Month: June 2019

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A federal judge has sentenced a Wisconsin man for threatening to shoot a member of the Alabama National Guard.  U.S. District Judge James Peterson sentenced 34-year-old Travis Martin of Richland Center on Monday to 14 days in jail plus the nearly 27 months he's already served for making threatening communications.  According to court documents, Martin left a profanity-laced message on Alabama National Guard Maj. Ira Phillips' voicemail in […]

Two men arrested  in connection with a pair of shooting incidents in Fond du Lac last month have been bound over for trial.    Twenty nine year old Mario Marron Zavala and 18 year old Guadalupe Mendez-Berry  face multiple charges  including  endangering safety- reckless use of a firearm,  criminal damage to property and criminal damage to a vehicle.  Nobody was injured in the shooting incidents in the 100 block of E. 2nd Street and at a […]

A Fond du Lac Winnebago Lutheran Academy geography teacher has resigned after being given the option of resigning or being fired for  teaching about the global problem of female circumcision.    Twenty four year teaching veteran Daniel  Dettman says he resigned about three weeks ago because the school board determined the subject matter was inappropriate for his freshman geography class.   Dettman told WFDL news he talked about female circumcision in the context of […]

There has been another staff assault by an inmate at the Waupun Correctional Institution.  Sources tell WFDL news an inmate repeatedly punched an officer in the face and head.  The officer was transported to the hospital emergency room where he was treated and released.  The incident happened Saturday night.

The father and son team of Kurt and Mathew Stobbe from Berlin are the 2019 Merc National Walleye Fishing Tournament champions.  The pair captured first place with a two day total of 36.08 pound of walleye.  The  first place prize is a new 18 foot Tracker boat with a 150 horsepower Merc outboard and $4,000 cash.  Second place and $10,000 cash goes to Jon Janiak of Fond du Lac and Jim Demboski […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Authorities in Madison say one man died and another was in critical condition after being pulled from Lake Monona during the swim portion of the Ironman 70.3 Wisconsin triathlon.  Fire Department officials say the first man was found unresponsive in Lake Monona around 7:50 a.m. Sunday. The second man was found unresponsive in the water about an hour later.  A Fire Department spokeswoman says  it's possible both men […]

Two Fond du Lac paramedics successfully resuscitated a Fond du Lac man who went into cardiac arrest at Walleye weekend.   Fire chief Pete O’Leary told WFDL news a 37 year old man stopped by a food tent at Walleye Weekend Saturday complaining of chest pain.  O’Leary says the Fond du Lac Fire and Rescue on-site medic crew of  Connor Knaus and Brian Westby were dispatched to the scene.  The patient […]

The Wisconsin Senate has passed a bipartisan proposal designed to make it easier for patients to get needed prescription drugs even when insurance companies force them to try less-expensive alternatives first.  The senate approved the measure unanimously on a voice vote last week.  Republican state senator Dan Feyen of Fond du Lac says under the bill   "Its between you and you're doctor to figure out what the best way to do […]

Fond du Lac Public Works says the Hickory Street Bridge over the West Branch of the Fond du Lac River has reopened.   The bridge had been closed for the past month to replace the existing bridge deck overlay.