Fond du Lac city crews will be removing the brick pavers located in the crosswalks on Johnson Street west of Main Street starting the week of May 20th. City crews will also be performing other maintenance in the work zones along with a contractor performing repairs on the Johnson Street Bridge. Starting early on Monday, May 20 th , Johnson Street between Hickory Street and Main Street and the Johnson […]
Fond du Lac County Register in Probate Ardell M. Klaske is retiring. Klaske announced she is retiring effective July 26 after 46 years of service to the county. “It has been my privilege to serve as an employee of Fond du Lac County for the last 46 years. I truly have appreciated the many opportunities my time with Fond du Lac County provided me. Life long friendships have been made […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A second finalist for the open University of Wisconsin-Whitewater chancellor's position has dropped out of the running. UW System officials announced Thursday that Slippery Rock University Provost and Vice President for Academic and Student Affairs Philip Way has withdrawn from consideration. Louisiana State University of Alexandria Chancellor Guiyou Huang withdrew from consideration last week. UW System spokesman Mark Pitsch declined to comment on why Way and […]
LAKE DELTON, Wis. (AP) — An attempted kidnapping of a toddler in Lake Delton was thwarted when the child's parents awoke to a noise in the youngster's bedroom. Police say the 2-year-old was found unharmed outside the bedroom window last Saturday about 3 a.m. Lake Delton Police Chief Daniel Hardman says the would-be abductor entered the home through the child's bedroom window, brought the toddler outside and then fled. The […]
North Fond du Lac police say two vehicles involved in a chase in a mobile home park this week have been recovered and investigators are still trying to piece together what led up to the incident. Police Sergeant Tim Bakri says both vehicles were gone by the time officers arrived at the Gaslight Terrace Mobile Home Park Tuesday afternoon. Bakri says one of the vehicles struck a gas meter, resulting […]
Fond du Lac police are continuing their investigation into a pair of shooting incidents last month and a rash of child enticement incidents near Lakeside Park. Police chief Bill Lamb says progress has been made and says both investigations are active and ongoing. Lamb says he is "cautiously optimistic" that police will be able to eventually make arrests in both cases. Nobody was injured in shooting incidents on Second and […]
The Dodge County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a shooting incident that sent a Reeseville man to the hospital with non life-threatening injuries. The Sheriff’s Office says shortly after 9:30pm Thursday the victim was shot during a confrontation on North Main Street in Reeseville. Initial reports are that two white male subjects wearing dark clothing confronted a 26-year-old Reeseville man and during the confrontation, he sustained a gunshot wound. His injuries […]
The American Red Cross Wisconsin Chapter says there is a critical shortage of type O blood, the blood group needed by most hospitals. Red Cross spokeswoman Laura McGuire says the Red Cross is asking eligible type O donors to make an appointment to give now. McGuire says there is less than a two day supply of blood available for emergency rooms, where it can be most critical. She says medical […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Republicans on the Legislature's budget-writing committee have approved more money for Wisconsin's technical colleges, but fell $11 million short of how much Gov. Tony Evers and Democrats wanted. The Joint Finance Committee is working Thursday on making changes to Evers' budget before the full Republican-controlled Legislature votes on the two-year spending plan, likely sometime in June. Democrats and Evers proposed increasing funding for technical colleges by […]