The northbound lanes of Highway 26 near Rosendale have reopened following a traffic crash this morning. The crash happened on Highway 26 at Olden Road shortly after 5am Wednesday. Tuesday night rescue personnel responded to a handful of car crashes on slippery streets in the city of Fond du lac. Minor injuries were reported in crashes at Seymour and Johnson Streets and in the Hometown Bank parking lot at Peters […]
Repbulican congressman Glenn Grothman says Republicans in the House are unified in their opposition to President Donald Trump’s threat of turning to international tariffs. Grothman says he agrees with House Speaker Paul Ryan that special import taxes on steel and aluminum would not be good for the United States. "You got to remember the biggest country that we get steel from is Canada," Grothman told AM 1170s Between the Lines […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker says he was surprised when President Donald Trump announced plans to impose new tariffs on imported aluminum and steel, saying up until last week he thought "we were in a good place." Walker on Tuesday urged Trump to back off on the tariffs, visiting a plastics manufacturer and food distributor the governor says would be hurt under Trump's plan. Walker says he […]
STEVENS POINT, Wis. (AP) — The University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point could eliminate more than a dozen majors and lay off staff to cope with a projected budget deficit of $4.5 million over two years. University officials say the 13 programs that could be eliminated include American studies, art, English, French, geography, geoscience, German, history, music literature, philosophy, political science, sociology and Spanish. The university also plans to add or expand […]
Fond du Lac police have made additional arrests in connection with a social media threat this week referencing a shooting at Fond du Lac High School. Police say in addition to a 16 year old Arkansas boy, who was the source of the post, three additional boys have been arrested in connection with the incident. The three juveniles are all students at Fond du lac High School. Investigators say the […]
A Fond du Lac man has won the second top prize in the Wisconsin Lottery’s Casino Crossword scratch game. David Bender purchased his winning $200,000 ticket at Kwik Trip on East Johnson Street. This was the last $200,000 top prize remaining in the Casino Crossword scratch game.
BEAVER DAM, Wis. (AP) — Police in Beaver Dam still have not been able to recover the body of a man killed in an explosion at an apartment. The unidentified man died in the explosion Monday afternoon. Police Chief John Kreuziger said a news conference Tuesday that chemicals in that apartment are still too volatile for officers to enter the unit. Kreuziger says authorities entered Monday, determined the man was […]
The public has an opportunity to comment on the future of Hobbs Woods. A listening session will be held from 6-8pm Tuesday at the city county government center. County executive Al Buechel says one of the items on the agenda is whether people should be allowed to walk their dogs on the recreation trail located south of Fond du Lac. Buechel says other areas up for discussion include whether there […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Two years after a Wisconsin cheese captured top honors, the World Championship Cheese Contest is back for another round. Organizers say they have a record 3,402 entries for the event that starts Tuesday in Madison. That's up 15 percent from 2016. Fifty-five judges will sniff, taste and inspect 121 classes of dairy products, with entries from 26 nations. Winners are to be announced Thursday night.