Month: August 2015

A Markesan man convicted of making bomb threats and violating restrictions of being a sex offender is going to prison. At a sentencing hearing Friday, Dodge County Circuit Court Judge Steven Bauer sentenced 33 year old Aaron Schreiber to two and a half years in prison and two and a half years extended supervision, as well as a withheld seven and a half years probation. In May, Schreiber entered an […]

Fond du Lac police are looking for a suspect in the armed robbery of a local motel.   Assistant police chief Steve Klein says the Microtel Motel on South Military Road was robbed at gunpoint shortly after 2pm Sunday.  Police received a report that a male entered the hotel and demanded  cash from the register after he displayed a black handgun.   After the suspect obtained an undisclosed amount of […]

An Oostburg man received what were described as life-threatening injuries in a car versus semi crash on Highway 23 east of Fond du Lac.  Rescue personnel were called to the scene at the intersection of Highway 23 and G. shortly before 5:30pm Sunday.  Sheriff’s sergeant Chris Dobyns says the driver of the car failed  to stop for a stop sign and was struck by a semi tractor.  The car driver, […]

MILWAUKEE (AP) — The state Department of Natural Resources says starry stonewort has been reported in six bodies of water in southeastern Wisconsin.  Last fall, the invasive pest was discovered in a small section of Little Muskego Lake.  Since that time, the DNR said Friday that the agency and its partners have confirmed its presence in Big Muskego Lake and adjoining Bass Bay in Waukesha County, Long Lake in Racine […]

ELKHART LAKE, Wis. (AP) — A moment of silence has been observed in memory of Justin Wilson prior to the start of the NASCAR Xfinity race at Road America.  Wilson died Monday from a head injury sustained when he was struck by debris during an IndyCar Series race at Pocono Raceway in Pennsylvania.  Many drivers at Road America placed decals on their cars in memory of Wilson. The rear bumper […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Federal authorities are ordering retroactive overtime for Wisconsin State Patrol officers who serve as bodyguards for Governor Scott Walker and other state officials.  The U.S. Department of Labor is requiring the Wisconsin Department of Transportation to award overtime pay dating to May 19th, 2013, to nine State Patrol officers.  Those officers make up Wisconsin's Dignitary Protection Unit, which provides security for Walker 24 hours a day, […]

A  former assistant special education teacher at Horace Mann High School in North Fond du Lac convicted of sexually assaulting a special education student is going to prison.   Fond du Lac judge Robert Wirtz sentenced 45 year old Dominic Carmona to four years in prison followed by six years of extended supervision.  Assistant District Attorney Kristin Menzl says she is satisfied with the sentence.  "My reaction is what any parent […]

Fond du Lac police responded to two incidents involving armed suicidal subjects and both incidents ended peacefully without any shots fired.  Assistant police chief Steve Klein says the first incident occurred Friday morning when a man entered the Sky Nails Salon, near the Festival Foods Grocery store.   "Apparently the subject had a gun and was making threats to harm some family members and also to harm himself,"  Klein told […]

West Division Street from Brooke Street east to the Fond du Lac River Schedule:  April 20, 2015 to early October 2015 Description:  The project includes reconstruction of the sanitary sewer, water main, storm sewer, street, and lighting. August 31 to September 4: The concrete subcontractor continues paving operations. Concrete flatwork will begin in front of St. Paul’s Cathedral Church. Traffic Impacts:  West Division Street is closed to through traffic. Business […]