A Fond du Lac man arrested a year ago for running a meth lab is in custody again for the same offense. Police found materials used to make methamphetamine at a 6th Street residence on April 25th. Police described the operation as a “mini meth lab.” The same person was arrested last year for running a meth lab out of a Lincoln Avenue home.
OSHKOSH, Wis. (AP) — The Menominee Park Zoo in Oshkosh has a new family of wolves. The four gray wolves came to the zoo from the Wildlife Science Center near Minneapolis in October after the last of the zoo's original three wolves was euthanized in June 2014 due to health reasons. The 12-year-old wolves are named Sienna, Rebel, Echo and Thunder and are litter mates. They were born to a […]
The American Lung Association’s State of the Air report shows Wisconsin’s air quality is improving, with several communities reporting their lowest level of pollutants in the report’s 16 year history. American Lung Association of Wisconsin’s Donna Wininsky says five counties, Ashland, Eau Claire, LaCrosse, Taylor and Vilas counties received As for both ozone and short-term particle pollution. Fond du Lac county slipped in the latest report card…receiving only a D […]
The leader of the state Assembly's new public benefits reform committee says he hopes to have bills that would require food stamp users to buy healthy foods and establish drug screening for public benefit recipients ready for a floor vote by mid-May. Rep. Mark Born, a Beaver Dam Republican, said during a news conference Thursday that he wants the bills ready by May 13. "Its trying to focus on some […]
SHEBOYGAN, Wis. (AP) — A Sheboygan County man is accused of causing the death of his fiancee's 4-year-old son. Thirty-one-year-old Armando Aguirre is charged with second-degree reckless homicide in the boy's death last week at the home the couple shared near Cascade. A judge in Sheboygan County Circuit Court set bond at $50,000 cash Friday. A criminal complaint says Aguirre told investigations he was playing with the boy and spinning […]
Investigators say inattentive driving is to blame for a two vehicle crash east of Fond du Lac that sent a Fond du Lac woman to the hospital. Rescue personel were called to the scene on Highway 23 at Tower Road Thursday afternoon. A westbound vehicle operated by a 30 year old Fond du Lac woman rear ended a west bound vehicle operated by a 52 year old Fond du Lac […]
Shown here are some of the members of the Theisen Leadership Council (TLC): Front row (L to R) Megen Matty & Ahmoni Gonzalez; Back row -Damian Manzano, Madeline Kleinke, Vianney Lara, Josh Dilling, Treston Wonser, Sarah Schaefer, Alison Schaeve. The TLC promoted this competition and helped organize a variety of fundraising activities. Theisen Middle School students recently conducted a fundraising competition and three organizations reaped the benefits of their efforts. […]
A woman accused of posting an ad on Craigslist to get back at a woman seeing her boyfriend has been bound over for trial. Crystal Bunkelman pleaded not guilty to a charge of misappropriating ID information/ to harm someone’s reputation. According to a criminal complaint Waupun Police received a call from a Waupun woman complaining that she was receiving strange messages and pictures from men who had seen an ad […]
BARABOO, Wis. (AP) — Authorities say a man jailed in Sauk County ran a drug operation from his cell with his girlfriend working as a distributor. Fifty two year-old Mardi Suggs and his girlfriend, 49-year-old Sherry Fuller, face multiple felony charges. According to authorities, Fuller told investigators that she took over a cocaine dealing operation from Suggs, and she said he was running it from jail. A police detective said […]