Month: February 2016

Catholic Schools-communities of faith, knowledge and service.  That was the theme for this week’s Catholic Schools Week celebration.  In Fond du Lac Saint Marys Springs Academy president Kelly Norton says Springs students always fare well in comparison to  students in public schools and other private schools.  "Our test scores are generally a little bit higher than the public schools, particularily the ATC scores, "  Norton said.  "If you look at our college placement […]

Two Fond du Lac residents will be running this spring to help raise money for multiple sclerosis research.   Melissa Schmidt and Carly Schmitz are participating in the  MS Run US…a cross country relay that starts in Los Angelas and ends in New York.  For the second year in a row Melissa Schmidt will run the first leg starting  April 10th at the Pacific Ocean.  Schmidt says her aunt has been living with MS for […]

The Fond du Lac Forest Mall has been sold.    WFDL news broke the story Friday morning.  According to a press release  the Forest Mall and a mall in Atlanta, Georgia have been sold to private real estate investors for $30 million.  According to the release WP Glimcher specializes in the ownership, management and development of shopping centers.   Fond du Lac County Economic Development  Corporation  president  Steve Jenkins says his office is currently trying to […]

The influenza season got off to a slow start, but Wisconsin Department of Health Services officials say flu cases are increasing in Wisconsin.  Fond du lac County Public Health Officer Kim Mueller says there have been very few flu cases reported locally.   "We got our first of influenza the beginning of this year which is much later than we normally do,"  Mueller told WFDL news.  "...we've had one hospitilization to date. […]

The North Fond du Lac village board is holding off on voting on an ordinance that would ban out of county sex offenders from being placed in the village.  The issue came to light after the Department of Health Services tried to place a violent sex offender from Milwaukee County in the town of Eldorado.  That request was withdrawn after the township passed an ordinance banning out of county sex offenders from being located in […]

The Fond du Lac County Sheriff’s Office says the frequency of telephone scams targeting residents does not appear to be slowing down.  Sheriff’s captain Rick Olig says, to the contrary, there have been eight complaints in the last two days.  One scam involves a caller who reports to be with the IRS demanding payment.  Another scam involves a caller who reports to be with the Sheriff’s Office, calling about failing to appear for jury duty […]

The state Department of Public Instruction says 135 private and religious schools in Wisconsin have registered to accept voucher students.  DPI says it includes 31 new private schools applying to participate in the statewide voucher program. It allows students who live outside the Milwaukee and Racine Unified school districts to use a taxpayer-funded subsidy to attend a participating private or religious school. The program is limited by parental income requirements, […]

MILWAUKEE (AP)  €” Milwaukee County supervisors have voted to release $500,000 to seek alternative housing for offenders held at the state's troubled youth prison.  The unanimous vote Thursday declares a state of emergency at the Lincoln Hills and Copper Lake facilities, which are under investigation for alleged abuse by staffers.  The plan includes suggestions from Milwaukee County Chief Judge Maxine Aldridge White, who sent a letter supporting immediate action to […]

MANITOWOC, Wis. (AP) €”  Bomb threats to a Wisconsin county sheriff's office made with an apparent reference to "getting justice" for the convict profiled in the popular Netflix series "Making a Murderer" are the latest in a long string of threats made to the department and its officers since the series went online.  Manitowoc County Sheriff's Department Inspector Gregg Schetter says of the dozens of threats made to his department, […]