MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Wisconsin Republican Party is accusing Democratic gubernatorial candidate Mary Burke of being a hypocrite for saying she wants to outlaw campaign donations from outside the state. GOP executive director Joe Fadness says Burke is a hypocrite because she got roughly $1.1 million in donations this year from outside Wisconsin. Burke's spokesman Joe Zepecki says Burke's opposition to outside money was an opinion shared by "roughly […]
On July 10, 2014 at 12:37am the Fond du Lac County Communications Center received a 911 call from N5724 Fairvew rd in the Township of Lamartine from a female party by the name of Janet Voskuil stating she needed help and then the phone disconnected. Upon arrival, deputies observed the residence fully engulfed in fire and the home owner Janet Voskuil standing outside the residence. The structure is a total […]
A committee to study potential development at Lakeside Park is expected to be formed before the end of the month. At their meeting Wednesday evening the council discussed having the 15 member committee selected by their July 23rd meeting. The council and Advisory Park board will make the selections with the top 15 making the committee. More than 40 Fond du Lac residents applied to serve on the committee. The initial idea was to explore […]
Summer is officially underway, but for a lot of Wisconsin communities the lingering effects of a brutally cold winter are still being felt. National Weather Service meteorologist Gene Brusky says the extremely rare near total freeze over of the Great Lakes this winter has left Lake Michigan ten degrees colder than it usually is this time of year. Brusky says its still having an impact on out weather. "With an easterly flow over […]
After missing for almost nine months, Ronald McDonald is back in Ripon. Ripon Police say over the weekend they worked with the Green Lake County Sheriff’s office after a Ripon resident reported seeing a six foot tall Ronald McDonald statute at a campground in Green Lake County. Green Lake County Officers found the statute at a campsite and questioned the individuals present. They stated they found him abandoned in some […]
The Campbellsport Village Board president says revenue needs to be generated to reduce a water utility deficit…and a large rate increase seems to be the only option. Board president Patrick Twohig says the board is expected to make a decision at their August meeting. Twohig says a 30 percent increase would cover the more than $200,000 deficit. The village would have to apply with the state Public Service Commission for any rate increase. "We […]
A Milwaukee man accused of supplying the heroin that led to the death of a Fond du lac man has been denied a request to die in a hospice center. At a hearing in Fond du Lac County Circuit Court this week the attorney for 56 year old Reginald Dorsey said Dorsey has terminal cancer and requested bail be modified so he can be moved to Hospice. The attorney also made a motion to dismiss […]
A Fond du Lac man accused of attempting to kill his girlfriend in Portage County has been convicted of his 5th OWI in Fond du Lac County. Following a one day trial this week a Fond du Lac jury found Jason Hyatt guilty of OWI 5th offense and operating a motor vehicle with a prohibited alcohol content. Before the trial Hyatt pleaded guilty to operating after revocation. Fond du Lac judge Peter Grimm […]
WEST ALLIS, Wis. (AP) — Newly released records show that a former Wisconsin police officer charged with dumping two bodies stuffed into suitcases along a highway had a lengthy disciplinary record, including three suspensions and four reprimands. Fifty-two-year-old Steven Zelich is charged with two counts of hiding a corpse in Walworth County. Authorities say he's also a suspect in the women's deaths, although no homicide charges have been filed. Zelich […]