A second man has been sentenced to prison after being convicted of burglarizing storage units in Dodge County. At a plea and sentencing hearing Wednesday, 42 year old Robert McKenna pleaded guilty to three counts of party to the crime of burglary as a repeater. Eight other burglary counts were dismissed and read into the record. Dodge County Judge Joseph Sciascia sentenced McKenna to 9 years of initial confinement and […]
A Dodge County woman has been convicted on child neglect charges after her two children were removed from a Town of Burnett home with what were described as “deplorable” conditions. At a plea hearing Wednesday, 26 year old Secoy Koch-Miller pleaded no contest to a charge of neglecting a child and neglecting a child causing bodily harm. In early 2013, the Dodge County Sheriff’s Department began an investigation after a […]
Fond du Lac's McDermott Park has been selected for a program through the University of Wisconsin Madison to develop an improvement plan for the park. Nancy Sondergard with the group Friends of McDermott Park says their application was accepted for the UW Madison School of Landscape Architecture Capstone Project. Sondergard says McDermott Park is one of only 13 projects selected for this year. "We submitted our application in mid-August […]
The Fond du lac County Clerk says she is excited about using new election equipment for next year’s contests. Clerk Lisa Freiberg says the new election equipment should be arriving in a little more than a month. "Its scheduled to arrive in Fond du Lac on November 3rd. Its up in Minnesota right now getting all kinds of special added features that will help our election officials," Freiberg said. Freiberg […]
It may be October, but construction work continues on Fond du lac County roadways. Fond du Lac County Highway CommissionerTom Jahnke says the weather cooperated this summer allowing highway crews to complete several projects throughout the county. "Right now we're doing some paved shouldering on Highway 151 and Ducharme Parkway, also finished patching on Highway 44 out of Ripon. That road is tentatively scheduled for a rehab next year," […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A University of Wisconsin System committee has approved lifting a cap on out-of-state students at UW-Madison. The Board of Regents' education committee approved lifting the limit for the next four academic years with a unanimous voice vote on Thursday. The proposal now goes next to the full board on Friday. The system currently caps the number of out-of-state undergraduate students at 27.5 percent of the undergraduate […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A West Virginia attorney has been hired to be Wisconsin's first solicitor general. Wisconsin Attorney General Brad Schimel announced the hiring of Misha Tseytlin on Thursday. The new position was created by the Legislature this year to help deal with lawsuits that are on appeal. Tseytlin currently serves as general counsel to West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey. Both Morrisey and Schimel are Republicans. Tseytlin previously […]
As the Fond du Lac Cardinals focus on completing their regular football season as a leader in the FVA South conference, the excitement is already building for the 2015 play-offs. Fans of the Cardinals may pre-order their 2015 play-off shirt through the Cardinals Nest at Fond du Lac High School (FHS) now through Wednesday, October 15th, at 4:00 p.m. This year’s 2-sided design is available on a white t-shirt […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin will host a Democratic presidential primary debate on February 11th. The Democratic National Committee announced the date on Thursday. No site within the state was named. The debate will be hosted by PBS.