An Oakfield woman has been sentenced to seven months in jail for having sexual contact with an inmate at a Waupun prison. At a hearing in Dodge County Circuit court, 40 year old Andrea L. Teschendorf was convicted of sexual assault by correctional staff. According to the criminal complaint, Teschendorf touched an inmate at the Burke Correctional Center in a sexual manner. She also is charged in Fond du Lac […]
BERLIN, Wis. (AP) — A man previously questioned and held in a double homicide in Berlin (BUR'-lin) has been arrested. Berlin police say the 33-year-old man was taken into custody Tuesday night and booked into the Green Lake County Jail on two possible charges of first-degree intentional homicide. Melissa Tuinstra and Justin Daniels were found with multiple gunshot wounds Saturday night in Berlin. The slayings prompted an Amber Alert for […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — A congressional review panel says there is substantial reason to believe that veteran Wisconsin Rep. Tom Petri violated House rules by acting on behalf of two companies in which he owned significant amounts of stock. The independent Office of Congressional Ethics says Petri advocated for Oshkosh Corp. and the Manitowoc Co. despite owning at least $250,000 worth of Oshkosh stock and at least $100,000 worth of stock […]
A Brownsville woman says like any mother she feared the worst when her son didn’t get on the bus after school. Marjorie Cobb tells WFDL news her four year old son Aiden is in the 4-K program in Theresa and was supposed to transfer to another bus in Lomira for the ride home Monday. He never got on the bus. Cobb says Aiden was supposed to meet up with […]
Blaine Toshner will go down as one of the greatest high school athletes ever in Fond du Lac. Funeral services were held Monday for Toshner who died a week ago from a heart attack at age 48. Saint Mary’s Springs Academy High School athletic director Kyle Krueger was Toshner’s teammate when the Ledgers won the State football championship in 1983. Toshner went on to play college football at North […]
Fond du Lac police are investigating a report of a gun fired in downtown late Sunday night. Police say there were no reports of injuries and investigators did not find any shell casings. The alleged incident was reported shortly before 11pm in the aarea of 6th and Main Streets. A vehicle was spotted a short time later near 5th and Marr Street and the driver fled when an officer approached […]
A Fond du Lac police officer used a Taser before taking an Oshkosh man into custody this week. Officers were called to a tavern on Ruggles Street Monday afternoon to a report of an unruly patron. Police say when officers arrived the man ran toward the squad in a threatening manner and began fighting with the officer even after the Taser was deployed. The officer was eventually able to hold […]
With the golf season winding down a Fond du lac golf course is offering something new and different for golfers and non-golfers. A kick-off grand opening was held Tuesday afternoon at Rolling Meadows golf course…for Fond du lac’s first Footgolf course. Rolling Meadows golf pro Jeremiah Hoffman says it’s a cross between soccer and golf. "Its a growing game throughout the United States and overseas and we're happy to jump […]
Fond du Lac police are investigating a report of a home invasion on the southside of town. Assistant police chief Steve Klein says a couple on Meadowlane said they had posted an ad on Craigslist and a man and woman apparently responding to the ad forced their way into their home. Nobody was hurt. The suspects later fled and was last seen driving south on Martin Avenue in a silver […]