MADISON, Wis. (AP) — It's been a busy week for former Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker. On Monday, he announced he would not run for office in 2022 because he had accepted a full-time position starting in 2021 with the Young America's Foundation. And on Wednesday, President Donald Trump announced he was appointing Walker to the board of trustees of one of the world's most highly regarded think tanks. Walker is set to […]
A portion of I-41 north of Fond du Lac was shut down for a short period of time Wednesday morning following a car crash. The driver of a car was transported to the hospital after the vehicle veered off the Interstate striking the cable barrier near County Highway OOO. The left, southbound lane of 41, was closed for about an hour.
HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON THURSDAY TO 11 PM CDT FRIDAY...including FDL and Dodge counties The National Weather Service in Milwaukee/Sullivan has issued a Heat Advisory...which is in effect from noon Thursday to 11 PM CDT Friday. * TIMING...Noon CDT Thursday through 11 PM CDT Friday evening. * TEMPERATURES...Highs will reach the lower 90s Thursday afternoon, with heat index values of 100 to 106. Highs will reach the middle to upper 90s […]
Public health officials are warning residents to take precautions during this heat wave. Temperatures are forecast in the upper 80s to low 90s through the weekend with high humidity. Fond du Lac County Public Health nurse, Joyce Mann, says extreme heat is defined as a long period of two to three days of high heat and humidity with temperatures above 90 degrees. Mann says people need to make sure to […]
The 2019 Fond du Lac County Fair gets underway Wednesday. Fair Board president Katie Grinstead says its free to get into the fairgrounds and there’s a good deal on the carnival rides Wednesday. "The rides are a dollar. So all day you can come and rides are a dollar," Grinstead told WFDL news. Grinstead says she is excited about this year’s grandstand music line-up starting Friday night. The Guess Who, […]
In a remarkable political repudiation, the Democratic-led U.S. House voted Tuesday night to condemn President Donald Trump's "racist comments" against four congresswomen of color, despite protestations by Trump's Republican congressional allies and his own insistence he hasn't "a racist bone in my body." Two days after Trump tweeted that four Democratic freshmen should "go back" to their home countries — though all are citizens and three were born in the […]
A long prison sentence has been handed down for a convicted child sex offender found guilty of sexually assaulting a Fond du Lac woman. At a hearing Tuesday afternoon Fond du Lac judge Dale English sentenced Richard Forsyth II to 13 years in prison and seven years extended supervision. Forsyth was convicted earlier this year of second and fourth degree sexual assault. Police say Forsyth sexually assaulted a woman at a […]
Fond du Lac state representative Jeremy Thiesfeldt is co-sponsoring a bill to help sexual assault victims track their sexual assault kit as it proceeds through the criminal justice process. Thiesfeldt and Democratic State representative, Chris Taylor, are circulating the Wisconsin Sexual Assault Kit Tracking System bill. Thiesfeldt says this will be a survivor focused system to ensure the privacy and protection of the survivor at every step. Thiesfeldt says the system will […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Democratic lawmakers on Tuesday worked to generate momentum for a bill calling for civil servants to draw legislative district boundaries, insisting it's the right time to pass the measure after the U.S. Supreme Court killed a lawsuit challenging Wisconsin's Republican-drawn boundaries. The measure faces major obstacles given that the GOP controls both the state Senate and Assembly. The Legislature currently draws district boundaries after every U.S. census […]