A Neosho woman accused of embezzling hundreds of thousands of dollars from the veterinary clinic where she worked since 2006 has pleaded guilty to two theft charges. 48 year old Tracey Grebe entered the plea this week in Dodge County Circuit Court to one count of theft of a business setting and one count of identity theft. Ten other charges were dismissed and read into the record. Grebe is accused […]
Kurt Wismer, a Business and Information Technology teacher at the School District North Fond du Lac was honored and awarded the Wisconsin Business Education Association Outstanding Educator award during the convention annual award luncheon on October 17. Wismer was nominated by Wisconsin Business and Information Technology teachers and an awards committee evaluated the nominations. Wismer is a Business, Marketing and Information Technology (IT) teacher as well as a Google Certified Teacher and Google Education […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The vast majority of students receiving a taxpayer-subsidized voucher to attend private school this year did not go to a Wisconsin public school last year. Data released Thursday by the state Department of Public Instruction shows that just over 19 percent of the 538 students who entered the statewide program this year attended a public school last year. Over the two years of the program, just […]
The Mayville School District is exploring the option of going to referendum for a high school renovation. District Administrator Dr. Pat Antony says a renovation of the high school building would be the third phase of facility improvements following the Parkview Elementary School upgrades and the relocation of the district administration building. Antony says a number of infrastructure improvements are needed at the half-century old high school. Antony says the […]
An approximately 106 million dollar budget is being proposed for Dodge County next year. County Administrator Jim Mielke and County Board Chairman Russ Kottke have unveiled the proposed 2015 budget. Mielke says the budget represents an increase of 5.34 million dollars compared to the 2014 budget, with the largest increased appropriation in the Transportation Fund at nearly 3 million dollars, and in the maintenance and information technology departments at about […]
MINOCQUA, Wis. (AP) — A bicyclist has been struck and killed by a commercial vehicle in Minocqua. Police say 55-year-old Robin Kuzel was riding his bike on Highway 51 South in Minocqua shortly before 3 a.m. Thursday when he was struck. Authorities say the commercial vehicle leased by Safelite Group was driven by a 28-year-old Delavan man. The fatality remains under investigation.
A Fond du Lac woman was injured after she was struck by a pickup truck while riding her bicycle. Assistant police chief Steve Klein says the incident happened Wednesday on Promen Drive in Lakeside Park. "We had an individual traveling on a bike near the pavillion on the bike path and there was a vehicle stopped at the stop sign. As the vehicle began to pull away the bike came […]
The chairman of a Lakeside Park exploratory committee says the committee hopes to begin the process of formulating recommendations shortly after the first of the year. The committee held its third meeting earlier this week and were asked to think about what they want the park to look like 20 years from now. Committee chairman John Short says two subcommittees are being formed to study park data and current conditions […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — State Rep. Bill Kramer has reached a plea deal with Waukesha County prosecutors on sexual assault charges. The former Assembly majority leader has agreed to plead no contest to two misdemeanor counts of fourth-degree sexual assault. The Journal Sentinel reports the district attorney's office will recommend a sentence of nine months in jail and three years of probation. He will not have to register as a […]