The Dodge County Sheriff says a pickup versus pedestrian fatality on Highway 151 last week is a reminder of how dangerous it is to stop and get out of your vehicle on a busy highway. A Beaver Dam woman had stopped in the left southbound lane to render aid after two vehicles involved in a minor crash ended up in the median. Sheriff Dale Schmidt says 37 year old Kayla […]
Fond du Lac County has received a major federal traffic safety grant. Sheriff’s captain Ryan Waldschmidt says the county has received a $110,000 grant to increase overtime patrol on area roads. "That's funding that will be designated not just to our deputies, but agencies throughout Fond du Lac County," Waldschmidt told WFDL news. "They will have extra patrols out on the highways strictly enforcing traffic rules." Waldschmidt says the Waupun […]
For the fourth straight year there will be a statewide bobcat hunting season in Wisconsin. DNR scientist, Nathan Roberts, says the harvest quota has been set at 750 for the 2017-18 season. Roberts says that includes quota increases in both the northern and southern zones. Roberts says the state’s bobcat population is healthy and robust enough to provide additional harvest opportunities. The bobcat hunting and trapping seasons begin October 15th.
CRIVITZ, Wis. (AP) — A woman in northeast Wisconsin has videotaped a bald eagle killing a deer fawn swimming in a lake. Julie Smith caught the incident on camera on June 30 at her vacation home on Lake Noquebay near Crivitz. Smith says she began filming the moment because although deer sightings are common in the area, seeing a deer in the water is unusual. The video shows a […]
WAUKESHA, Wis. (AP) — One of two teenagers charged with repeatedly stabbing a classmate to impress a fictitious horror character called Slender Man has decided to plead guilty to a lesser charge. Fifteen-year-old Anissa Weier pleaded guilty Monday to attempted second-degree homicide as a party to a crime, with use of a deadly weapon. She initially faced a charge of attempted first-degree intentional homicide in the 2014 attack on Payton […]
The first human cases of West Nile virus for 2017 have been reported in Wisconsin. The cases were reported in Fond du Lac and Oconto counties. Fond du Lac County Public Health officer Kim Mueller says the state is not releasing any specific information about the infected person or where that person lives. Mueller says the chances of a person contracting West Nile virus are very low and most people […]
A UW Fond du Lac astronomy professor is in Lincoln, Nebraska Monday for the solar eclipse. Professor Carey Woodward says its the first total solar eclipse that can be viewed across the United States since 1979. Woodward says in Wisconsin the moon will not completely cover the sun. "If you are close but not quite there you see the moon partly covering the sun. That makes it a lot darker and […]
The Department of Public Works says a portion of N Seymour Street will be closed this week. The street between Thomas and Division Streets will be closed completely starting Monday morning and remain closed for the week. The closure will allow the water department to replace a water service line. A signed detour will be marked and motorists are encouraged to travel Thomas Street, Bell Street, and Division Street, as […]
The Fond du Lac city council is expected to vote next month on the proposed creation of a Tax Increment Financing district for the downtown Retlaw Hotel renovation project. Nobody spoke at a public hearing last week. Community Development director Dyann Benson says terms of the TIF minimize the risk for the city. Meanwhile Benson says renovation work is expected to start next month. Benson says a later than originally […]