Month: May 2018

A Waupun man convicted of sexually assaulting a three year old boy has been found dead in his prison cell.    Sources told WFDL news  28 year old  Robert Moungey was found hanging in his cell at Green Bay Correctional Institution.   A state Department of Corrections spokesman says an internal investigation has begun but did not confirm the cause of death.  Moungey  was serving a 31 year prison sentence for […]

OSHKOSH, Wis. (AP) — Oshkosh police say a 4-year-old girl riding her bicycle was struck and killed by a vehicle.  The crash happened just after 2 p.m. Thursday.  Police say emergency medical personnel took the girl to a hospital, where she died. Her name was not immediately released.  The driver remained on the scene and is cooperating with investigators.

A Fond du Lac man is charged in the heroin overdose death of a 29 year old woman.   Forty six year old Shannon Carlson is charged with first degree reckless homicide in the September 2014 death of Jenna Reynolds.  Bail was set at $100,000 cash.  A preliminary hearing is scheduled for May 11.   He is accused of supplying the heroin that led to Reynold’s death at a Royal Avenue residence.

An Oshkosh man has been convicted  in connection with a fatal traffic crash in Fond du Lac County a little more than a year ago.  As part of a plea agreement, Jonathan Vogel, pleaded no contest to homicide by intoxicated use of a motor vehicle.  A reckless homicide charge was dismissed and read into the record.  A pre-sentence investigation was ordered.   Sheriff’s investigators say Vogel was the driver of a […]

Construction is underway on a major addition at the Friendship Learning Center in North Fond du lac.  School officials held a Building Ceremony Wednesday afternoon to mark the start of construction.  Superintendent Aaron Sadoff says the $27 million 94,000 square foot addition is being built to the west of the existing building.  "That;'s going to add four new learning  and a new administration area, a new gym for the school […]

Waupun school  officials are excited about a new facility that will teach students the skills that local employers are looking for.   Groundbreaking ceremonies were held this week on the new Warrior Innovation Center.  Waupun superintendent Dr. Tanya Olson says the center will provide students with technology education and hands on training.  The center will feature production areas for fabrication, welding, a large shop room and house Warrior Fabrication, a s […]

Last month’s snow and ice storm seems like a distant memory with summer like temperatures this week.   National Weather Service Meteorologist Sarah Marquardt says  rain and thunderstorms and temps in the 70s signals a change in the  weather pattern.  "...so we're going to get this continuous push of warm, moist air that's going to fuel thunderstorms and some heavy rain,"  Marquardt told WFDL news.  Marquardt says mild temperatures are expected […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Democratic attorney general hopeful Josh Kaul says Republican incumbent Brad Schimel's suggestion that President Donald Trump and U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson wouldn't have won in Wisconsin without the state's voter ID law an "incredible admission" that the law was designed to help Republicans win elections.  Schimel asked  last month how many people believed Trump would have captured Wisconsin and Johnson would have won re-election in 2016 […]

BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) — House Speaker Paul Ryan says a Democratic takeover of the House or Senate in November would lead to a stalemate in Congress and open the way for partisan investigations of the Trump White House.  He says Democratic control of either chamber would mean "subpoenas" and "the system shutting down."  Democrats have criticized the GOP-led House intelligence committee, which found no evidence that Donald Trump's campaign […]