A portion of Highway 45 near Campbellsport is closed due to a structure fire. At about 2:30pm Monday Firefighters were called to the scene at N2486 Highway 45 for a report of a storage building on fire. Fire crews are working to prevent the fire from spreading to a nearby propane tank. Meanwhile, two employees received minor injuries in an explosion and fire at a Ripon business. Firefighters were called […]
San Bernardino County Supervisor Janice Rutherford said Tuesday she will place an item on the May 24 board agenda calling for an end to rave-style events at the San Manuel Amphiteater in Devore. Rutherford’s decision came amid continued and growing complaints from Devore and Crestline residents about excessive noise generated from electronic dance shows at the venue, mainly the Nocturnal Wonderland and Beyond Wonderland electronic dance shows, until the wee […]
A Fond du Lac man was rescued after getting stuck on Lake Winnebago. The Fond du lac County Sheriff’s Office says shortly before 2:30 am Sunday 42 year old Christopher Freund called the Dispatch Center indicating that he was lost on Lake Winnebago in the area of Garden Dr. Rescue personnel located Freund approximately ¼ mile off shore. He was carried off the ice and transported by ambulance to St. […]
Nobody was injured in a chimney fire in Fond du Lac County over the weekend. A passerby on Highway 23 in the town of Rosendale reported the fire Saturday night. Firefighters were called to the Paula White home at W11950 Hwy 23 in the Town of Rosendale. The fire was contained to the chimney of a wood burning fireplace. Nobody was home at the time.
The Fond du Lac County Sheriff’s Office is investigating whether a Fond du Lac woman may have suffered a medical condition prior to a rollover crash this week. Sixty four year old Dianne Majerus of Fond du Lac was pronounced dead at the scene on Highway K north of Highway 45 Thursday morning. Sheriff’s captain Ryan Waldschmidt says the road was not icy and there was no evidence of braking […]
An autopsy has determined that a Fond du Lac woman died from hypothermia trying to walk to shore on Lake Winnebago. Sheriff’s captain Ryan Waldschmiddt says 27 year old Lindsey Klima was at a New Year’s Eve party on the lake when for some reason started walking toward the shore where her body was found several hours later. Waldschmidt says Klima was not dressed for the cold, wearing only a […]
RACINE, Wis. (AP) — The first major construction work related to the Foxconn Technology Group development begins Monday in Racine County when frontage roads along Interstate 94 will be upgraded. The state Department of Transportation says the east and west frontage roads between Highway 20 and Highway KR will be reconstructed. That's about two miles of roadway. Work will not affect travel on I-94. Foxconn plans to build an expansive […]
The Fond du lac Area United Way is making a last minute plea for donations. Director Amber Kilawee says the fund drive is at 85 percent of the $670,000 goal. People can make donations through the end of the month. "Anybody who hasn't given yet, we really need you," Kilawee told WFDL news. "Last year at this time we were at 92 percent of our goal."
Six regional Wisconsin nonprofit organizations are receiving community grants totaling $10,000 from the Alliant Energy Foundation in the second of its two 2017 giving cycles. Boys & Girls Club of Fond du Lac, Fond du Lac, $2,500 for Project Learn The Miracle League of Fond du Lac, $1,000 for Children with Disabilities Envision Greater Fond du Lac Foundation, $2,000 for Leadership Fond du Lac The Arc of Fond du Lac, […]
