Thanks to generous donations from students, staff and community members, Moraine Park Technical College’s “Christmas in a Shoebox” donation drive exceeded its 2017 goal and set a new record. The drive’s purpose was to collect, package and ship donated items to area military members this holiday season. This year’s event ended up with 175 boxes– up from last year’s record total of 150. Items were gathered and collected at all […]
City of Fond du Lac - Weekly Construction Update The City of Fond du Lac is providing a weekly update on construction projects located within the corporate boundary. Motorists are advised to use caution and remain alert when driving though any work zone. North Military Road from West Follett Street to West Scott Street Schedule: May 2017 to November 2017 Description: The project includes reconstruction of the sanitary sewer, water […]
Trafffic was backed up on northbound Intertsate 41 this morning following a one vehicle rollover. Fond du Lac County Sheriff’s captain Ryan Waldschmidt says the crash happened shortly before 9:30am. Waldschmidt says a pick-up towing a camper-trailer rolled over into the I-41 median near county highway N north of Fond du Lac. Waldschmidt says the driver of the pick-up received minor injuries in the crash.
One person is dead following an apartment fire in downtown Plymouth Thursday. Police found the body of an adult, but have not said whether it was a woman who was reported missing after the fire. Police say the woman went back into the burning building to rescue her children, not realizing they had escaped and were safe. Two residents of the apartment building were transported to a hospital for minor […]
Saputo Cheese in Fond du Lac is closing next spring in an effort to improve efficiency. The Montreal based company says its cheese manufacturing facility on East Scott Street in Fond du Lac will close next May leaving 126 people out of work. The company says employees will receive severance and some will be offered a chance to work at other Saputo facilities. The company says it will save more […]
The University of Wisconsin System regents have approved a plan to merge the system's two-year schools with its four-year campuses. The plan calls for transforming the system's 13 two-year schools into regional branches of seven of the 13 four-year schools. Students could still earn associate degrees but they would bear the name of the four-year school. Regional executive officer and Dean for the two year campuses, Martin Rudd, told WFDL […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Adults who let teenagers drink in their homes would be breaking Wisconsin law under a proposal approved by the state Legislature to address a loophole in current law. The bill sent to Gov. Scott Walker on Thursday addresses the so-called "social host" loophole in state law that was exposed by an appeals court ruling last year. The court addressed a law that prohibits people who are […]
Fond du Lac police have released photos of two men they want to speak with regarding an unsolved murder in the city. On September 23 Logan Foster was found dead in a parking lot on Forest Avenue, across the street from the Press Box tavern. Investigators believe the incident leading up to Foster’s death took place in the area of 260 Forest Avenue across from the Press Box Tavern. Assistant […]
A 19-year-old Fond du Lac man is accused of setting a house on fire in Oshkosh. Police have referred charges of arson, recklessly endangering safety, negligent handling of burning materials and other domestic-related charges to the Winnebago County District Attorney. Nobody was injured in the fire Sunday at a residence on Jackson Street.