters talking about how they help the environment by what they eat: Monarch Butterfly, Brown Bat, Great Horn Owl, Coyote, and Prairie […]
The Fond du Lac city council vice president says he wishes a former Fond du Lac Management Information Systems director would directly apologize to the city for his role in a fraudulent invoicing scheme. Former MIS director Mark Beveridge and three others were convicted of stealing more than $200,000 from taxpayers to purchase mostly electronic equipment for personal use. In an interview with WFDL news this week Beveridge said he […]
The case of the former Fond du Lac Management Information Systems Director convicted in a fraudulent invoicing scheme is coming to an end. At a hearing in Fond du lac County Circuit Court Fond du Lac judge Peter Grimm ordered probation for Mark Beveridge will end November 11th after Beveridge agreed to pay the city of Fond du Lac the remaining nearly $36,450 owed in restitution. Beveridge spent more […]
The ex-girlfriend of a Fond du lac man convicted of burning down his bowling alley is being released from probation. At a hearing this week Fond du lac judge Peter Grimm ordered a civil judgement for Linda Stiller-Devoe. Her probation will end November first. Her probation agent told the court he has no worries of any future criminal behavior and says Stiller-Devoe has made efforts to pay restitution. Stiller-Devoe was […]
An Iron Ridge man convicted on charges related to holding his estranged wife at gunpoint after kicking in the door of her home will serve some time in prison. On Wednesday, Dodge County Circuit Court Judge Brian Pfitzinger sentenced 66 year old Charles Kaepernick to 18 months of initial confinement and 4 years of extended supervision. In August, Kaepernick pleaded no contest to charges of burglary-armed with a dangerous weapon […]
MILWAUKEE (AP) — Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker says he'll sign legislation banning so-called John Doe investigations into potential political corruption, a measure that passed the Legislature this week. Speaking at a groundbreaking in Milwaukee Thursday afternoon, the Republican governor said he looks forward to approving the bill. He says it's just a matter of how quickly it gets to his desk, whether that's "in the next day or two or […]