A downtown Fond du Lac business is one of five finalists in the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation’s Main Street Makeover contest. Annie’s Fountain City Café is in the running to win up to $10,000 in upgrades for their storefront. Owner, Ann Culver, says her business opened in January 2016 with a goal of creating a community gathering place in the heart of the downtown. The Café’s pay-it-forward wall allows customers […]
The executive director of the Downtown Fond du Lac Partnership says residents may be surprised to know how many new businesses have opened their doors this year in downtown. Amy Hansen says 10 new businesses are in the running for Best New Business of the year in downtown Fond du Lac. Residents can also vote for the Legacy Award, recognizing businesses who have been in the downtown for at least […]
The Fond du Lac County Sheriff’s Office Shop with a Cop program is being held Thursday evening. The annual event will take place at Wal-Mart in Fond du Lac. The program allows kids from low-income families to be able to buy Christmas presents. Each child will be allowed to spend up to $50 for family Christmas presents. High school student volunteers will assist with gift wrapping. The kids get […]
A Fond du Lac man convicted of robbing a Fond du Lac business is going to prison. Fond du Lac judge Gary Sharpe sentenced David Haefner to four years in prison and four years extended supervision. Haefner earlier pleaded no contest to theft as a repeater. Charges of robbery, theft from a financial institution and bail jumping were dismissed and read into the record. The sentence will run consecutive to […]
A trial date has been scheduled for a Fond du Lac man accused of providing drugs to boys and sexually assaulting them. The nearly month long trial is scheduled to begin July 9 next year for James Rasmussen on more than 60 charges including first degree sexual assault of a child, exposing genitals to a child, child enticement, soliciting a child for prostitution and delivery of marijuana. Rasmussen is being […]
Bail has been set at $100,000 cash for a Fond du Lac man accused of sexually assaulting two young girls. Forty one year old Anthony Wienke made his initial Fond du Lac court appearance this week on two counts of first degree sexual assault of a child. He is accused of having sexual contact with two girls, ages eight and ten. A preliminary hearing is scheduled for December 21.
Good news for motorists, the National Weather Service has dropped a winter weather advisory for Dodge and Fond du Lac counties. National Weather Service meteorologist Tim Halbach says the storm system that was initially expected to dump several inches of snow in our listening area is farther to the northeast than originally forecast. Halbach says there is still a chance for an inch or two of snow this afternoon.
Get your snow shovels ready…the biggest snowstorm of the season is in the forecast for much of our listening area Wednesday. National Weather Service meteorologist Tim Halbach says several a winter weather advisory is in effect for northeast Wisconsin including Fond du Lac and Dodge counties. "The potential is there for pretty good snowfall amounts. Right now we're forecasting between 3-6 inches," Halbach told WFDL news. Meanwhile, state AAA spokesman […]
The Fond du Lac Public Works director says crews are ready for the winter season. Residents got a taste of it this weekend with light snow Friday and Monday morning and significant snow Wednesday. Public Works director Jordan Skiff says there is plenty of road salt ready to go. Skiff says the department also uses a brine solution to help keep city streets free of snow and ice.