BOULDER JUNCTION, Wis. (AP) — Authorities have recovered the body of a Florida man who fell overboard while fishing in a northern Wisconsin lake. The Vilas County sheriff's office says the body of 62-year-old Charles Armitage of Mount Dora, Florida, was recovered about 8:45 a.m. Wednesday. The sheriff's office got a 911 call about a drowning on White Sand Lake in Boulder Junction Tuesday afternoon. Authorities say Armitage was fishing […]
JACKSON, Wyo. (AP) — Searchers have found a Milwaukee woman and her two sisters, who were missing for days in a northwest Wyoming wilderness area. Search spokeswoman Lori Iverson said Thursday that the three are cold and hungry but otherwise healthy. Officials have said they are experienced trekkers who were well-prepared for a backcountry trip. Iverson says the three were spotted by a helicopter about 10 a.m. Thursday in Bridger-Teton […]
The City of Fond du Lac is providing a weekly update on construction projects located within the corporate boundary. Motorists are advised to use caution and remain alert when driving though any work zone. Drivers are also encouraged to visit the City of Fond du Lac web site at http://www.fdl.wi.gov and view a map of the 2015 construction projects which may aid drivers in planning an alternate route. West Division […]
Alliant Energy and Fond du Lac fire crews have repaired a gas main leak. Division Chief of Fire Prevention Troy Haase says sidewalk construction crews accidentally struck a natural gas main in the area of 9th and Lloyd Streets over the lunch hour. Haase says residents in a two block area were evacuated and police squads blocked the streets to traffic. The leak was repaired and residents were allowed to return to […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Wisconsin state budget is now in Governor Scott Walker's hands. The state Assembly early Thursday morning voted 52-46 to pass the $73 billion two-year spending plan. The Senate passed it on Tuesday. The action means the budget is now before Walker, who can reshape it through line-item vetoes. Walker has not said when he plans to sign it. But quick action is expected given that […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Eleven Assembly Republicans joined with 35 Democrats in voting against the Wisconsin state budget. They are: Kathleen Bernier, Ed Brooks, James Edming, David Heaton, Scot Krug, Lee Nerison, Todd Novak, Warren Petryk, Keith Ripp, Travis Tranel and Nancy Vander Meer. All Democrats voted against the $73 billion two-year spending plan. Representative Chris Danou was absent for the early Thursday morning vote. The Senate passed the budget […]
A 16 year old Milwaukee boy is in custody after leading Fond du Lac police on a high speed chase before crashing the stolen vehicle into a light pole in the city of Fond du Lac. Assistant police chief Steve Klein tells WFDL news the incident unfolded shortly after 7pm Wednesday when Police received a report of a suspicious vehicle near Hickory and Scott Streets. Klein says the vehicle had been […]
A Fond du Lac city councilmember is expressing his concern about two appointments to the Fond du Lac Advisory Park Board. Councilmember Gary Miller cast the only no vote on a recommendation to appoint Deobrah Doll and Douglas Teletzke to the board. Miller says its not personal. He says both applicants are probably fine individuals. He says he’s concerned that they come to the board with a predisposed agenda after serving […]
The principal of Fond du lac’s Winnebago Lutheran Academy says the school may have to move to a new location if if it is not allowed to expand its athletic fields in McDermott Park. Principal Dave Schroeder told WFDL news that facility expansion is part of the school’s long range facilities plan. "With us being landlocked, that certainly would be an issue with us going forward," Schroeder told WFDL news. […]