Tuesday night's Fond du Lac County Board meeting was postponed due to the weather. The meeting has been rescheduled for 6pm next Tuesday. The county finance committee meeting was rescheduled for 4pm next Tuesday.
A portion of Highway 26 was closed Tuesday morning in Dodge County after two snowplows crashed on the icy highway while putting down salt. Sheriff Dale Schmidt says the highway was closed just south of Highway 151 about a mile outside Waupun. "Because of the curvature of the road and the embankment the snowplows actually started sliding and were unable to maintain control and ended up down in the […]
MILWAUKEE (AP) — Authorities are blaming icy roads for a massive pileup southwest of Madison. The Dane County Sheriff's Office says an estimated 30 to 40 cars were involved in the pileup on Highway G in the Town of Primrose. The calls stated coming into the county's 911 center around 4:30 a.m. Tuesday when drivers found themselves unable to navigate an icy hill and curve. One driver was taken to […]
Area schools closed for a second day in a row Tuesday after the National Weather Service extended a winter weather advisory for all of southern Wisconsin. National Weather Service meteorologist Sarah Marquardt says the good news is temperatures will be gradually warming during the day and the rest of this week. "Milder temperatures are in store of the rest of the week," Marquardt told WFDL news. Troy Haase with Fond […]
Two lucky players including one from Fond du lac will split the weekend Badger 5 jackpot. The players matched all five numbers in the Badger 5 drawing on Saturday, January 14 to split the $179,000 jackpot. Saturday's winning Badger 5 numbers were 2, 4, 14, 17 and 29. The lucky winners purchased their tickets in Madison and from the West Johnson Street Speedway in Fond du lac. The […]
MARQUETTE-GREEN LAKE-FOND DU LAC-SHEBOYGAN-SAUK-COLUMBIA-DODGE-WASHINGTON-OZAUKEE-IOWA-DANE-JEFFERSON-WAUKESHA-MILWAUKEE-LAFAYETTE-GREEN-ROCK-WALWORTH-RACINE-KENOSHA- 726 PM CST MON JAN 16 2017 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN AND SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT TONIGHT FOR ALL OF SOUTHERN WISCONSIN. ICE ACCUMULATION ON ELEVATED SURFACES IS LIKELY THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING HOURS NORTH OF A LINE FROM FOND DU LAC TO PORTAGE TO REEDSBURG. ROADS AND SIDEWALKS ARE […]
Local law enforcement is advising no unnecessary travel with icy road conditions making for treacherous travel in parts of Wisconsin. Close to 20 vehicle run offs have been reported in Fond du Lac County and several crashes in Dodge County prompting the Sheriff’s Office to close Highway 26 south of Highway 151. "There wasn't a lot of traffic on the roads overnight and the cars that were on the road […]
INCLUDING FDL, DODGE AND SHEBOYGAN COUNTIES ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST TUESDAY... .REST OF TONIGHT...NOT AS COLD. WIDESPREAD FOG THROUGH THE NIGHT. FREEZING RAIN...POSSIBLY MIXED WITH SLEET THROUGH AROUND MIDNIGHT. RAIN THROUGH THE NIGHT. SLIGHT CHANCE OF LIGHT FREEZING RAIN AFTER MIDNIGHT. LITTLE NEW SLEET ACCUMULATION. NEW ICE ACCUMULATION OF LESS THAN ONE QUARTER OF AN INCH. NEAR STEADY TEMPERATURE IN THE LOWER 30S. EAST WINDS […]
The Fond du Lac County Board is expected to approve an appointment to fill a vacancy on the board at their meeting Tuesday night. The county committee on committees is recommending the board appoint town of Taycheeda resident John Rickert to fill the seat vacated when Brenda Schneider was elected county treasurer. Committee member and county board chairman Marty Farrell says all of the applicants were impressive. Farrell says […]