The wife of a Fond du Lac police officer and her friend are organizing a community campaign to show support for local police. Lori Gutzmann is the wife of Fond du Lac police captain Jon Gutzmann. Gutzman and her friend Tina Tollard are organizing a campaign to give away “Thin Blue Line” wristbands to the public. Tollard is the Children’s director at Ascension Lutheran Church and says its important for […]
There is not much change in the local unemployment rate in December. The city of Fond du Lac unemployment rate was unchanged from November at 3.1 percent. The Fond du Lac County rate was up a tenth of a percent to three percent and Dodge County’s rate increased the same amount to 3.3 percent.
A former secretary at a Waupun school is accused of stealing money from two school accounts. Kathleen Schwark is charged with theft in a business setting. Waupun Deputy Police Chief Scott Louden says Schwark is accused of stealing the money from the schools’ sunshine and soda accounts while working as a secretary at Meadowview Primary School. Louden says Schwark admitted to investigators that she took the money from a school […]
A Fond du Lac woman received serious but non life-threatening injuries in a two vehicle crash on Interstate 41. The crash happened shortly before 6:30am on southbound I-41 south of Church Road in Fond du Lac county. The state patrol says a car and straight truck were traveling southbound in the right lane when the car driver lost control on the snow covered road and spun out into the path […]
The Fond du Lac SWAT team rescued a woman and her children following a domestic standoff Wednesday morning. Shortly before 2am police were called to a residence on North Peters Avenue in response to a domestic abuse incident which involved the threat of a gun. After a five hour standoff, police entered the residence to rescue the victim and her four children. Shortly after the rescue the suspect, a 25 […]
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT...INCLUDING FDL, DODGE AND SHEBOYGAN COUNTIES .EARLY THIS MORNING...LIGHT SNOW. NEW SNOW ACCUMULATION UP TO 1 INCH. EAST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH. CHANCE OF SNOW NEAR 100 PERCENT. .TODAY...SNOW THROUGH THE DAY. LIGHT RAIN EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON, THEN SLIGHT CHANCE OF LIGHT RAIN LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 3 TO 5 INCHES. NEAR STEADY TEMPERATURE IN THE MID […]
Construction is expected to begin this spring on the first phase of a major Waupun School District building plan following a successful referendum in November. The Waupun School Board has approved a resolution authorizing the issuance and sale of $26 million in bonds for the first phase of the project. Superintendent Tanya Gubin says she hopes groundbreaking for a new high school track can begin as soon as the ground […]
The Fond du Lac public works director is asking the city council to consider an ordinance to replace private lead water service lines. Jordan Skiff will make a presentation at Wednesday night’s city council meeting . Skiff says the options include the status quo, voluntary replacement or mandatory replacement of lead service lines. Milwaukee’s utility will start replacing lead pipes that deliver water from the street mains to homes and […]
Acacia Woodley is a tiny girl with a big dream. The 15 year old Florida girl was born without complete arms and was bullied in school. Woodley says another girl in her school bullied her, not because of her disability but because of her positive outlook. "She was a popular girl and she was popular because people were afraid to go against […]