Anthony Alvarado and Doug Darby say their story of recovery is hope for other heroin addicts who don’t see a light at the end of the tunnel. The pair formed the group Rise Together and brought their message of hope and survival to Fond du Lac yesterday…speaking to high school juniors and seniors Wednesday afternoon and at a heroin summit Wednesday night at the High School Performing Arts Center. "Let's […]
A Milwaukee man who was accidentally shot during an armed robbery in Fond du Lac County is going to prison. Fond du Lac judge Gary Sharpe sentenced Danny Morris to five years in prison followed By ten years extended supervision. In December Morris.entered an Alford plea to a charge of party to the crime of armed robbery. One count of burglary and two counts of theft were dismissed and read […]
A Kenosha man charged with killing a teenager in 1990 has been ordered to stand trial in Fond du Lac County. Sixty-one-year-old Dennis Brantner faces a charge of first-degree murder in the death of Berit Beck. The 18-year-old was traveling from her home in Sturtevant to Appleton for a computer training seminar when she disappeared. Her van was found a few days later in a Fond du Lac parking lot, […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Republican legislators are circulating a bill that would merge Wisconsin's two major economic development agencies into a new entity. Gov. Scott Walker's budget calls for merging the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation and the Wisconsin Housing and Economic Development Authority into the Forward Wisconsin Development Authority. WEDC and WHEDA leaders told the Legislature's finance committee last month the change would create a one-stop shop to help communities […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin Assembly Speaker Robin Vos says he doesn't have the votes to repeal prevailing wage but will look to reform it. Vos says he supports a full repeal of prevailing wage but it's likely that lawmakers will insert changes to prevailing wage law into Gov. Scott Walker's budget. He did not elaborate. Under current Wisconsin law, workers on state or local public works projects or on […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Results of the April 7 election have been certified, including a constitutional amendment that gives justices of the Wisconsin Supreme Court the ability to elect who will serve as chief justice. The Government Accountability Board chairman on Wednesday approved the canvas of the election results. About 18.4 percent of the voting-age population cast ballots in the election. Now that approval of the Supreme Court constitutional amendment […]
OSWEGO, N.Y. (AP) — A 690-foot freighter that replaced the ill-fated Edmund Fitzgerald as the flagship of a Great Lakes shipping company will be scrapped. The American Fortitude spent the winter docked at the Port of Oswego, on Lake Ontario in central New York. Port officials tell The Post-Standard of Syracuse that the 62-year-old vessel will leave this weekend for Canada, where it will be scrapped. The iron ore carrier […]
A Waupun Correctional Institution inmate faces attempted homicide charges after he allegedly tried to kill another inmate and injured a correctional officer. 28 year old Eric Conner is charged with attempted first degree intentional homicide and battery by prisoners. Conner is accused of making a shank and attacking the 27 year old inmate. Following the stabbing, correctional officers spotted the homemade knife and attempted to subdue Conner. That’s when Conner is […]
L-R: Doug Darby, WFDL news director Greg Stensland, Anthony Alvarado The public is invited to attend a heroin summit at the Fond du Lac High School Performing Arts Center. Two of the program’s keynote speakers are recovering heroin addicts Anthony Alvarado and Doug Darby. The pair formed the group Rise Together and travel the state sharing how they went from rock bottom to recovery. Darby says he nearly died […]