A group of North Fond du Lac Horace Mann High School students is getting first hand experience in the construction trade. The students are helping local construction contractors build a single family house on Creek Vu Drive in the village. Superintendent Aaron Sadoff says its part of the North Fond du Lac Building Trades Cooperative. A groundbreaking ceremony was held Wednesday. The house is scheduled to be completed in June. […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Longtime Democratic Madison Mayor Paul Soglin joined the race for Wisconsin governor Wednesday, immediately tying Republican Gov. Scott Walker with President Donald Trump and attacking both of them as violating and undermining American principles of fairness and equality. Soglin became the ninth top-tier Democrat in a crowded field that will square off in the August primary. The winner will take on Walker as he seeks a […]
Longtime Fond du Lac firefighter/paramedic Todd Shippee is retiring. Shippee is leaving the department after 32 years of service. "I love that job, its really hard to walk away from it," Shippee told WFDL news. Shippee says he will miss the job and the people he has worked with over the years. Shippee was recognized at Wednesday night’s city council meeting.
HARRISON, Wis. (AP) — Sheriff's officials say the deaths of a man and woman in Calumet County appears to be a homicide-suicide case. Authorities say deputies were called to a domestic disturbance at a residence in the Village of Harrison about 6 p.m. Tuesday. As the deputy approached the couple who was arguing, gunshots could be heard. The woman, Sara Schmidt, was found dead in her vehicle from at least […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Conservationists pushed back Wednesday against a bill that would end state wolf management efforts and bar state police from investigating wolf poaching, saying the measure will open the door to indiscriminate wolf hunts and won't help get the animals off the federal endangered species list. The bill will create a perception that hunting wolves is permissible even though the practice would remain illegal under both state […]
An Oshkosh man convicted in connection with a violent domestic incident in Fond du Lac is going to prison. Fond du Lac judge Dale English sentenced Anthony Vera to five years in prison and five years extended supervision. Vera earlier entered an Alford plea to a charge of third degree sexual assault and no contest to misdemeanor battery. Eight other charges were dismissed and read into the record.
A Fond du Lac man convicted of killing a pet cat is going to prison. Fond du Lac Judge Robert Wirtz sentenced Preston Buck to a total of four and a half years in prison on multiple charges including mistreatment of animals causing death and bail jumping. Buck told police he kicked the cat because it knocked over a lamp. The cat was brought to the animal shelter where it […]
The Wisconsin Chapter of the American Red Cross is making an urgent plea for blood donations. Red Cross spokeswoman Laura McGuire says there is an urgent need for blood and platelet donors of all blood types to address a winter blood donation shortage. McGuire says severe winter weather has resulted in more than 150 blood drives being forced to cancel. Several blood drives are planned this month in Fond du […]
The Fond du Lac School superintendent says he believes Fond du Lac High School is a safe environment for kids despite a recent report that a female student was sexually assaulted in a school elevator. Superintendent Dr. Jim Sebert says the alleged perpetrator is no longer a student at the school. "First and foremost that type of behavior is horrible and its not tolerated," Sebert told WFDL news. "We took […]