MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Freedom of information advocates in Wisconsin say the state's law leaves too much room for lagging response times for those filling requests. Bill Lueders, president of the Wisconsin Freedom of Information Council, says some requesters wait months for documents. The statute says those receiving requests should fill them as soon as practicable, but Lueders says leaves room for interpretation. Wisconsin Attorney General Brad Schimel in his […]
Fond du Lac County Fair officials have announced the big name music entertainment for this year’s fair. Grand Funk will perform Thursday night July 16th, Great White and Slaughter hit the stage Friday night July 17th and Montgomery Gentry will perform the following night.
On St. Patrick’s Day everyone claims to be Irish and many people celebrate. There is a lot of socializing and that may include drinking. That is why Drug Free Communities of Fond du Lac County is joining with Fond du Lac County law enforcement agencies to remind people that during St. Patrick’s Day celebrations and throughout the year, drinking alcohol and driving do not mix. Law Enforcement will be out […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker's tale of how he came to hold the family Bible that President Ronald Reagan used when taking the oath of office doesn't match the memory of the presidential library curator charged with caring for the book. At a 2013 Reagan Day dinner, Walker described being invited by Nancy Reagan to give a speech at the Reagan Library near Los Angeles in November […]
A Fond du Lac man arrested in connection with burglaries at two Fond du Lac businesses has made his initial court appearance in separate retail theft cases. Bryan Wanatabe is charged with misdemeanor retail theft and resisting an officer. He is accused of thefts at Walgreens, Wal-Mart, DJ Food Mart and the Marathon gas station. Bail was set at $500 cash. He has not yet been charged in connection […]
Eric Hanrahan was selected as Marian University’s March Veteran of the Month. Hanrahan served in the U.S. Marine Corps from 2001-2005, during which time he was deployed to Iraq where he served as a member of the military police. Following his deployment, Hanrahan served in the inactive reserves until 2009, when he was re-called to active duty and joined the bulk fuel unit in Green Bay, Wis. The Veteran of […]
A Fond du Lac woman convicted of abusing two children is going to jail. Fond du Lac judge Robert Wirtz placed 46 year old Jeanna Riehl on three years probation with 18 months in the county jail. Riehl pleaded no contest in January to two counts of child abuse. According to a criminal complaint Riehl abused two boys over a period of several years, striking them with a rolling pin, cutting […]
Fond du lac police are looking for a suspect in a vandalism incident at the police memorial at Hamilton Park. Assistant police chief Steve Klein says someone poured a sticky substance over the memorial. "There was some type of substance that was poured over the memorial. Our community service officers were able to get it cleaned up for the most part," Klein told WFDL news. Klein says its always disturbing […]
Andy Land, 52, director of the Hospice and Palliative Care Services, at Agnesian Health Care, Fond du Lac, is on a mission to raise awareness and money for hospice education in Wisconsin and to get people’s attention—he is leaving March 25 to climb Mt. Everest, the world’s tallest mountain. Monday morning Land will speak to Evans Elementary School students in Fond du Lac at an assembly. A relative paid the […]