Month: January 2017

A former secretary at a Waupun school accused of stealing money from two school accounts has been bound over for trial.   Probable cause was found at a preliminary hearing Friday for Kathleen Schwark on charges of theft in a business setting.  Waupun Deputy Police Chief Scott Louden says Schwark is accused of stealing as much as $5000 from the schools’ sunshine and soda accounts while working as a secretary […]

When someone gets a speeding ticket they usually pay the fine and move on.  But a Fond du Lac attorney decided to take his own case to trial.   Attorney Alex Ullenberg was cited for speeding 15 miles an hour over the posted 35 mile an hour speed limit.  A jury trial was held in Fond du Lac County Circuit Court this week and the jury found Ullenberg guilty.  He was […]

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 waived his preliminary hearing.  Seventeen year old Austin Hill was bound over for trial on a charge of making terrorist threats.   According to a criminal complaint Hill wrote on the note,  “Open at your own risk”  It included rap lyrics with a racial slur […]

A new report card from the American Lung Association regarding the state of tobacco control in Wisconsin shows mixed grades.  The report gives the state a failing grade in three areas: funding for tobacco control and prevention, access to cessation services, and for not raising the minimum age for sale of tobacco products from 18 to 21.  While acknowledging improvements in tobacco control over the long run, Dona Wininsky of […]

Its an evening of jazz at Fond du lac High School this weekend.  The high school’s Jazz Emsembles will present  “Live! In Swing City” Saturday evening at the high school commons.  High School band director Matt McVeigh jazz may have been born in New Orleans, but it was popularized in Midwestern dance halls.  "We've got 75 students in three jazz bands performing," McVeigh told WFDL news.  The event will feature […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Republican legislative leaders say a new audit detailing cost overruns at the Department of Transportation is disconcerting and demonstrates the need for a long-term solution.  The audit released Thursday found that completed and ongoing projects at DOT are costing twice as much as initially estimated because of inflation, delays and other unexpected cost increases.  Republican Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald says the report is disconcerting but […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Gov. Scott Walker has appointed a reserve judge to the state's Ethics Commission.  Timothy Van Akkeren will replace retired Judge Robert Kinney, who resigned from the Ethics Commission in December less than six months into his term. Kinney complained the partisan commission was ineffective, secretive and set up to fail.   The commission consists of three members nominated by Democrats and three members nominated by Republicans. […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A student at the University of Wisconsin-Madison charged with arsons at two predominantly black churches years ago is recruiting on campus for a local chapter of a national pro-white party.  The 33-year-old Daniel Dropik said Thursday he is starting a Madison chapter of the American Freedom Party, though has not yet registered the group as an official student organization. Students are planning a Tuesday march protesting […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Madison's mayor says his city will remain a sanctuary for immigrants in the United States illegally even though it could cost federal aid.  President Donald Trump signed an order Wednesday withholding Justice Department and Homeland Security funds from jurisdictions that bar local officials from communicating with federal authorities about someone's immigration status. Madison Police Chief Craig Koval says his officers never inquire about immigration status. Dane […]