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HUDSON, Wis. (AP) — New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie is telling Wisconsin Republicans they need to step up to keep Scott Walker governor because national Democrats "want to make an example of him" and scare conservatives from trying bold things.  The chairman of the Republican Governors Association swooped into western Wisconsin Monday to help shore up a potential 2016 presidential rival. They downplayed that possible GOP showdown.  Walker is in […]

Campbellsport school officials hope to make a final decision on a major building referendum before the end of the year.  District  administrator Paul Amundson says residents are being asked for their thoughts by participating in a survey on a proposed $35 million middle-high school building plan. Amundson says the district has been studying the issue for over two years.  He says the major portion of the plan is replacing the […]

BERLIN, Wis. (AP) — Authorities have released the names of two people shot dead in Berlin, Wisconsin. Police say 28-year-old Melissa Truinstra and 28-year-old Justin Daniels were murdered Saturday. Authorities were questioning a person of interest and executing several search warrants related to the case Sunday.  Authorities say they got a call at about 11 p.m. Saturday about a woman lying on the sidewalk on the 200 block of Broadway […]

During the early morning hours of Sunday, September 28, 2014, the City of Fond du Lac Police Department received several calls of gun shots in the area of the 300 block of N. Seymour St.  First arriving officers located a male subject lying on the ground with an apparent gunshot wound to his leg.  Officers were able to get the male subject to an ambulance and he was transported to […]

On Friday September 26, 2014 at approximately 11:03 p.m., the City of Fond du Lac Police Department served a high risk, no-knock, drug search warrant at 42 South Street in the City of Fond du Lac. Three indviduals were arrested and taken into custody on numerous felony drug related charges including Possession with Intent to Distribute Crack Cocaine and Maintaining a Residence/Dwelling for Illegal Drug Trafficking.  Indviduals arrested in the […]

James E. Miller Birthday: April 15, 1955 Race: White Height: 6’ 2” Weight: 210 Hair: Gray Eyes: Brown (glasses)   James E. Miller will be released from prison after serving time for 2nd Degree Sexual Assault of a Child and 3rd Degree Sexual Assault and Manufacture/Deliver Cocaine. Miller also has a previous conviction for Sexual Battery in the State of Tennessee. Miller was convicted of sexually assaulting a 6-year-old female acquaintance […]

The village of Oakfield in Fond du Lac County is under a boil water restriction until further notice.  Residents are being asked to discard any ice, food, and beverages prepared with unsafe water. Water should be boiled or bottled water should be used for drinking, food preparation and making ice.  The boil order was issued after Oakfield Waterworks experienced a loss of water pressure at the water tower.   Fond […]

A Green Bay man was killed in a motorcycle crash in Fond du lac County.  Sheriff’s sergeant Jeff Bonack says the accident happened Friday afternoon on Highwway TC west of Highway M in the town of Springvale.  Bonack says the motorcycle left the road and struck a culvert.  The crash remains under investigation.  The victim was identified as 63 year old Patrick Pichette of Green Bay.