The City of Fond du Lac Police Department will be hosting its annual National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Ceremony on Thursday, May 11. The ceremony will begin at 1:00 PM and will be held at the Police/Fire Memorial at Hamilton Park (83 Forest Avenue). The ceremony is open to the public and the community is invited to help pay tribute to the more than 20,000 law enforcement officers that have been […]
The Fond du Lac Dock Spiders have announced Summit Automotive, Agnesian Health, Horicon Bank, TLC Sign, and Quad Graphics as Founding Partners for their inaugural season. “The support from the business community has been outstanding right from the beginning,” said Dock Spiders General Manager, Ryan Moede. “We are so excited to have each one of these five businesses join us on the ground level as our Founding Partners. Their partnership and […]
The Fond du Lac County Sheriff’s Office is releasing new information regarding a hit and run injury crash in front of Schmitty’s Oar House restaurant on Winnebago Drive last month. Initially witnesses said the victim was struck by an SUV while crossing the road to a parking lot. But Sheriff’s captain Ryan Waldschmidt says with the help of a local automobile repair shop, detectives were able to determine small pieces […]
The Fond du Lac County Sheriff’s Office says a man found dead at the Eldorado Marsh is the victim of an apparent suicide. The body was found by a hiker near the west entrance to the marsh.
The Fond du Lac School Board has taken the first step toward a major building referendum, and one board member says the district needs to be more transparent in the process. At their meeting Monday night the board voted six to one to allow the district to hire Bray Architects and CD Smith Construction to conduct a study of district buildings. Superintendent Dr. Jim Sebert says it’s a process that […]
The Laconia High School Junior Prom was made special for two students who were born with Down Syndrome thanks to the prom king. When 16 year old Jacob Reigel learned that he and classmate Heather Leitz were nominated for prom court… it was an easy call to ask her to prom. The two have known each other their entire lives, and Jacob says his mom babysat for Heather, who was […]
A Sheboygan teenager faces criminal charges in connection with a head on collision Monday on Highway 23 in Fond du lac County. Fond du Lac County Sheriff’s captain Ryan Waldschmidt says An 18 year old Sheboygan man was attempting pass a semi tractor trailer and slammed head on into an east bound vehicle on Highway 23 just east of county highway UU. The driver of the eastbound car, a 39 […]
A new study by the Wisconsin Taxpayers Alliance says the prison population is not only growing, but it is aging as well. The study found Wisconsin’s prisons are on pace to have a record number of inmates by 2019 as violent crime rises. The study’s author, David Callender, told AM 1170 WFDL's Between the Lines program that the state’s truth in sentencing law has also had an impact. Callender […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Gov. Scott Walker is making a final push to move the state's 250,000 public workers to a self-insurance model despite facing an uphill fight. Walker said in a news release Monday his administration negotiated self-insurance contracts that could generate an additional $60 million for the state to invest in education. Under the plan, the state would contract with health insurance companies to administer the program instead […]