Fond du Lac city officials are reviewing a master plan for a citywide bicycle loop. The city council got its first look at their meeting last week. Public Works director Jordan Skiff says the plan includes landscaping along the trail. "That's probably the main reason for doing the plan," Skiff told WFDL news. Skiff says the master plan also includes other items that are not currently in the budget. "Things […]
Milwaukee businessman and entrepreneur Andy Gronik says he is a progressive business person who wants to move the state forward. Gronik announced last week that he is running for governor. Responding to governor Walker’s comments that he is another far-left and out of touch candidate. "They say they can't figure out why good people don't step forward and get into politics. What happens in this arena is that people try […]
The Fond du lac County Sheriff’s Lieutenant of detective says it may take a confession to solve the mystery of the disappearance of Bobby Joe Fritz. The five year old Campbellsport boy vanished in May of 1983 while playing outside his Campellsport home. The FBI has determined that bone fragments dug up from a yard nearly 30 years ago are from an animal. In 1990, authorities dug up the property […]
A spokesman for the EAA in Oshkosh says wasn’t convinced a new photo was proof that Amelia Earhart survived a crash landing in the Pacific Ocean and the latest development indicate that’s the case. A documentary that aired this month on the History channel claimed the figure in the photo is Earhart. But a Japanese military history buff found library records showing the photo was actually published two years before […]
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11pm Saturday for SW Fond du Lac and Dodge Counties. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. Locations impacted include... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building.
A wrong way driver on Highway 151 in Fond du Lac County was killed when her car collided head on with another vehicle. The crash happened shortly after 12:30am Saturday on 151 and Hazel Lane. in the town of Oakfield, Prior to the crash the Sheriff’s Office received multiple calls that a vehicle was operating northbound in the southbound lanes of traffic on 151. A preliminary investigation showed that a […]
The Fond du Lac Food Pantry has received a major state grant. The $400,000 Community Development Block grant will allow the food pantry to renovate the vacant St. Vincent de Paul store on Rolling Meadows Drive into a new facility. The pantry has been located at St. Paul’s Cathedral in Fond du lac since 1973. Under the plan the city will provide funding to help renovate the building and […]
Dozens of children will be wetting their lines on Lake Winnebago this weekend trying to catch that monster walleye. The third annual Tomorrows’ Anglers - Fish Quest is being held Sunday at Skipper Bud’s in Oshkosh. Mark Kuzneiwski with Tomorrows Anglers says the child is paired with a captain, often professional circuit anglers, who provide the boat and equipment for the day. At the end of the day the teams […]
OSHKOSH, Wis. (AP) — Two men accused of stealing 100,000 diapers from a charity in Wisconsin have been sentenced to jail time. Jason Havel was sentenced Thursday to nine months in jail. His co-defendant, John Forbes, was given the same sentence in June. The two men also must pay a total of about $30,000 in restitution. Police in Fox Crossing said the men stole the diapers from a charity […]