The Fond du Lac High School band program is raising money to purchase new uniforms. Band director Matt McVeigh says band members have been using the same uniforms that were purchased when the new high school opened in 2001. The life of a uniform is expected to be about 15 years," McVeigh told WFDL news. "They are definately showing signs of needing replacement." McVeigh says the total cost is estimated […]
The Fond du Lac Police Department is applying for a Justice Assistance grant to purchase new evidence storage equipment. Assistant police chief Steve Thiry says the nearly $14,000 in funding would be used to purchase a new evidence freezer and refrigerator. "Some of our equipment for preservation specifically of biologic evidence like blood samples and DNA are getting at the end of their life-cycle," Thiry told WFDL news. "They're […]
Seventh Street from South Main Street to South Park Avenue Schedule: May 2017 to November 2017 Description: The project includes reconstruction of the sanitary sewer, water main, storm sewer, street, and lighting. August 28th to September 1st: The paving contractor will pour the remaining sidewalk and carriage walk. The electrical contractor will also complete the wiring and installing light poles this week. If weather permits the grading contractor will start […]
A Brandon woman has died from injuries suffered in a motor vehicle crash earlier this month. The Fond du Lac County Sheriff’s Office says 68 year old Teresa Harmsen died Thursday. Harmsen was seriously injured in the August 16th crash when she failed to stop for a stop sign at the intersection of STH 26 and CTH TC and was struck by a vehicle traveling southbound on Hwy 26. […]
BLACK CREEK, Wis. (AP) — One person died and four others including a sheriff's deputy were injured in a two-vehicle crash in Outagamie County. Authorities say a car failed to yield at a stop sign intersection in Black Creek and hit the deputy's squad car about 8 a.m. Friday. A 94-year-old passenger in the car was flown to a hospital, where he died. Three other people in the car were […]
A Waupun boy is in custody on prostitution charges. Police responded to a complaint in the 100 block of South Forest St. for a juvenile who was allegedly offering money to other kids in exchange for sexual favors. Police investigated and took a 16 year old Waupun boy into custody. He faces charges of Child Enticement, Solicitation of a Child For Prostitution, and Exposing a child to harmful materials. The […]
MILWAUKEE (AP) — Foxconn Technology Group is being enticed to come to Wisconsin with numerous regulatory waivers that are raising concerns from environmentalists wary of the company's reputation in China, where company has been accused of pollution. The Taiwan-based company best known for manufacturing Apple products insists its new plant won't damage the environment and regulators say they're simply streamlining the process for the company to set up shop. Wisconsin […]
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A Texas businessman has been sentenced in Iowa to two years of probation and six months of home confinement for his role in a lottery scandal. Robert Rhodes, who lives near Houston, reached a plea deal to testify against his friend Multi-State Lottery Association computer programmer Eddie Tipton. Tipton rigged computers to make numbers predictable and gave them to Rhodes and others who won $2.2 […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Wisconsin Supreme Court has decided to quit funding a council that helps justices revise legal procedures across the state after the council's attorney got a $22,000-plus raise. According to court communications, the Judicial Council's executive committee voted in June to promote its attorney, April Southwick, to executive director and bump her salary from $59,600 to $82,326. The council is funded out of the Supreme Court's […]