2014 was a record year for the number of jury days held in Fond du Lac County. Records from the Clerk of Courts Office show there were 87 jury days last year compared to 46 in 2013. There were 46 jury trials in Fond du Lac County last year, up from 23 in 2013. Fond du Lac County District Attorney Eric Toney says the 19 felony jury trials were also […]
Area fire departments have been busy this weekend responding to several controlled burns that became out of control. Fond du lac area fire departments responded to a number of grass fires on Friday and Saturday. High winds and dry conditions are combining to make the fire danger level high in east central Wisconsin. The DNR has issued another Red Flag alert for extremely high fire conditions in central Wiscosnin. Fond […]
A 32 year old Montello woman was taken into custody after allegedly shoplifting from a Fond du lac department store and assaulting the store’s loss prevention officer. Police were called to a shoplifting report at Kohl’s Department store in the Forest Mall Saturday afternoon. Police say the suspect was inside her vehicle and refused comply with officers requests to get out of the car. Police blocked off a portion of […]
From left to right - bottom row - kneeling: Tate Velasco, David McArthur, Alex Rusch, Tyler Collien and Keegan Krug. From left to right - back row - standing: Coach TeStoete, Manager Bray Wiese, Mack Sebert, Kyle Walljasper, Henry Wright, Cole Linder, Logan TeStroete, and Coach Sebert. The Fond du Lac 6th Grade Boys Traveling Basketball Team competed in the Wisconsin State Invitational Championship Tournament on April 12-13. The […]
Fond du lac’s Walleye Weekend is still a couple months away, but festival officials are excited about this year’s event including several new features. The event centers around a Mercury Marine National Walleye fishing tournament but features music, food, beverage and many other attractions for kids and adults. Fond du lac Festivals Director Leanne Doyle says one of the new events is called Hearts to Heroes, a motorcycle charity ride […]
The Fond du Lac and Ripon Main Street programs were recognized at the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation’s at the 24th Annual Wisconsin Main Street Awards ceremony at St. Norbert College Friday night. Tricia Braun, deputy secretary and COO of WEDC, was on hand to recognize the efforts by Main Street volunteers and staff for the historic preservation and downtown economic development efforts of communities in Wisconsin. “The Wisconsin Main Street […]
Waupun police used a Taser to take a 19 year old Waupun woman into custody following a domestic incident. Police were called to a domestic battery complaint at a residence in the 900 block of Madison Street. When officers arrived the woman attempted to flee, and attempted to grab knives from a kitchen drawer, and then fought with officers with a knife in her possession. Officers used a Taser device […]
A Fond du Lac man found passed out with a syringe in his arm has been arrested. Police say the man faces charges of drugged driving after a citizen reported seeing him passed out in a vehicle with a needle in his arm. The Green Lake County Sheriff’s Office says the 27-year-old Fond du Lac man was found passed out in a vehicle in Fond du Lac County but regained […]
TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) — Scientists say the number of gray wolves at Isle Royale National Park has dropped to three — the fewest since biologists began studying the population on the Lake Superior island chain in the 1950s. Researchers with Michigan Technological University released their annual report on the park's wolves and moose Friday. They said the wolf count has continued a sharp decline since 1989, when it stood […]