Month: March 2022

MADISON — Gov. Tony Evers Tuesday signed Executive Order #160 authorizing Fond du Lac County to lower the flags of the United States and the state of Wisconsin to half-staff as a mark of respect for Fond du Lac County Executive Allen J. Buechel, who passed away on March 27, 2022, at the age of 74. “County Executive Buechel was one of the longest serving executives in our state, which just […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The leader of the Wisconsin veterans policy board has resigned as he battles child pornography charges. Prosecutors in Milwaukee charged Curtis Schmitt Jr. with three counts of possession of child pornography in January. Gov. Tony Evers asked him to resign the day after he was charged but the governor's office says Schmitt ignored the request. Since Schmitt's appointment was confirmed by the Senate the governor can't […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — U.S. Rep. Scott Fitzgerald and Sen. Ron Johnson are proposing a bill that would require the U.S. Department of Justice to study how courts across the country impose bail and release conditions on suspects charged with violent offenses. The Wisconsin Republicans announced the bill Monday. They said the measure is needed after Darrell Brooks Jr. allegedly drove his SUV through a Christmas parade in Waukesha in […]

A  Milwaukee man convicted in the fentanyl overdose death of a Waupun man is going to prison.   Sonny Vincent Lawrence has been sentenced to 11 years in prison followed by 15 years extended supervision for providing the drugs that led to the death of Austin Vande Zande at a Fond du Lac residence in March 2020.  District Attorney Eric Toney says Fond du Lac County experienced nearly 50 fentanyl related overdose deaths from 2020 through […]

A week long trial has been scheduled for  a Fond du Lac man charged with a hate crime for an intentional crash that killed a Fond du Lac motorcyclist.  Daniel Navarro is scheduled to go on trial August 2 on a charge of first degree intentional homicide with a hate crime enhancer  in the fatal July 3, 2020 crash.  Navarro has pleaded not guilty by reason of mental disease or defect.  He has been […]

UW Oshkosh Chancellor Andrew Leavitt made the following statement today on the passing of Fond du Lac County Executive Allen Buechel: On behalf of the University of Wisconsin Oshkosh community, I share condolences with the family, friends and colleagues of Fond du Lac County Executive Allen Buechel. County Executive Buechel was the embodiment of thoughtful, steady, fair and kind leadership. He was committed to the people and purpose of his […]

A special election will be held in June for Fond du Lac County executive following the unexpected death of Allen Buechel.  Buechel died over the weekend from an apparent heart attack at the age of 74.   At an emergency meeting Monday the Fond du Lac County Committee on Committees scheduled a special Fond du Lac County Board session for Wednesday evening to officially call the special election for June 7.  […]

On Tuesday, March 22, Joseph Bednarek's wife sent him out to buy hot dogs and other groceries.  Bednarek went to Pick 'N Save, on West Pioneer Road in Fond du Lac and after checking out, said he saw the high Badger 5 jackpot on the Lottery sign and bought $10 worth of tickets. He checked his numbers the next day and realized he had gone on a very lucky grocery run as he held […]

Longtime Fond du Lac County Executive Allen Buechel has died.   Fond du lac County Director of Administration Erin Gerred says   Buechel died unexpectedly  Sunday afternoon.  He was 74 years old.   Buechel suffered an apparent heart attack while out to dinner Saturday night and died Sunday afternoon at the hospital.  Buechel was re-elected last April to a four year term.  He was first elected to the county board in 1976, and first […]