Month: February 2022

The Fond du Lac County Sheriff's Office continues to investigate a recent rash of vehicle break-ins.   According to the Sheriff's Office the vehicle entries have occured in the northeast portion of the county around the Mount Calvary area. The Sheriff's office is reminding residents to lock their vehicles at night. All of the incidents have occured during the overnight hours. Anyone with information is asked to call the Sheriff's Office.

STURGEON BAY, Wis. (AP) — Police say a tenant who lived above a Sturgeon Bay bar where a fire this week killed two people and endangered others has been arrested. The 57-year-old man is in the Door County Jail on probable charges of second-degree reckless homicide and second-degree endangering safety. Authorities have said nine rooms above Butch’s Bar were rented. The bodies of two tenants were found in the rubble […]

SUPERIOR, Wis. (AP) — President Joe Biden travels to Wisconsin next week, the day after delivering his State of the Union speech in Washington. According to the White House, Biden and first lady Jill Biden will stop in Superior on Wednesday to discuss how the $1 trillion infrastructure law will improve the state’s roads and bridges, among other things, and create jobs. He signed the sweeping infrastructure package into law […]

A  Fond du Lac man has been convicted in the drug overdose death  of a woman.   At a hearing this week 36 year old Christopher Hoerth pleaded no contest to  first degree reckless homicide.  Police say he supplied fentanyl that led to the death of a woman in North Fond du Lac in May 2020.  A sentencing hearing is scheduled for May 5.   The charge carries a maximum sentence of 25 years in prison and 15 […]

The so-called Halloween Killer, Gerald Turner, won't be released from custody.  At a hearing this week Fond du Lac County Circuit judge Paul Czisny ruled that Turner will remain confined at a secure mental health facility.   The 72 year old Turner was convicted of killing nine-year-old Lisa Ann French while she was trick-or-treating on Halloween, 1973.   Turner was initially scheduled for release in 2018, but the Wisconsin Department of Justice […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Republican-controlled Wisconsin Legislature has sent a package of election and voting bills to Gov. Tony Evers in an attempt to mollify backers of former President Donald Trump who falsely believe the 2020 election was stolen from him. Republicans argue the fast-tracked bills are in response to deficiencies identified by a nonpartisan audit and a review by a conservative group. But the proposals passed Thursday go […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin has become the fifth state to call for a convention of the states to amend the U.S. Constitution with congressional term limits. The state Assembly passed a resolution Thursday calling for the convention. The Senate passed the resolution early Wednesday morning. The resolution does not say how many terms U.S. representatives and senators should be allowed to serve. It takes 34 states to call a […]

Work is expected to begin this year on a major project to repair the Fond du Lac Lakeside Park Lighthouse.  The Lighthouse has been closed since last September when water damage to the inside upright wood members was discovered during routine maintenance.  Parks director John Redmond says repair work will  include replacing the rotted wood studs, and rebuilding the outside siding  to prevent rain and snow from getting inside.  The project would also include […]