Nobody was injured and five people were taken into custody following a high risk stop on Highway 41 in Washington County Thursday evening. Fond du Lac County Sheriff’s lieutenant Mike Nolan says the initial call came in of a possible kidnapping in Kimberly with reports the suspect vehicle was heading south. "We did have deputies in the area of Highway 41 and B . Deputies did attempt to […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — No longer just a highway, U.S. 41 in eastern Wisconsin is now an interstate. Governor Scott Walker announced today that the decade-long process of designating the highway as an interstate was complete with approval from the Federal Highway Administration. I-41 begins at the I-94 interchange just south of the Illinois border and continues north to Milwaukee at the I-894 interchange north to Green Bay where it […]
A Fond du Lac man arrested in connection with a fight last month that seriously injured another Fond du Lac man has been charged. Twenty six year old Elias Falcon-Silva made his initial court appearance this week on charges of aggravated battery and disorderly conduct. Bail was set at $10,000 cash. He initially fled the scene and was later arrested after getting off a bus in Dallas, Texas. Assistant police […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A Wisconsin man accused of traveling to the Middle East in a failed attempt to join the Islamic State has been ordered held without bond. Thirty-four-year-old Joshua Van Haften made his first court appearance Thursday in Madison one day after being arrested at O'Hare International Airport in Chicago. A newly unsealed criminal complaint charges Van Haften with attempting to provide material support to a foreign terrorist […]
WAUKESHA, Wis. (AP) — A University of Wisconsin System regents committee has approved plans to raise nonresident and graduate student tuition at nine campuses to help offset $300 million in cuts Gov. Scott Walker has proposed for the system. The regents' finance committee unanimously approved the increases Thursday at the University of Wisconsin-Waukesha. Tuition would rise at schools in Madison, La Crosse, Milwaukee, Parkside, Platteville, River Falls, Stevens Point, Stout […]
Construction is well underway on a new front entrance at the Fond du Lac city county government center. County executive Al Buechel says the old steps are gone and excavation work is completed. Buechel says the new entry way will be handicap accessible and will include an elevator. "You come out to the sidewalk and the doors will open and you will be inside this new entrance. You go to […]
Fond du Lac County Circuit Court judge Richard Nuss was re-elected this week to what may be his final term on the bench. Nuss was unopposed in Tuesday’s election, winning a third term as Circuit Court judge of Fond du lac County Branch 3. "I'd like to hope that its my last term. I have no intentions of running again," Nuss told WFDL news. "... you know in […]
This week’s Fond du Lac city council meeting marked the final meeting for outgoing council president Sam Meyer. Meyer decided against seeking re-election this year. "I've appreciated the last two years that the citizens have allowed me to serve them," Meyer told WFDL news. "I thank my fellow councilmembers for allowing me to lead the last couple years and hope I provided some stability and some input on behalf […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Gov. Scott Walker's European trade mission that begins this weekend is heavy on private meetings with business and government leaders in Germany, France and Spain. Walker's office provided details of the trip to The Associated Press on Thursday. The most high-profile event on Walker's itinerary comes Tuesday when he's slated to deliver a 15-minute speech on opportunities for bilateral trade and investment at the Hannover Messe […]