Fond Du Lac News Archives

“Our dealers are critical to our success”

FOND DU LAC, Wis. - ' Mercury University, which provides comprehensive technical and non-technical training to more than 5,000 dealers and partners, will soon offer online training, the company reported in a ... via Boating Industry

BREAKING NEWS: Tornadoes on the Ground near Wyocena & Dalton A clash of weather systems set off storms across Wisconsin that included a reported tornado near Portage, along with hail and heavy rains in many ... via WKOW

Spring storms capable of sparking tornadoes as well as saturating parts of Wisconsin with still more rain are moving across the state on Friday. via Channel3000

“It didn't crush him to the point where he couldn't breathe, but it kept him down, he couldn't lift it off of him”

A man from Fond du Lac County is alive, thanks to his daughter. George Schultz is recovering after being trapped under a tree for more than five hours. via 620AM WTMJ

Health officials in Fond Du Lac County are investigating a possible new case of the measles as of Tuesday morning. via Today's TMJ4

“He was going through the garbage, collecting paperbacks that had been thrown away”

FOND DU LAC -- A man with an apparent passion for paperback books got in trouble with police early today. via WisInfo

“Apparently she took some merchandise from within the store and then went to return it”

FOND DU LAC -- Police are looking for a 38-year-old Fond du Lac woman who ran into a security officer with her car after he tried to question her about a shoplifting incident on Friday afternoon at Forest Mall. via WisInfo

FOND DU LAC, Wis. -- A man convicted of bludgeoning his wife to death outside their Ripon home was sentenced to life in prison with no parole after telling the judge he didn't do it and the real killers are ... via Channel3000

Richard G. Koenig, age 57, of N 8582 Ridge Creek Rd, Elkhart Lake, Town of Rhine, passed away Friday morning, April 11, 2008, at Rocky Knoll Health Care Facility where he has been a patient the past week and a ... via WisInfo

FOND DU LAC - Fond du Lac High School Principal Mary Fran Merwin is recovering from brain surgery at a suburban Milwaukee hospital, the Fond du Lac School District said Saturday. via WisInfo

Authorities said a man accused of stealing heifer calves from two Fond Du Lac area farms told investigators he did it to get money to pay child support and other debts, and file bankruptcy. via WISN.com

“The farmers have certain ways in place to keep track of their calves. They also have a certain entry process in place at the livestock auction”

FOND DU LAC - Detectives corralled a cow caper on Tuesday afternoon. Investigators arrested a 24-year-old Oakfield man at an area livestock auction after linking him to the theft of four heifer calves from two ... via WisInfo

REEDSVILLE - A big second inning helped boost Reedsville to a 12-6 win over Freedom in a non-conference baseball game on Thursday. via WisInfo

“We're optimistic that we'll get the approval”

FOND DU LAC - Plans are in the works to build a $25 million full-service resort and conference center along Lake Winnebago on a parcel of land to be annexed to North Fond du Lac. via WisInfo

Construction of a $25 million resort, conference center and marina on Lake Winnebago near North Fond du Lac is expected to get under way this fall.

Developer Alex Zabel told the Fond du Lac County Economic Development Corporation the resort will be the only one of its kind on the lake.

The hotel will accommodate more than 180 guests. The conference center will have more than 20,000 square feet of meeting and banquet space for 600. The marina will have 40 to 60 boat slips.

Zabel says the old Chaparral restaurant on the site will be demolished and crews will dredge the harbor. The complex could be finished in the spring of 2010. Read more

A jury found a Fond Du Lac man guilty of first-degree reckless homicide for throwing a fatal punch during a fight over a woman in late 2006. via WISN.com