by WRN Contributor | Oct 5, 2011
For members of the Fond du Lac Police Department, there’s another hurdle in getting over the pain of losing an officer in a standoff incident last March. The state Department of Justice has released photos, videos, and records from the investigation into the...
by WRN Contributor | Sep 12, 2011
A volatile relationship and events that transpired in the days leading up to a standoff with police contributed to the fatal shooting of a Fond du Lac Police officer. That’s according to the findings of an investigation into the March 20th incident, which was...
by WRN Contributor | Mar 25, 2011
A morale booster for Fond du Lac Police, as Officer Ryan Williams is being released from the Theda Clark Medical Center in Neenah today. Williams was shot twice in the chest last Sunday while responding to a sexual assault complaint. Fellow officer Craig Birkholz was...
by WRN Contributor | Mar 24, 2011
A police dog with the Fond du Lac Police Department is recovering from a gunshot would received during Sunday’s shooting, which also claimed the life of one officer and left another wounded. K-9 Grendel is Officer Ryan Williams’ partner. He’s...
by WRN Contributor | Mar 24, 2011
More than 150 squad cars from across southern Wisconsin waited on the south end of Fond du Lac Wednesday to join up with those escorting the body of Officer Craig Birkholz back to him hometown of Kenosha for a memorial service. As they moved across the city, people...
by Andrew Beckett | Jan 14, 2011
The son of a a Town of Byron man killed by a tractor could end up facing criminal charges in the death. Fond du Lac County District Attorney Dan Kaminsky says that’s after a jury at an inquest this week ruled their was probable cause that 26-year-old Michael...
by WRN Contributor | Oct 29, 2010
A Fond du Lac firefighter is on administrative leave without pay, after officials say he showed up to work while intoxicated. FDL Fire Chief Peter O’Leary says the firefighter was tested and relieved of duty after showing up to his station. He was not sent out...
by WRN Contributor | May 14, 2010
For the second time in recent months someone left white supremacist fliers on cars at the Horace Mann High School in North Fond du Lac. Police Captain Darren Pautsch says while leaving the fliers on the cars isn’t illegal, the sentiment expressed in the fliers...
by WRN Contributor | Mar 26, 2010
Ron Horton of Fond du Lac says nobody at first believed he’d become the state lottery’s newest millionaire at first. Horton, who works as a supervisor at Sadoff Iron & Metal in Fond du Lac, says he has a reputation for joshing others. Ron Horton (:18 MP3) AUDIO:...
by WRN Contributor | Feb 4, 2010
A Fond du Lac toddler survived being struck and dragged by an elderly driver Wednesday, an incident police say is likely to raise debate about testing of older drivers. Two year-old Erin Konen was dragged about 70 feet after an 88-year-old woman struck her and her...
by WRN Contributor | Nov 14, 2009
What started out a caring and compassionate way of helping the homeless in Fond du Lac is generating some controversy. A proposal to use the basement at St. Joseph’s Church as an overnight shelter during the winter months has some parents of children attending...
by WRN Contributor | Nov 13, 2009
Maybe it was a combination of sheer luck or the fact that he was really drunk, but a man in Fond du Lac has a story to tell about being run over by a train. Fire Battalion Chief Larry Wunsch says normally when they get a call about someone being run over by a train...
