One person received non life threatening injuries in a multiple vehicle crash in Fond du lac. Shortly before 6pm Monday rescue personnel were called to a four vehicle crash at the intersection of West Johnson Street and Pioneer Road. The initial report stated that an occupant was trapped in one of the vehicles, but that was not the case.
The Fond du Lac County Public Health Officer says test results came back negative for a Fond du lac area man who was tested for the Zika virus. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recently issued a travel warning for 14 countries and territories exposed to the virus, which has been linked to a torrent of birth defects in Brazil. Fond du Lac County Public Health Officer Kim Mueller says the local resident was tested […]
Waupun school officials are laying the groundwork for a possible major facilities referendum in the November election. A Facilities Advisory Committee has been meeting over the last wseveral months to revuiew district facility needs. Superintendent Tanya Gubin says committee members have toured district facilities and later this month plan to review options and discuss prioritizing district needs. Gubin says although no specific numbers have been discussed, the referendum could be in the neighborhood of $30 million. […]
The Fond du Lac County Clerk is reminding residents that voter photo ID will take full effect this year starting with Tuesday’s primary. Clerk Lisa Freiberg says for most people a photo ID will be a driver’s license. Freiberg says the poll worker will look at the photo ID to make sure it kind of looks like you and that the name on the ID matches the name in the poll book. […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Powerful Wisconsin Democrats are working behind the scenes to raise money and organize supporters to help Hillary Clinton's campaign with just two months to go before the state's April 5 primary. There are few signs of a similar show of force for her challenger Bernie Sanders. The dynamic in many ways echoes the fight nationally between Clinton and the independent Vermont senator. Clinton enjoys the support […]
COLUMBIA, South Carolina (AP) — Texas Sen. Ted Cruz has formed his leadership team in Wisconsin and it includes some of the state's most conservative Republican lawmakers. Wisconsin state Sen. Duey Stroebel announced Monday that he will be serving as Cruz's campaign chairman in Wisconsin. The state's presidential primary is seven weeks away on April 5. "I think all conservatives need to coalesce around one candidate," Stroebel told AM […]
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Illinois lawmakers are seeking ways to penalize the use of drones to deliver drugs, cellphones, and other contraband to prison yards after seeing such cases in Ohio, Maryland and Oklahoma. A proposal by Illinois Republican Sen. Tim Bivins would add an extra year of prison to inmates involved in bringing contraband into prison with a drone. Wisconsin and Michigan also have pending legislation to criminalize drone […]
BURLINGTON, Wis. (AP) — Abraham Lincoln stands tall again in the southern Wisconsin city of Burlington. An 8-foot-tall Lincoln statue kept watch over the town for 103 years until a vandal with a pickup truck yanked it off its base a couple weeks ago. But damage was minimal and it's back where it belongs. Civil War re-enactors served as an honor guard for a dedication ceremony Sunday. A 22-year-old man […]
Nobody was injured and a Fond du lac man is in custody following a domestic incident over the weekend. Shortly after 5pm Saturday police were called to a a report of domestic dispute between a man and woman at a residence in the 100 block of North Marr Street. Police say the 29 year old man had armed himself with a knife. When patrol officers initially arrived on scene, the suspect had barricaded himself in […]