In accordance with Fond du Lac County’s holiday schedule, all county offices in the City/County Government Center, the Sheriff’s Office lobby window, the Portland Street Annex including the Veteran Services Office, the Department of Social Services and the Highway Department will be closed on Monday, September 4, 2017, in observance of Labor Day.
A Fond du Lac man was seriously injured in a minivan versus garbage truck collision in Fond du Lac County. Rescue personnel were called to the scene near the area of CTH D and USH 151 shortly after 5am Wednesday., Deputies from the Fond du Lac County Sheriff’s Office were assisted on the scene by the Wisconsin State Patrol, Town of Fond du Lac Fire and First Responders, City of […]
A Horicon woman was seriously injured in a two vehicle crash in Dodge County. The Dodge County Sheriff’s Office says a car failed to stop for a stop sign and was struck by a pickup. The crash happened at about 4:30am today at the intersection where State Highways 28 and 67 and County Highway TW meet in the town of Theresa. The car driver, a 28 year old Horicon woman, […]
The DNR is investigating a major fish kill in the Rock River at Waupun. Waupun Deputy police chief Jeremy Rasch says hundreds of dead fish were found in the river near the Mill Pond. Rasch says a DNR biologist believes some type of chemical from run-off following heavy rain last week impacted oxygen levels in the river. Rasch says hundreds of fish including bass, carp and crappie were found floating in […]
Fond du Lac police say several teenagers have been arrested and the investigation is continuing following a rash of egging vandalism incidents this summer. Assistant police chief Steve Klein says hundreds of incidents have been reported in Fond du Lac and the village of North Fond du Lac. "We've litereally taken, between ourselves and North Fond du Lac Police Department, hundreds of reports of vandalism due to egging," Klein […]
A Beaver Dam man was seriously injured in an accident at a power plant in Waupun. Deputy police chief Jeremy Rasch says the 32 year old man was became pinned between a Bobcat and front end attachment at the state generating plant on South Drummond Street. "Sounds like he was attempting to change out an attachment and that attachment pulled off and pinned him in between both units," Rasch told […]
Fond du Lac police conducted a high risk stop on a vehicle that was believed to have been stolen in Milwaukee. Police stopped the vehicle Sunday night after it pulled into the Mobil gas station on Fond du Lac Avenue. Five occupants were ordered out of the vehicle at gunpoint. Police say it turns out the license plate was stolen and placed on a different car, but the driver had […]
A Fond du Lac Republican state senator says he plans to vote in favor of an economic development package for Foxconn. The state assembly voted in favor of the package last week and the state senate is expected to vote early next month. State senator Dan Feyen says he believes the $3 billion incentives package is worth it. "I would vote in favor of it if it came up […]
A Democratic state lawmaker from Oshkosh says he hopes the Foxconn deal works out…but he doubts the company will deliver. State representative Gordon Hintz voted against the $3 billion tax break package last week. Hintz says it’s a pretty risky proposition given the cost. "That would take a quarter century for taxpayers to get their money back," Hintz told WFDL news. Hintz says the deal includes no conditions or guarantees […]