Month: June 2017

Fond du Lac Fire/Rescue has been presented the American Heart Association’s Mission: Lifeline® EMS Gold Plus Award for implementing quality improvement measures for the treatment of patients who experience severe heart attacks.  Every year, more than 250,000 people experience an ST elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) the deadliest type of heart attack caused by a blockage of blood flow to the heart that requires timely treatment. To prevent death, it’s critical to restore blood […]

The Dodge County Sheriff’s Office is currently accepting applications for the 3rd annual Sheriff’s Citizen Academy.   This is an opportunity for Dodge County residents to receive hands on insight into the daily operations of the sheriff’s office.   The academy takes place on Wednesday evenings from 6pm-9pm and begins in September and lasts until December. Some of the course topics being covered in this year’s academy include: Overview and tour of […]

MILWAUKEE (AP) — A Milwaukee jury has acquitted a former police officer of first-degree reckless homicide in the shooting of a black man last year that ignited riots on the city's north side. Jurors decided Wednesday that Dominique Heaggan-Brown, who is also black, was justified when he shot 23-year-old Sylville Smith after a brief foot chase following a traffic stop Aug. 23.

The May unemployment rate is down in municipalities and counties across the state.  The city of Fond du lac’s jobless rate dipped from 2.6 to 2.5 percent in May.  Fond du Lac County’s unemployment rate dropped from 2.4 to 2.3 percent.  In Dodge County the May unemployment rate stands at 2.5 percent, down from 2.7 percent in April.

The Fond du Lac County Natural Beauty Council has been saved.  The Fond du Lac County Board has approved the appointment of four new members to the council.   The appointments come a month after WFDL news first reported the future of the council was in jeopardy because there were not enough citizen volunteers to allow it to function.  County executive Al Buechel says the committee is comprised of five members […]

In the wake of drug overdose deaths in Georgia, Fond du Lac police and Drug Free Communities of Fond du Lac County are reminding Fond du Lac County residents not to share medications.  The warning follows a story out of Georgia, where a small yellow pill which looks to be a prescription drug from a pharmacy, has led to dozens of overdoses and as many as four deaths.  The report […]

Madison – Yesterday, a divided 7th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled 2-1 that the Wisconsin Department of Transportation (WisDOT) lacked standing to appeal Judge Lynn Adelman’s ruling on Highway 23.  It reached this decision because the U.S. Department of Transportation declined to join WisDOT in its appeal.  In response, area legislators Senators Devin LeMahieu (R-Oostburg), Dan Feyen (R-Fond du Lac), Duey Stroebel (R-Cedarburg) and Representatives Tyler Vorpagel (R-Plymouth), Terry Katsma […]

Wisconsin ranks 12th in the nation in overall child well-being, according to the latest Kids Count data book just released by the Annie E. Casey Foundation. Although that's up one notch from last year, some child advocates are saying the Badger State's ranking is misleading.  Tamarine Cornelius of the Wisconsin Budget Project says the number-12 ranking gives a very broad perspective on the state.  Cornelius says other neighboring states including […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — An Associated Press review has found that Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker's proposal to drug-test Medicaid recipients drew five positive comments out of more than 1,000 recently submitted by the public.  The AP obtained the comments under the state's open records law. One of the supportive comments came from Walker's lieutenant governor.  Positive remarks amounted to less than half a percent of the comments submitted by doctors, […]