DELAVAN, Wis. (AP) — The staff at a Wisconsin petting zoo says their two 7-week-old Siberian lynx have gone missing. Animal Gardens caretaker Danette Vincenti says that the staff at the Delavan facility last saw the lynx about 5 p.m. Monday. Vincenti believes the top of the cats' cage was sliced open to make it look like they escaped. She says it is likely someone stole them and is trying […]
Fond du Lac County emergency management says a malfunction caused the tornado sirens to sound in the city of Fond du Lac Wednesday afternoon. Emergency management director Bobbie Hicken says there was a malfunction and the city electrician is working to fix the problem. There was NO tornado watch or warning.
Authorities have identified the victim of an apparent drowning on Lake Deneveu in Fond du Lac County. The Fond du Lac County Sheriff’s Office says the victim has been identified as 23 year old Steven Wade of Delafield. Rescue personnel responded Tuesday afternoon to a report of a swimmer who was underwater after having a medical incident on the lake. The Fond du Lac County Sheriff’s Dive Team was able […]
A Sheboygan man received serious but non life-threatening injuries in a motorcycle crash in Fond du Lac County. A preliminary investigation shows the motorcycle operator, 49 year old Carl Hoffmann was southbound on Thill Road when he failed to negotiate a sharp curve, slid across the road into a ditch. He was pinned under the motorcycle and he was not wearing a helmet. He was flown to Theda Medical Center […]
The Fond du Lac County executive says he is confident a Fox Valley jobs agency has its act together following a scathing audit found mismanagement and reckless spending. County executive Al Buechel sits on the Fox Valley Workforce Development Board. "Keep in mind none of this was embezzlement, it was the way they were charging and most of it was less than competent book keeping," Buechel said. Buechel says it […]
Fond du lac police have arrested two suspects in connection with two armed robberies at Fond du Lac convenience stores over the holiday weekend. A 26 year old Oshkosh man and a 23 year old Fond du Lac woman are being held in the Fond du Lac County Jail in connection with a robbery at gunpoint at the Phillips convenience store on North Peters Avenue Monday and the Marathon […]
Work is expected to begin soon to repair an historic Fond du Lac church tower after deteriorating stone fell from the tower recently. Director of Advancement with the Fond du Lac Holy Family Community, Gail Kraig, told WFDL news work to repair the St. Mary Catholic Church tower will begin as soon as a contractor is selected. The church at the corner of Merrill and Marquette Streets is barricaded with […]
The new owner of the downtown Fond du Lac Retlaw Hotel says construction on a multi-million dollar renovation of the building is expected to start this month. Dennis Doucette says the final hurdle was cleared recently when the project was able to receive historic tax credits. C.D. Smith will be the generator contractor. Doucette says work will begin this summer on the hotel infrastructure, including plumbing, HVAC and electrical. […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The University of Wisconsin System Board of Regents is poised to vote on raising student fees and housing rates. The regents are scheduled to vote on the system's 2017-18 budget on Thursday during a meeting at UW-Madison. The budget keeps resident undergraduate tuition frozen as per a legislative mandate. But it calls for raising student fees by an average of 2.6 percent across the system's four-year […]