VERONA, Wis. (AP) — Dane County sheriff's deputies say a bicyclist has died after crashing into an SUV in the Town of Verona. The collision happened shortly before 4 p.m. Sunday when the 56-year-old female bicyclist missed a stop sign at an intersection and struck a Ford Escape. She was pronounced dead at the scene. The 34-year-old woman driving the Ford Escape was not injured.
A pilot flying to the EAA escaped injury when he landed the plane in a soybean field in Fond du Lac County. A 74 year old United Kingdom man was flying the 1945 Piper J3C-65 Sunday afternoon from Lake Crystal, Minnesota to the EAA Sea Plane Base near Oshkosh when he reported instant loss of power and was able to safely land the plane in a soybean field southwest of the […]
A new report shows 11 rural hospitals in Wisconsin including Ripon Medical Center in Fond du Lac County stopped routinely delivering babies in the past 10 years. The report by the Wisconsin Office of Rural Health said closures were due to the challenge of a low number of both on-call providers and number of deliveries. The report indicates that five of the 35 rural hospitals still providing obstetrics are at risk of ending the service, […]
No injuries were reported and Fond du Lac police are continuing to investigate following a reported shooting incident early Saturday morning. Shortly after 3:30 Saturday morning police were called to 171 Forest Avenue for a report of shots fired. One neighbor told police that three gunshots woke him out of his sleep and then looked outside to see people running past his house. According to the police log shell casings were found in a parking lot behind […]
STEVENS POINT, Wis. (AP) — Parts of Wisconsin continue to recover from destructive weekend storms. We Energies says nearly 21,000 remain without power Monday morning due to one of the most powerful storms to hit the Fox Valley in two decades. Power has been restored to more than 80,000 customers since Friday night. About 30,500 Wisconsin Public Service customers remain without service with 8,850 in Green Bay. Nearly 4,300 Alliant Energy customers […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Fires at two transmission substations in Wisconsin's capital on Friday knocked out power to thousands of customers on the hottest day of the year to-date, sending dual plumes of thick, black smoke into the air and shutting down government buildings, courtrooms and businesses, and leading the governor to declare a state of emergency. No injuries were reported as a result of the 7:40 a.m. explosion […]
A group of 12 young people from Belize are learning that their perception of life in the United States doesn’t always match reality. The group was in Fond du Lac last week as guests of Ascension Lutheran Church. Ascension has been involved in ministry work in Belize for 13 years and this year the Santa Elana Jaguar Scouts Troop from Belize is visiting the United States. Julie Boelter with Ascension says the […]
East Cotton Street from North Park Avenue to McKinley Street Schedule: May 2019 through September 2019 Description: The project includes reconstruction of the sanitary sewer, water main, storm sewer, street, and lighting. July 22 nd to July 26 th : The utility contractor will be installing storm sewer laterals. Traffic Impacts: East Cotton Street is closed to through traffic. Residents, business owners, and customers may access properties past “ROAD CLOSED […]
The latest figures show reports of bullying in the Ripon Area School District are down. According to the report there were 62 incidents reported this year, down slightly from 65 reported incidents last year. Of the 62 reports, 40 were confirmed cases of bullying. Last year only 30 of the 65 cases were confirmed as bullying incidents. According to the report, the most reported incidents occurred at the higher grade levels during the 2018-19 school […]