An assistant Fond du Lac Fire Chief says he is leaving Fond du lac with mixed emotions. Steve Beer will begin his new job as Fire Chief in Hutchinson, Kansas in April. "Its been my goal to be a fire chief some day and as I started to look around I was very fussy on the type of community. There's a lot of job openings out there but there's a […]
Fond du lac police say an 88 year old man accidentally hit the gas pedal instead of the brakes, striking the front of a restaurant this week. The incident happened Wednesday morning at Boda’s restaurant on South Pioneer Road. Nobody was injured. The brick entryway was damaged.
A former program director at the Fond du lac Berry House, accused of sexually assaulting a resident at the facility has been placed on probation. Fond du Lac judge Peter Grimm placed 30 year old Jennifer Wenger on probation for three years. The judge imposed and stayed a one year prison sentence and two years of extended supervision. A charge of second degree sexual assault by an employee of a […]
The Fond du Lac Animal Shelter manager says she wonders if a cat that died after being kicked may have been tortured. Preston Buck told police he kicked the cat because it knocked over a lamp. The cat was brought to the animal shelter where it was euthanized. Animal Shelter manager Renee Webb says the cat has been sent to the state veterinary medical examiner. "They'll go through and not […]
Steve Koehler admits he is very excited but more than a little nervous about returning to perform in his hometown. His last performance was in 1983, a Goodrich High School production of Mousetrap directed by Jane Christiansen. He will be back February 11 and 12 when Thelma Sadoff Center for the Arts and Go Fish Productions, along with sponsors Horicon […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Gov. Scott Walker is proposing to increase a tax credit for Wisconsin's working poor as part of his initiative to wean people off of state welfare programs. Walker announced Wednesday that he was proposing increasing the maximum Earned Income Tax Credit from $135 to $371 for low income workers with one child. He says that would benefit about 130,000 small families and bring about 850 families […]
A Fond du Lac woman received serious but non life-threatening injuries in a two vehicle crash on Interstate 41. The crash happened shortly before 6:30am on southbound I-41 south of Church Road in Fond du Lac county. The state patrol says a car and straight truck were traveling southbound in the right lane when the car driver lost control on the snow covered road and spun out into the path […]
The Fond du Lac SWAT team rescued a woman and her children following a domestic standoff Wednesday morning. Shortly before 2am police were called to a residence on North Peters Avenue in response to a domestic abuse incident which involved the threat of a gun. After a five hour standoff, police entered the residence to rescue the victim and her four children. Shortly after the rescue the suspect, a 25 […]
A Fond du Lac High School student who wrote a threatening note found in a hallway at Fond du Lac High School this month has been charged with making terrorist threats. Seventeen year old Austin Hill made his initial Fond du Lac court appearance this week. Judge Robert Wirtz ordered $2000 cash bail. A preliminary hearing is scheduled for January 26th. According to a criminal complaint Hill wrote on the note, […]