Horicon News

Area youth will soon be sporting a passport to adventure. The Fond du Lac County Audubon Society is sponsoring a 'Passport to the Ledge' program that encourages area children to explore the Niagara Escarpment, referred to locally as the Ledge.

Mayoral races will top local ballots including in Beaver Dam where a surprise surfaced minutes before the 5 p.m. nomination papers filing deadline.

Free event kicks off effort to raise awareness on the 'Ledge' By MIKE HOEFT * mhoeft@greenbaypressgazette.com * January 5, 2010 A yearlong effort to raise awareness of the Niagara Escarpment will kick off with a free program Jan.

Lorraine M. Albertz, 83, of Fond du Lac, died Thursday, Dec. 31, 2009, at Hospice Home of Hope.

As 2009 comes to an end, St. Vincent de Paul of Dodge County once again counts its blessings.

The Horicon Police Department now has a Web site. The site includes forms for requesting records, providing a police report statement and forms for identity theft and forgery complaints.

The 72-year-old man and 64-year-old woman who were trapped under the awning in downtown Beaver Dam were able to spend Christmas at home in Horicon.

Jocelyn Gasner, daughter of Donn and Renee Gasner of Horicon, a senior at Horicon High School, has been selected as Horicon High Schools' Daughter's of the American Revolution Good Citizen.

The Department of Natural Resources Service Center, N7725 Highway 28 between Horicon and Mayville, will be reducing hours it is open for walk-in service to the public.

A couple accused of breaking into several storage units and vehicles parked near the Horicon Marsh has been charged.

A scam artist who found the name of a Wisconsin National Guard soldier deployed in Iraq in a news article tried to sell a nonexistent car using the service member's identity.

Charges have been filed against a Beaver Dam woman who allegedly led police on a 100-mph chase between Horicon and Beaver Dam Thursday, swerving into oncoming traffic and narrowly missing a police car.

A car speeds east on Park Avenue past the Highway 151 off ramp in Beaver Dam Thursday shortly after 4 p.m. The car was pursued by squads from Beaver Dam, Horicon and the Dodge County Sheriff's Department.

Movies at the Marsh will be showing "Homeward Bound: the Incredible Journey" on Saturday, Dec.

With the holiday season fast approaching, we wanted to take a moment to ask the community to remember that there are many soldiers who are in Iraq or Afghanistan this year, instead of with their families.

Horicon American Legion Post 157 will host bingo on Sunday, Dec. 13, at the handicapped assessable Legion building at 735 S. Hubbard St.

Horicon residents will begin paying 58 percent more for water in January. The Wisconsin Public Service Commission last week authorized higher rates to finance utility improvements and higher operating costs.

Roger B. Hill, 73, Wausau, died Sunday, Dec. 6, 2009, at Saint Clare's Hospital, Weston, of pancreatic cancer.

A Horicon man has been sentenced to 180 days in jail for a drunken driving crash that left him and a passenger on his motorcycle injured in May.

5, at the Convent of St. Agnes Motherhouse, County Trunk K. Shop for chocolate, jewelry, cosmetics and kitchen utensils.