MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A Colorado woman accused of kidnapping her newborn nephew in Wisconsin and abandoning him in freezing temperatures is about to go to trial. Kristen Smith faces one count of kidnapping in federal court. Her trial is scheduled to begin Monday in Madison. She could face life if convicted. Prosecutors believe Smith kidnapped days-old Kayden Powell from the Town of Beloit home where his parents were staying […]
WAUKESHA, Wis. (AP) — State Rep. Bill Kramer, former majority leader of the Wisconsin Assembly, is due to stand trial in October on sexual assault charges. During a hearing Friday, Waukesha County Circuit Judge Donald Hassin scheduled a status conference for Oct. 23 and a jury trial for Oct. 28. Kramer's attorney, Eduardo Borda, tells the Waukesha Freeman they'll continue to fight the allegations that Kramer shoved a woman into […]
Fond du Lac Police are investigating a report that a woman was stabbed in the arm during a fight over the weekend. Police were called to the 100 block of Third Street early Saturday morning to a report of a fight and located a woman who had been stabbed in the arm. According to a press release she was treated and released from the hospital. Police say the woman had […]
On Sunday, July 27, 2014 at 3:32am the Fond du Lac County Communications Center received a report of a car versus motorcycle crash on Hwy 44 north of Douglas Street in the Town of Ripon. Preliminary investigation showed that both the car and motorcycle were traveling southbound on Hwy 44. The car was driven by a 25year old Green Lake man. The Green Lake man told Deputies that he was […]
Fond du Lac police are notifying residents about three convicted sex offenders who are being released into the community. Christopher Marsh is getting out of prison Tuesday after serving seven years for sexually assaulting two girls, ages 14 and 15. John Provo is also getting out of prison Tuesday after serving time in prison for child enticement and exposure. Both Provo and Marsh will be living at 457 Thomas […]
On Friday, July 25, 2014, at 3:53 pm, the Fond du Lac County Communications Center received a call of a capsized sailboat on Lake Winnebago approximately 3/4ths of a mile west of the Fisherman’s Road boat launch. The call was placed by one of the occupants of the capsized sailboat by way of cellphone. Both of the occupants were in the water and in need of assistance. The Fond du […]
ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill. (AP) — Friends and family are mourning the death of an Illinois woman who drowned while rescuing a 9-year-old boy in a Wisconsin lake. The (Arlington Heights) Daily Herald reports 47-year-old Karen Wessel of Arlington Heights died Tuesday. The Vilas County Sheriff's Department says she went under the water in Star Lake in Wisconsin after helping a boy who was struggling. She pushed him to the surface […]
Two Fond du lac County men accused of trying to disarm a sheriff’s deputy have been bound over for trial. A joint preliminary hearing was held Thursday for 22 year old Colton Obrien of Eden and 19 year old Tanner Gremminger of rural Campbellsport . Both face multiple charges. Obrien is accused of punching the deputy and trying to grab his service revolver during a scuffle. Gremminger is accused of […]
A Milwaukee man accused of supplying the heroin that led to the death of a Fond du lac man will be allowed to die in a hospice center. At a hearing in Fond du Lac County Circuit Court Friday Fond du lac judge Dale English agreed to modify the terms of bail allowing 56 year old Reginald Dorsey to be in Hospice in Fond du Lac or closer to his […]