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A Campbellsport martial arts instructor accused of sexually assaulting one of his students has been bound over for trial.  Forty three year old William Schellinger has waived his preliminary hearing on two counts of second degree sexual assault of a child and one count of repeated sexual assault of the same child.   According to a criminal complaint Schellinger had sex with a 15 year old girl on multiple occasions […]

A Cudahy man has been bound over for trial in connection with a high speed chase that ended in a crash in Fond du Lac.  Twenty eight year old Michael Connerton waived his preliminary hearing Friday on charges of  recklessly endangering safety and eluding an officer.  The August 5th chase started when a Fond du Lac County Sheriff’s Office deputy attempted to stop a vehicle on Highway 45 near Eden. […]

A Beaver Dam man charged following a disagreement over a transaction initiated on Craigslist has been bound over for trial.  Probable cause was found at a preliminary hearing  Friday for Carlos Acevedo on charges of disorderly conduct, criminal damage to property and battery.  Assistant police chief Steve Klein says the incident on Meadow Lane was not a home invasion.  Klein says Acevedo drove to Fond du Lac to sell record […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Three Wisconsin utilities want state regulators to let them increase electric rates by several dollars for hundreds of thousands of customers.  Madison Gas and Electric wants to increase its fixed monthly rate from $10.44 to $19; We Energies wants to go from $9.13 to $16; and Wisconsin Public Service Corporation wants to jump from $10.40 to $25.  The utilities have said they'll drop hourly-use charges by […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin's attorney general hopefuls are sparring over their philosophies in their first debate.  Republican Brad Schimel and Democrat Susan Happ met at Marquette University's law school Sunday afternoon. Happ kicked things off by reiterating she would not defend a number of state laws she believes are unconstitutional, including Wisconsin's gay marriage ban and voter photo identification requirement. She chided Schimel for saying he believes he must […]

Nobody was injured in a fire that destroyed an abandoned house in Fond du Lac County.  The fire was reported Saturday afternoon on Katzenburg Drive in the town of Ashford.  The owner said he was burning debris near the garage causing the garage and the house to catch fire.

A search warrant filed in Fond du lac County shows a suspect in the cold case homicide of Berit Beck left his fingerprints on several items found in Beck’s van.  The Fond du lac County Sheriff’s Office held a press conference in April to say they had tangible, physical evidence that put over the road trucker Dennis Brantner in Beck’s van.  The 18 year old Beck was murdered in July […]

A Fond du lac woman convicted of attempting to kill her six year old daughter and injure her boyfriend has been re-sentenced to seven years in prison.  In June Fond du Lac judge Robert Wirtz dismissed a charge of attempted first degree intentional homicide against Kenna Bowe and re-sentenced her this week to seven years in prison for recklessly endangering safety and aggravated battery.  Bowe was serving a 14 year […]

The City of Fond du Lac’s annual leaf collection will begin on Monday October 20, 2014 with crews starting in the southeast section of the city.  The collection will proceed in a clockwise direction – to the southwest, northwest, and northeast sections.  The leaf collection process will continue for approximately seven weeks, ending on Friday, December 5.  Again this year there will be a map available on the City’s website […]