Author Archives: Terry Kovarik
Fond du Lac County man sentenced in fentanyl overdose death
FOND DU LAC, Wis. -- A Fond du Lac County man is sentenced to prison in connection with a fatal drug overdose. Dylan Mayne of Waupun will spend 10 years of initial confinement and 10 years of extended...
Jun 13, 2025 Dylan Mayne (Photo courtesy Fond du Lac Co. DA's Office)
Watertown man arrested for alleged child porn possession
WATERTOWN, Wis. -- A Dodge County man is suspected of possessing of child pornography. Seventy-year-old Michael Smulders of Watertown was arrested by the Dodge County Sheriff's Office. That followed a...
Jun 13, 2025 Investigation leads to the arrest of Michael Smulders, Watertown. for Possession of Child Pornography.
Much community support for Trestle Trail anglers victimized by vandals (VIDEO)
NEENAH, WI -- Two young anglers from Neenah whose fishing gear was tossed into the water by complete strangers on the Trestle Trail Bridge will be able to fish again...and then some thanks to the comm...
Jun 12, 2025 Fishing gear donated to young anglers who lost gear on Trestle Trail to vandals
First 5 Fox Valley share plans to transform former art museum into Family Resource Center
APPLETON, WI -- The former home of the Trout Museum of Art will soon transform into a showcase of a different kind. The building on the east side of Houdini Plaza will eventually make impressions in t...
Jun 11, 2025 Former Trout Museum of Art becoming Family Resource Center
Illegal immigrant convicted of sexually assaulting girl given by her mother
FOND DU LAC, Wis. -- An illegal immigrant is convicted of first-degree sexual assault of a child in Fond du Lac County. That verdict came after Juan Carlos Rocha Mejia pleaded no contest to that charg...
Jun 10, 2025 Juan Rocha Mejia (left) and Elia Antonio (Photos courtesy Fond du Lac Co. District Attorney's Office)
Conrad-Peters leaves Oshkosh schools for Florida
OSHKOSH, Wis. -- A long-time Oshkosh school administrator is taking a new job down south. Assistant Superintendent of Operations Julie Conrad-Peters will become the new superintendent of the Lake Wale...
Jun 06, 2025 OASD Asst Supt/Operations named Supt. Lake Wales, FL Charter School
2 killed in Shawano County crash
TOWN OF WAUKECHON, Wis. -- Two people are killed in a two-vehicle crash in Shawano County Friday afternoon. The Shawano County Dispatch Center responded to multiple 911 calls of a crash at the interse...
Jun 06, 2025 Shawano County Sheriff's Office badge (Image courtesy Shawano Co. Sheriff's Office)
Appleton police respond to 'incident' on E. Canary Street
APPLETON, Wis. -- Appleton police now say an incident in the 3000 block of E. Canary Street has been resolved. Officers were originally dispatched to a residence for a report of a disturbance with a p...
Jun 06, 2025 Appleton Police Department logo (Image courtesy Appleton Police Dept.)
Woman charged in high-speed crash in Fond du Lac
FOND DU LAC, Wis. -- A $500,000 cash bond is set for a woman who sped through downtown Fond du Lac Friday to evade police, which ended in a crash damaging nine vehicles and caused two of them to catch...
Jun 04, 2025 (Fond du Lac Co. Sheriff's Office photo)
Man dies in Waupaca County motorcycle crash
UPDATE: The sheriff's office identifies the man as Sam Lehman of Waupaca. The crash remains under investigation. ---- WAUPACA, Wis. -- The Waupaca County Sheriff's Office is investigating a fatal moto...
Jun 03, 2025 Waupaca County Sheriff's Office emblem (Image courtesy Waupaca Co. Sheriff's Office)
