Month: March 2017

A Fond du lac man is one of 13 men from across the state arrested for soliciting prostitutes in Oshkosh. The arrests were made by the Oshkosh Police Department's newly formed Vice and Narcotics Unit.  The unit conducted two prostitution investigations during the month of March.  The men arrested range in age from 22 to 73 years old and are from cities across the state, including Oshkosh, Appleton, Fond du Lac, Hilbert, […]

Bail has been set at $25,000 cash for a Beaver Dam man accused of sexually assaulting a child in Fond du Lac County.  Nineteen year old Andrew Twardokus made his initial Fond du lac court appearance this week.  Twardokus is charged with using a computer to facilitate a child sex crime, second degree sexual assault of a child, and two counts of exposing a child to harmful materials.  A preliminary […]

The heavy metal band Winger is coming to Fond du Lac's Walleye Weekend.  The New York band will be headlining Walleye Weekend, playing  Saturday June 10th,  at 8:30pm on “96.1 The Rock” Point Stage.  In 1990, Winger was nominated for an American Music Award for “Best New Heavy Metal Band.”  Hits off this album include “Can’t Get Enuff,” “Miles Away” and “Easy Come Easy Go.”   Winger went their separate […]

Spectrum customers in the Fond du Lac area experienced a video, internet, and phone outage due to a fiber cut caused by an unaffiliated company doing roadwork.  The fiber cut occurred in the Fond du Lac area, just after 7:00 a.m. Friday.  This cut impacted customers in (and around) Fond du Lac, Door County, Sheboygan and West Bend.  Services were restored gradually, throughout the morning, as the fiber repairs were […]

The embattled Mayville police chief has resigned under the cloud of a criminal investigation.  After meeting in closed session Thursday night the Mayville city council voted unanimously to accept the resignation of suspended police chief Chris MacNeill.  The vote comes after a letter was sent by Mayor Rob Boelk, alleging that MacNeill may have altered police records.  Mayor Boelk requested the state Attorney General’s office to bring a charge of […]

Hundreds of Fond du Lac High School choir students are singing this weekend to raise money for the Water Project and Fondy Choir Booster Parents.  The first 24-hour Sing-A-Thon runs from noon Friday to noon Saturday at the high school.  Fond du lac High School Choir director, Cory Schneider, says the students are raising money for a program that brings clean water to people living in Sub-Sahara Africa.  "We would […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The state of Wisconsin has a general fund deficit of $1.7 billion when generally accepted accounting principles are used. But Gov. Scott Walker, just like his predecessors, prefers using a rosier accounting method.  When the state released its 2016 comprehensive annual financial report on Thursday, Walker touted the $331 million budgetary surplus in a news release. He noted the state has ended with a surplus every […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Republican Assembly Speaker Robin Vos says Assembly Republicans aren't scared by Gov. Scott Walker threatening to veto a gas tax increase.  Vos said Thursday that Assembly Republicans would override any veto they disagree with on the issue of transportation. Republican Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald earlier said Senate Republicans would never vote to override a gas tax veto by Walker.  Vos says he has a plan […]

There is a contested race for Fond du lac School Board in next week’s Election.  Incumbent Mark Strand is running along with challengers, Greg Freiherr, Dan Sitter and Monica Walk for two seats.   Incumbent Julie Nett is not running for re-election.   When it comes to teachers leaving the district, Strand says he is concerned that 90 teachers have resigned in the last three years.  "I've had it with teacher […]