Fond du lac police say a stripper apparently showed up at the wrong residence. Police received a call Tuesday afternoon from a woman who said a black woman showed up at her Forest Avenue apartment and started taking off her clothes. The caller told officers that she had never seen the woman before this incident. Police searched the area but did not find the alleged stripper.
A Fox Lake man was killed after crashing his car during a high speed chase. Police say 25 year old Ethan Plath died after crashing his car into a tree Monday along Highway 33. The State Patrol says the chase started in Fox Lake, when the police chief attempted to pull Plath’s vehicle over. Plath did not pull over and the chase continued south for nearly 18 miles along Highway […]
Fond du Lac police say an 11 year old boy admitted to police officers that he made up a story about being abducted after attempting to run away from home. The boy’s father called police Monday afternoon to report his son didn’t come home from school. About an hour later police received a call from someone who reported seeing a young child riding a BMX bike in the rain along […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A new analysis finds that Wisconsin is the 12th highest taxed state in the country and third highest in the upper Midwest. The nonpartisan Wisconsin Taxpayers Alliance said that was based on Census data on tax collections Tuesday. It analyzed the tax data as a percentage of personal income. The data shows that Wisconsin moved from 13th worst in 2011 up one spot to 12th in […]
A UW Fond du Lac master plan calls for a new building to replace the aging gymnasium. The plan was unveiled at Tuesday night’s county board meeting. UW Fond du Lac Dean John Short says the cornerstone of the plan is a new Health, Education and Science building that includes a new gymnasium. "The new Health, Education Science building will replace the current physical education building which was the only […]
The Fond du Lac County board has approved a request to give the Fond du Lac County Fair more time to pay a $50,000 no-interest loan from the County. The board approved the request for a two year extension at their meeting Tuesday night with supervisors Zorn and Schumacher voting against. Fair board secretary Matt Immel says he's very grateful for the board's support. "We've always been very thankful for […]
John S. Provo Birthday: July 14, 1952 Race: White Height: 5’ 9” Weight: 185 Hair: Brown/Gray Eyes: Hazel This is a change of address notification on John S. Provo who was released back into the Community on July 29, 2014, after serving time in prison for child enticement-exposing sex organ in 2002. In addition he was convicted in 1982 in the State of Michigan for Assault with Intent to […]
With less than two weeks to go before Christmas the Fond du Lac fire chief says he wants to keep the streak going…no Christmas tree fires in the six years that he has been chief. Between 2007-2011 U.S. fire departments responded to an average of 230 home fires that started with Christmas trees per year. Fond du lac fire chief Pete O’Leary says that’s down about half from the previous […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker says former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush's decision to "actively explore" running for president doesn't affect his own consideration of getting into the race. Walker says Bush's action "doesn't affect me one way or another." Walker says whether he decides to run for president will be "based upon me, my family and my state and what I may or may not be able […]