MADISON, Wis. (AP) A state Senate committee is scheduled to vote Thursday on a bill that would ban non-emergency abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy. Two Wisconsin health committees took up testimony on the fast-tracked bill during a public hearing Tuesday. Under the proposal, doctors who perform an abortion after 20 weeks in non-emergency situations could be charged with a felony and subject to $10,000 in fines or 3 […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) A Wisconsin Assembly committee has advanced a bill that would allow businesses to keep a supply of epinephrine injectors to be used in case of life-threatening allergic reactions. The Health Committee unanimously approved the bill Wednesday. The committee changed the bill to make clear that businesses may offer the drug, but aren't required to have it on hand. Schools are already allowed to keep a supply […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) Wisconsin brewers, liquor manufacturers, restaurants and the state chamber of commerce are all opposing possible changes to the state's alcohol distribution law. The groups have been lobbying Republicans who control the Legislature and Gov. Scott Walker in recent weeks, urging them to reject changes to the law they say are being pushed by an unnamed wholesaler. Opponents say the changes being sought would require that a […]
Back to School FDL, a one-day annual shopping opportunity for students needing help getting school supplies, will be held on Saturday, August 22 at the YMCA/Fond du Lac Boys and Girls Club site at West Second Street. The Back to School FDL event is organized through a collaboration of agencies, businesses, churches, and community members, and is dedicated to ensuring that all students in need, who are enrolled or planning […]
At approximately 530am on Wednesday, June 3rd, 2015, the Fond du Lac County Sheriff’s Office responded to reports of mailboxes being vandalized just east of the City of Fond du Lac. Initial reports indicate that approximately 50 mailboxes were damaged or pulled from the ground and thrown in the roadway. The mailboxes were located on Rienzi Rd., Grandview Rd., Rienhardt Rd., Walnut Rd. and CTH’s H and K. The Fond […]
Two Fond du Lac men charged in connection with drug-related armed robbery have been convicted on a lesser charge. As part of a plea agreement Prentice Shipp and Delaney Watt pleaded no contest to theft charges. Both were initially charged with armed robbery accused of robbing a man at gunpoint in the Pioneer Road Pick N Save parking lot last August. They will be sentenced at a later date.
Fond du lac police are investigating two reports of possible gunshots fired in the city. At 11:17 pm Tuesday police received a call of at least six shots fired in the area of 2nd Street and Park Avenue. A couple hours later a report came in of three gunshots in the area of Morris and 12th Streets. A witness reported seeing a dark colored SUV on Morris between 9th and […]
The chairman of the Fond du Lac Lakeside Park Exploratory committee says the committee will be making specific recommendations for changes at the park this month. John Short says over the past several months the committee has come up with dozens of ideas in hopes of attracting more people to Lakeside Park. Short says at the top of the list is creating more walking and biking paths. "I think that […]
Since the Emerald Ash Borer was first confirmed in the city of Fond du Lac this spring, public works crews have been busy removing ash trees infested with the pest. EAB was discovered in the southwest part of the City in April and Public Works director Jordan Skiff says most of the ash trees in that neighborhood have been removed. Skiff says crews discovered the EAB in several ash trees […]