Work on renovating the tennis courts at Fond du Lac High School is done. The Fond du Lac School Board toured the new courts during a workshop session Monday evening. Superintendent Dr. Jim Sebert says new drainage around the courts should help significantly. "Essentially what was happening was water was getting underneath, it would freeze in the winter, push up, so we had an unlevel playing surface," Sebert told WFDL […]
State and local health officials continue to investigate a salmonella poisoning outbreak apparently caused by fresh shelled peas purchased at farmers markets in Fond du Lac, Green Bay and Madison. Fond du Lac County Public Health Officer Kim Mueller says investigators are trying to determine if the source of the suspected peas is from Fond du Lac County. "A lot of farmers market vendors travel from market to market. In […]
RANDOLPH, Wis. (AP) — A Wisconsin man is continuing to recover after losing both his legs in a mill explosion earlier this year. Twenty three year-old Collin Vander Galien of Randolph received prosthetic legs last week. They cost a total of $160,000. Vander Galien lost his legs during the Didion Million explosion in Cambria in May. The explosion killed five workers and injured 10 others, including Vander Galien. A train […]
PARIS, Wis. (AP) — Authorities have identified three Illinois men they say were gang members who were fatally shot at a southern Wisconsin race track. The Kenosha County Sheriff's Office said Monday the victims of Sunday night's shooting were 30-year-old David L. Watson of Oswego, 30-year-old Khalid R. Howard or Aurora, and 26-year-old Derek K. Edwards of North Aurora. Kenosha County Sheriff David Beth said Monday the man who killed […]
The Dodge County Sheriff’s Office is continuing to investigate a rollover crash that injured three out of state men. The crash happened early Sunday morning on County Highway R near Highway SC. Two men from Colorado and one from Minneapolis were injured. "They were in the Watertown area apparently working in a carnival," Sheriff Dale Schmidt told WFDL news. Schmidt says an investigation into the cause of the crash continues. […]
WAUKESHA, Wis. (AP) — A Wisconsin man is accused of operating a boat while drunk and causing a crash that killed a 61-year-old woman on Lake Nagawicka. Fifty-three-year-old Anthony Drewes was charged Monday with homicide by intoxicated use of a vehicle. Drewes appeared in court and posted $10,000 bail. The complaint says Drewes was operating a deck boat at about 25 mph Friday when he struck a pontoon boat. Jill […]
Waupun resident and author Susan Karsten will be speaking about her book, A Match For Melissa, on Monday, August 21 at 6:30 pm at the Waupun Public Library, 123 S Forest Street, Waupun. Books will be available for sale. Light refreshments will be served.
Two children involved in a motor vehicle crash in Dodge County have died from their injuries. Dodge County Sheriff Dale Schmidt says three year old Brady Wojtkiewicz and seven year old Landon Wojtkiewicz were passengers in an SUV that failed to stop for a stop sign colliding with a van at the intersection of County Highway TT and state Highway 60 Saturday morning. The children later died at a Madison […]
UNION GROVE, Wis. (AP) — A Wisconsin sheriff says three men were shot and killed during an auto racing event. Kenosha County Sheriff David Beth says authorities responded to the Great Lakes Dragaway in Union Grove around 7 p.m. Sunday after receiving reports about shots being fired. Beth says the three men were shot by another man at point-blank range near a food vendor. No suspects have been arrested. Two […]