(L-R ) Jason Padgett, WFDL news director Greg Stensland, Dr. Darold Treffert on AM 1170 WFDL's Between the Lines program Marian University will be hosting the 8th annual Dr. Darold A. Treffert Lecture series on April 15 at 7:00 p.m. in the Stayer Center Auditorium. Jason Padgett will serve as the lecture’s keynote speaker, and will speak on the topic of acquired savant syndrome. Padgett is a mathematics savant and […]
The village of Rosendale wants to sever its ties with the Lakeside Municipal Court, but electing a new judge to run their own municipal court may have to wait. Village board president Duane Ciske says the village sent a letter to the municipal court in January indicating their plans to drop out of the intra-governmental agreement. "We feel the court has gotten too big. We don't feel we have […]
Fond du lac firefighters were busy Tuesday evening extinguishing several brush fires on the southside of town. Fire chief Pete O’Leary says firefighters were called to an area near the train tracks at Pioneer and Hickory Roads shortly after 5pm. A MABAS Box Alarm was called to bring several brush trucks and personnel to assist with firefighting efforts. All fires extinguished without any structures being compromised. Railway traffic was suspended […]
Starting Wednesday the Seymour Street bridge between Grove Street and West 11th Street in Fond du Lac will be closed for about a month for repair work. Crewws will be renovating the bridge deck, including milling and overlay work. The entire project is expected to be completed by June. There will be no posted detour route.
This week is dedicated to the men and women who act as the liason between the public and law enforcement when there is an emergency or call for service. This week has been designated as National Telecommunicators week. Dodge County Sheriff Dale Schmidt says dispatchers are the first line of defense answering 911 calls, non-emergency calls, monitoring multiple radio frequencies, and using the resources they have to keep law enforcement, […]
The Fond du Lac School superintendent describes a meeting with Republican state representative Jeremy Thiesfeldt on the topic of a school accountability bill as productive. Fond du Lac superintendent Dr. Jim Sebert along with superintendents from North Fond du Lac, Lomira and Campbellsport met with Thiesfeldt Friday at the request of the state lawmaker. Sebert says while Thiesfeldt remains committed to sanctions for failing schools, he is open to what […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Assembly Speaker Robin Vos says increasing SeniorCare fees would be reasonable since they're so modest as lawmakers revise Gov. Scott Walker's budget. The governor's spending plan calls for requiring enrollees in the popular prescription drug program to first sign up for the federal Medicare Medicare Part D. Rep. John Nygren, Republican co-chairman of the Legislature's finance committee, has said that idea is dead. Vos, a Rochester […]
Groups representing older residents and people with disabilities are expressing concern about cuts proposed in governor Walker’s budget. Public Policy director of the group Disability Rights Wisconsin, Lisa Pugh, told AM 1170 WFDL's Between the Lines program the governor’s proposed budget would dismantle the state’s Family Care and IRIS programs for older adults and people with disabilities. Pugh says there are currently more than 1,000 Fond du Lac county residents […]
A woman accused of posting an ad on Craigslist to get back at a woman seeing her boyfriend has been bound over for trial. Crystal Bunkelman pleaded not guilty to a charge of misappropriating ID information/ to harm someone’s reputation. According to a criminal complaint Waupun Police received a call from a Waupun woman complaining that she was receiving strange messages and pictures from men who had seen an ad […]