There isn’t much time left to donate to the Fond du Lac Area United Way. Director Amber Kilawee says the fund drive is just $50,000 short of the goal. "From now until the end of this month you can still make a donation to help us reach that goal," Kilawee told WFDL news. "You can go to our website at fdlunited.org. Ninety-nine percent of what we raise in Fond du […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The state Assembly is set to vote on a bill that would re-establish the Wisconsin Conservation Corps. Democratic Gov. Jim Doyle and GOP lawmakers eliminated the corps in 2003. Republican Rep. Jeff Mursau's bill calls for the state Department of Administration to shift $400,000 from other state agencies to fund grants for organizations looking to complete conservation projects on public or tribal land. Workers would have […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Wisconsin Assembly is set to vote on a bill that would legalize children's lemonade stands. The Republican bill would allow a minor to operate a temporary food stand without a local permit or license or a state food processing or retail food establishment license. The stand can't generate more than $1,000 in annual sales, however, and must be operated on a temporary basis on private […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Wisconsin Assembly is set to take up a bill that would relax local regulations on landlords. Under the bill, local governments could establish rental property inspection programs only in blighted areas and areas with numerous complaints, decreasing property values or increases in single-family home conversions to rental units. If an inspection doesn't reveal a violation or the violation is corrected within a month further inspections […]
Bail was set at $1 million cash each for two Fond du lac men charged in connection with the murder of a Fond du Lac man outside the Press Box tavern last fall. Judge Richard Nuss ordered the hefty cash bail when Devon Neuman and Jesse Schultz made their initial court appearances Monday on charges of party to the crime of first degree intentional homicide and party to the crime […]
Firefighters are battling a fire at a tavern in Brothertown in Calumet County. Firefighters were called to the Bobber Inn on Highway 151 between Harbor and Indian Roads shortly before 4am Monday for a report of the tavern fully engulfed in flames.
...DENSE FOG ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST THIS MORNING... The Dense Fog Advisory is now in effect until 9 AM CST this morning including Fond du Lac and Dodge counties * VISIBILITY...Less than one quarter mile at times. * IMPACTS...Fog is resulting in rapid changes in visibility across the area, with visibility falling below one quarter mile at times. Brief improvement to the visibility can be expected […]
It was a busy start to the weekend for Fond du Lac County Sheriff’s deputies pulling over drunk drivers. Sheriff’s captain Ryan Waldschmidt says in a little more than four hour stretch starting shortly after 11:30 pm Friday until early Saturday morning deputies made six OWI arrests. "This is an unusually high number of OWI arrests on one shift, and should serve as a reminder that our deputies are watching […]
Nobody was injured in an apartment kitchen fire in Waupun over the weekend. When firefighters arrived at the Mayfair Apartments on Fraser Lane, Saturday evening the building’s sprinkler system had already put out the fire. The fire was contained to a stove, microwave and nearby kitchen cabinet. The fire chief says combustibles placed on top of the stove started the fire.