The Fond du Lac metro (Fond du Lac County) ranked 27th in the nation for low crime rates in 2013. CQ Press ranked 350 metro areas based on FBI crime statistics. The rankings measured murder, rape, robbery, aggravated assault, burglary, and motor vehicle theft. Larceny-theft is not used in these rankings because they are inflated with high numbers with even minor offenses being reported taking the emphasis off more serious […]
The DNR says state residents and businesses are recycling more…and that appears to be the case in Fond du Lac as well. Statewide residents and businesses recycled about 831,000 tons of paper products and food and beverage containers last year…up 79,000 tons from 2012. Fond du lac Public Works Director Jordan Skiff says nearly 3,000 tons of recycled material was collected locally last year.
Beginning next year area hospitals will no longer make public news of the first babies born in the new year. Agnesian HealthCare says Ripon Medical Center, St. Agnes Hospital and Waupun Memorial Hospital will no no longer provide area media outlets with birth announcement information. Agnesian says it is joining many other hospitals wishing to protect the overall safety of newborns under their care. With parental permission, Agnesian HealthCare says it […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Governor Scott Walker's administration says Wisconsin faces a $2.2 billion budget shortfall by mid-2017, a problem that will have to be tackled by the Republican-controlled Legislature next year as Walker is building his resume for a potential presidential run. The estimate released Thursday by the state Department of Administration is required under the law. It takes into account spending requests made by state agencies for the next […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin's unemployment rate stands at 5.4 percent in October, dropping slightly from 5.5 percent the previous month. The state Department of Workforce Development reported Thursday that the state added 4,000 private sector jobs over the last month at the same time unemployment went down. The unemployment rate is the lowest since the recession in October 2008. It remains below the national rate of 5.9 percent. The […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A Republican lawmaker whose daughter has Down syndrome says a bill to create a voucher program to help students with special needs attend private school in Wisconsin will pass "one way or another." Rep. John Jagler said Thursday the issue is his top priority and he will be discussing it with Gov. Scott Walker when they meet before the start of the legislative session in January. […]
A third person has been charged in the heroin overdose death of a Fond du lac County man two years ago. Alonzo Cornelius of Milwaukee made his initial Fond du lac Court appearance Thursday on charges of first degree reckless homicide-delivery of drugs and manufacture-delivery of heroin as a repeater. Bail was set at $250,000 cash. Cornelius is the third person charged in the heroin overdose death of town […]
Three people were transported to the hospital with non life-threatening injuries in a two vehicle accident in Fond du Lac County. The accident happened Thursday afternoon on Highway WH and North Peebles Lane in Peebles…north of Fond du lac. The Fond du Lac County Sheriff's Office directed traffic around the accident scene.
Fond du Lac St. Mary’s Springs has completed an undefeated season by defeating Darlington in the WIAA Division 6 state football championship game at Camp Randall stadium in Madison. The Ledgers built an early lead then had to come from behind before defeating Darlington 37-28. St. Mary’s Springs made its 12th playoff appearance and seventh in a row. It was the Ledgers' fifth finals appearance in six years, having […]