Agnesian HealthCare and Fond du lac first responders are teaming up to help teach people how to save lives by stopping the bleeding when someone is injured. The "Stop the Bleed" campaign was launched in 2015 following the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting massacre. Assistant Fire Chief Jim Knowles says in Fond du Lac the program will provide training initially to first responders and schools and then the general public. […]
The Fond du Lac County Sheriff’s Office says two men arrested following a high speed chase this week likely were involved in illegal drug trafficking in the county. The two men, one from Illinois and the other from Milwaukee, were arrested following the chase that started on Highway 151 and ended when the car crashed on Highway 49 in Brandon. Sheriff’s captain Ryan Waldschmidt says both men face drug-related charges. […]
Governor Scott Walker has signed a bill lowering the number of required signatures to run for school board in dozens of smaller communities across the state. The bill was drafted by Fond du Lac state representative Jeremy Thiesfeldt and co-authored by state senator Dan Feyen at the request of the North Fond du Lac School District. North Fond du Lac School superintendent Aaron Sadoff says because the North Fond du […]
Fond du Lac city officials are excited about the impact a renovated Retlaw Hotel will have on the downtown and overall tourism economy. Hotel owners provided an update on the $25 million renovation project during a gathering at the Thelma Sadoff Center for the Arts Thursday afternoon. Owner Dennis Doucette told WFDL news earlier this week that interior renovation work will begin next week and a grand opening this coming […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Vice President Mike Pence plans to participate in a public forum in Milwaukee next week to tout the Republican tax overhaul. The event on April 25 comes before Pence is to headline a fundraiser that evening for Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker. The tax discussion is organized by America First Policies, a group created to promote President Donald Trump's policies. Pence has been traveling the country hosting […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Longtime Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Shirley Abrahamson is getting medical tests and has been out of court for more than a week. Her office said Thursday that the 84-year-old Abrahamson has been listening in by telephone so she can participate in the cases. Details about the testing being done were not disclosed. The absence comes after she also missed court in October for an illness. She […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — UW-Madison Chancellor Rebecca Blank is launching a multi-pronged effort to acknowledge racism and exclusion on campus. Blank announced the initiative Thursday after a study panel presented its findings on the history of Ku Klux Klan campus activities. Blank convened the panel in response to a violent white supremacist rally in Charlottesvile, Virginia. The panel found two UW groups used the name Ku Klux Klan between 1919 […]
A Fond du Lac woman was rescued from the Fond du lac River Thursday afternoon. Rescue personnel were called to the river at 12th Street for a reported person in the water. Upon arrival rescue crews quickly deployed cold water rescue suits and made entry into the river securing the victim and attaching a rope around her to aid in her extrication from the water and up the snow covered […]
An Illinois man has been arrested following a 25 mile long high speed chase in Fond du Lac County. The chase started shortly after 1:30am Thursday when a sheriff’s deputy attempted to stop a vehicle for speeding on Highway 151 near Highway D. The driver fled southbound at speeds of 115 miles an hour, through Waupun and north on Highway 49 before it missed a turn and became stuck in […]