Fond du Lac, Wis. – Residents in the City of Fond du Lac can be confident that votes were counted accurately in the November General Election following the completion of a post-election audit of voting equipment used in the City of Fond du Lac for the Nov. 5, 2024, election. On November 26, 2024, election workers completed an audit of voting equipment in three reporting units (Wards 1, 6 & […]
Waupun, Wis. – On December 1, 2024, Create Waupun, a nonprofit whose mission is to obtain sculptures and murals for the betterment of Waupun, announced that their community campaign, “We Can Do It” aimed at raising funds for the permanent acquisition of the iconic Rosie the Riveter sculpture is near matching funds. This initiative not only celebrates the strength and resilience of women in the workforce but also embodies the […]
Wayland Academy invites the public to celebrate this holiday season at our annual Festival of Lessons and Carols this Sunday, Dec. 8. The service will take place at 6 p.m. in Kimberly Chapel, located on the north end of Wayland’s campus in Beaver Dam. Lessons and Carols is a nondenominational service featuring the singing of Christmas carols, hymns, and choral music, along with readings and lessons from scripture in different […]
The Green Lake County Sheriff's Office is investigating the death of of 75 year old man after his body was recovered Monday from the Fox River. The Green Lake County Sheriff’s Office said deputies responded to a call Monday morning when a man had not returned home when expected. The vehicle was found in the river and the man was located outside the vehicle, deceased. The incident remains under investigation.
The victim of a fatal two vehicle crash in Fond du lac County has been identified. The Fond du Lac County Sheriff's Office says 34 year old Samantha Watts-Galica of Brandon died Saturday evening when her car was struck by a vehicle on Highway 151 at County Highway TC. Failure to stop at stop sign and failure to yield to cross-traffic are believed to be the contributing factors to the incident.
Former Ripon Area Fire District Chief Tim Saul is accused of defrauding the department. Saul was charged Monday afternoon in Fond du lac County Circuit Court with three misdemeanor counts of financial transaction card-use to defraud. According to a criminal complaint Saul allegedly used an RAFD-issued credit card over several years for almost $43,000 for personal expenses including payments to the Chicago Cubs, a California AirBnB, two Wisconsin Dells water parks and to his wife’s […]
A second man has been convicted in the shooting death of a Fond du Lac man. As part of a plea agreement Eric Perry pleaded no contest to Second Degree Intentional Homicide as a repeater and Armed Robbery in the shooting death of Benzel Rose. District Attorney Toney stated “The City of Fond du Lac Police Department performed an excellent investigation leading to today’s convictions and justice for the family […]
The first of four people convicted in a fentanyl overdose death in Ripon has been sentenced. Seventeen year old Maison Springston was sentenced to seven years in prison and eight years extended supervision for the April 2023 overdose death. Three others are still awaiting sentencing.
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin public worker and teachers unions scored a major legal victory Monday with a ruling that restores collective bargaining rights they lost under a 2011 state law that sparked weeks of protests and made the state the center of the national battle over union rights. That law, known as Act 10, effectively ended the ability of most public employees to bargain for wage increases and other issues, and […]