Fond du Lac High School has a new head football coach. Athletic director David Michalkiewicz announced Tuesday that Steven Jorgensen has been hired as the Head Coach for the 2019 season. Jorgensen has served as the Assistant Coach for the past seven seasons. He replaces his dad Steve Jorgensen who announced that he was stepping down as head coach at the end of last season, but will stay on as […]
A Green Alert has been issued for a missing veteran from Dodge County. Authorities say 29-year-old Jordon Schultz was last seen Monday afternoon in Burnett, and say it's possible he may have gone to Tipler, Wisconsin in Florence County. Anyone with information is asked to contact the VA Police Department at 608-280-7270.
West Bend police are asking for the public’s help in finding a missing teenage girl. Police say 17 year old Annabelle Plaskey was last seen by her legal guardian on February 18, and believe she may be in the Fond du Lac or Madison areas. Anyone with information is asked to call the West Bend Police Department at 262-335-5000.
Nobody was injured in a fire that caused significant damage to a Waupun apartment. Shortly after 11pm Monday firefighters were called to the two story, two unit apartment at 36 W. Franklin Street to see flames in the front of the house and in the living room area. Firefighters knocked the fire down within 20 minutes and were on the scene for three hours. The cause of the fire remains […]
The family of a man who died in Fond du Lac while in police custody two days before Christmas last year has filed a civil suit in federal court alleging his civil rights were violated. According to the complaint the stop was unlawfully extended to conduct a narcotics investigation and alleges paramedics “acted in a non-emergency fashion” when Christopher Cary began to experience a medical emergency in the back seat […]
The DNR and area fire officials are warning residents to be cautious when doing any outdoor burning with an elevated danger of wildfires this time of year. Last week firefighters responded to several grass fires along Interstate 41 in Fond du Lac county. Waupun fire chief B.J. DeMaa the forecast for precipitation this week is good news because conditions have become very dry in many areas since flooding rainfall last […]
A week after Fond du Lac school district voters overwhelmingly approved two major building referendum questions superintendent Dr. Jim Sebert is again thanking voters. School officials celebrated passage of the $98 million referendum at Monday night’s school board meeting. Sebert admits he didn’t know what to expect last week. "People told us repeatedly that we had a compelling story, that they understood," Sebert told WFDL news. Sebert says while he […]
A Milwaukee based company is expanding into the village of North Fond du Lac. Johnstone Supply will be building a 25,000 square foot facility in the Northgate Business Park. Johnstone Supply is a heating, ventilation, air conditioning and refrigeration supply company for residential, light commercial and industrial markets. North Fond du Lac village administrator Nick Leonard says this is a great example of Tax Incremental Financing working for a small […]
The Experimental Aircraft Association is hosting walk-in hiring events for EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2019 jobs beginning on April 9. EAA is looking to hire individuals to fill as many as 600 temporary positions in various areas. EAA AirVenture will be held July 22-28, and is the world’s largest annual gathering of aviation fans, with people visiting from more than 70 countries. These temporary positions are opportunities for many people, including […]