More than 100 Fond du Lac high school musicians are going to Boston. Band director Matt McVeigh says high school band members are traveling to Boston April 9th through the 14th. McVeigh says the trip serves as an outstanding learning experience for the students. "We have several performances planned and one is an exchange with another high school," McVeigh told WFDL news. McVeigh says the trip includes a clinic […]
Looking for an opportunity to volunteer? The Fond du Lac Area United Way has launched a new website that lists volunteer opportunities throughout the community. United Way director Amber Kilawee says the website is very user friendly. To find out more log on to fondyvolunteers.org.
The Fond du Lac County Rolling Meadows golf course celebrated the first day of spring by opening nine holes for play. Golf pro Jeremiah Hoffman says it was an unusual winter that saw the course open for a couple of days last month. Hoffman says the course has come through the winter in good shape.
Robin Lemke was selected as Marian University's Veteran of the Month for March. Lemke served for four years in the Marines, and met her husband, John, while serving. "Both my husband and I were serving. We were both deployed to Desert Storm – and only 26 days after we were married," said Lemke. "Being in the military is hard, especially to be away from family and loved ones. […]
Fond du Lac police gathered at the Law Enforcement Memorial in Hamilton Park this morning to remember an officer who died in the line of duty. A memorial ceremony was held for Officer Craig Birkholz. Birkholz was fatally shot March 20th, 2011 after he and another officer responded to a home on South Lincoln Avenue at approximately 6:00 am for an emergency call. When Officer Birkholz arrived, he […]
Nobody was injured in a one vehicle rollover crash in Fond du lac. Rescue personnel were called to the intersection of South Military and West Second Street shortly after 1:30am Monday.
A group of Fond du Lac High School students wants the Fond du Lac School Board to show their support for transgender students. Brianna Burgess is a junior at Fond du Lac High School. Burgess is transgender and a co-leader of a school group called SAGE…Sexuality and Gender Equality. Burgess would like to see the school board to include gender identity and gender expression in the district anti-discrimination policy. "Throughout […]
PRINCETON, Wis. (AP) — Princeton police say they are investigating the death of a person found in a house fire as a homicide. Police say on Saturday that crews found a body while investigating a Monday house fire. The Green Lake County Coroner's Office has not released the person's name or cause of death, but preliminary autopsy findings lead authorities to believe it was a homicide. Police say one person […]
The Fond du Lac Fire and Rescue Division Chief of Fire Prevention says a computer tablet that caught on fire last week at an elementary school has been sent to the company for examination. Troy Haase says it appears the Acer E-Reader tablet at Roberts Elementary School was destroyed by spontaneous combustion. Haase says a company representative told him there haven’t been any safety problems reported with that particular model. […]