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West Division Street from Brooke Street east to the Fond du Lac River Schedule:  April 20, 2015 to early October 2015 Description:  The project includes reconstruction of the sanitary sewer, water main, storm sewer, street, and lighting. September 21 to September 25: The concrete subcontractor continues flatwork on sidewalks and aprons. Traffic Impacts:  West Division Street is closed to through traffic. Residents, business owners, and customers may access properties past […]

Monday September 21st (1pm-2pm) Office Keywon Brown President and CEO of Life Enforcement will be coming to Lake View Place  at 517 Luco Rd to talk about “Being Kind, and taking care of someone else” He started a program called Life Enforcement whose mission is to find creative ways to inspire people in the community to take responsibility for spreading kindness, generosity and joy; while creating and maintaining a better […]

Michael Tagliapietra won gold  in the P3 (Mixed 25m Pistol SH1) event at the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) Shooting World Cup in Sydney, Australia.  Tagliapietra (Fond du Lac, Wisconsin) qualified for the Final in the eighth and last position with a score of 562. Once in the Final, however, Tagliapietra easily advanced to the gold medal match where he dominated top-ranked Xing Huang of China 8 – 2 to win the […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin's elected state superintendent says a Republican effort to make the position a partisan appointment is an "attack at the heart of our democracy and our state's history."   Tony Evers made the comment in prepared remarks he delivered Thursday in his annual state of education speech at the Capitol.  He blasts a proposed constitutional amendment released this week that would give the governor the power […]

The Town of Ripon has hired a former MEG Drug Unit agent  who was suspended in 2012 for having a sexual relationship with an informant.  Town of Ripon officials say Greg Weitz has been hired as a part time police officer.  Weitz was placed on unpaid suspension for misconduct and later resigned.

A Madison man has made his initial Dodge County Circuit Court appearance after allegedly shooting at another vehicle Sunday night outside of the Fox Lake Kwik Trip.  21 year old Anthony McCaskill Jr. is charged with discharging a firearm towards a person, endangering safety/reckless use of a firearm, and carrying a concealed weapon.  Bail was set at 25 thousand dollars cash.  The incident allegedly unfolded after McCaskill and his girlfriend […]

A Milwaukee woman has been sentenced to 20 years in prison for the stabbing death of a Fox Lake man.   Dodge County Circuit judge, Brian Pfitzinger, sentenced 31 year old Kriscilla McHenry to 20 years in prison and 20 years extended supervision in the stabbing death of Michael Soeller in a Randolph motel in August 2014.  Police say the victim was stabbed 38 times.   McHenry was convicted of second […]

The North Fond du Lac Fire Chief has resigned his position in  the village following his arrest this week on felony theft charges in Pennsylvania.  Richard Zmuda was arrested Wednesday afternoon after North Fond du Lac police received an arrest warrant from Bradford, Pennsylvania police.  North Fond du lac police chief Darren Pautsch says Zmuda is accused of stealing more than $47,000 from an elderly aunt.  Zmuda appeared in Fond […]

Political observers say the 18th Senate district race will be the top race for Wisconsin Democrats in the 2016 election.  Winnebago County  Executive Mark Harris announced this week that he is challenging Republican state senator Rick Gudex of Fond du lac.  Wispolitics.com editor J.R. Ross says after winning in 2012 by just 500 votes Gudex would be considered vulnerable.   "Right now its the number one target for Democrats, partly […]