A spring ritual is underway in Wisconsin. State Department of Natural Resources biologist Ryan Koenigs say the sturgeon spawning season has started on the Wolf River. Koenigs says the spawning is about nine days earlier than usual. "Fish are spawning throughout the whole Winnebago system. There are probably fish spawning on the upper Fox River, they've been spawning there since Wednesday," Koenigs told AM 1170 WFDL news. "The real run […]
BALSAM LAKE, Wis. (AP) — A Minnesota man has been charged with first-degree reckless homicide in the fatal stabbing of a Wisconsin fisherman at Interstate State Park. Bail was set Friday at $125,000 for 19-year-old Levi C. Acre-Kendall, of Cambridge. Thirty-four-year-old Peter Kelly, of St. Croix Falls, was stabbed Tuesday night after he and a friend argued with three younger men across the St. Croix River. The confrontation happened on […]
A 51-year-old Fond du Lac man has been convicted sexually assaulting a six year old girl. A Fond du lzc jury found Monty Moore guilty of repeated sexual assault of the same child. The charge carries a maximum penalty of 40 years in prison and 20 years extended supervision. According to a criminal complaint Moore sexually assaulted the child multiple times starting in the fall of 2013. A sentencing hearing […]
A Waupun man charged in the heroin overdose of a Fond du lac County man has been convicted in a separate case. Joshua Mulder pleaded no contest to bail jumping and operating a motor vehicle with a prohibited alcohol content-second offense. Charges of owi second offense, and a second bail jumping count were dismissed and read into the record. Mulder is also charged with reckless homicide and manufacture-delivery of heroin. […]
A Sheboygan man charged with vandalizing a veteran’s memorial in Brandon was back in court this week. Fond du Lac judge Robert Wirtz denied a request by Joseph Ross for a new attorney. The 52 year old Ross is charged with criminal damage to a memorial that honors the dead. A status conference is scheduled for May 1st. Brandon police chief Tom Dornbrook says Ross was arrested in connection […]
A Fond du Lac woman who was injured in a crash on Highway 41 in Fond du Lac has been released from the hospital and her husband is also recovering. Law enforcement said Wednesday that 69 year old Neelima Ingle and 72 year old Sudhaker Ingle had both received life-threatening injuries in the crash. A Theda Clark hospital spokesperson said the injuries were not as severe as initially feared and […]
A group of 15 Waupun High School students are getting a crash course this week in the blues. Grammy nominee harmonica virtuoso, Billy Branch, has been rehearsing with students in preparation for a concert Saturday night at the Waupun City Hall Auditorium. Branch says he wants the students to understand that the blues is the root of all of America's music. "For most of the students its their first experience with […]
The Fond du Lac County Executive says he is disappointed the legislature’s budget-writing committee has voted to remove $250,000 for a new study on the negative effects of wind power. Governor Scott Walker had called for spending the money on a study to look at the effects of noise and shadow flicker on people who live near wind turbines. The Fond du lac County Board is on record supporting a […]
A former Wisconsin DNR secretary says the governor’s proposed budget is the worst for conservation that he has seen in nearly a half century that he has worked in the natural resources field. George Meyer was appointed to the post by former Republican Governor Tommy Thompson. Now Meyer is the director of the Wisconsin Wildlife Federation and says he was particularily concerned about the governor’s proposal to make the Natural […]