One person was transported to the hospital with undisclosed injuries following a fire that destroyed a mobile home in Waupun. Waupun Fire Chief B.J. DeMaa says firefighters were called to the scene at 916 South Madison Street Friday evening to a report of a side by side trailer unit engulfed in flames. "When we arrived on scene, the side by side trailer unit, with flames coming from multiple windows as […]
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. August 19 th to August 23 rd : The concrete contractor will be putting up string line and placing concrete curb and gutter. Traffic Impacts: East Cotton Street is closed to through traffic. Residents, business owners, and customers […]
Beginning this weekend through Labor Day, law enforcement agencies throughout the state are participating in the Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over Campaign. Fond du Lac County Sheriff Ryan Waldschmidt says last year in Wisconsin alcohol related crashes resulted in 159 deaths and nearly 3,000 injuries. "We just want to remind people we are out there and watching," Waldschmidt told WFDL news. Waldschmidt says there are several ways citizens can […]
Fond du Lac County has received a state grant that will focus on skin cancer awareness. Fond du Lac County has received a $10,000 environmental health project grant from the Wisconsin Department of Health Services. Public Health Officer Kim Mueller says locally the project will focus on improving local sun safety practices and increasing awareness of the importance of sun protection. Fond du Lac County has the 7th highest rate of […]
Two men have been arrested for stealing valuable auto parts from a Fond du Lac automobile dealership. Summit Automotive reported that diesel particulate filters were sawed off vehicles last week. The parts are valued at several thousand dollars.
PORTAGE, Wis. (AP) — A semi driver accused of taking too many prescription pills before his rig slammed into a disabled school bus and injured 33 people in Columbia County has been found guilty of felony charges. A jury convicted 43-year-old Wayne Murphy Thursday night on 30 charges, including reckless injury. Many of the injured in last year's crash were children. They were from Hope Christian School in Milwaukee. The […]
Fond du Lac police are stepping up patrol after receiving a report of the theft of stolen auto parts from a Fond du Lac automobile dealership. Summit Automotive reported that for the second night in a row diesel particulate filters were sawed off vehicles sometime Thursday night. The parts are valued at several thousand dollars.
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A shooting on the Beltline in Madison delayed the morning commute. Dane County dispatchers received a report of a driver shooting at another vehicle about 8 a.m. Friday. Law enforcement officers were in the area near Rimrock Rd. looking for shell casings. There were no reports of injuries.
A Fond du Lac man has been convicted in the shooting death of a Beaver Dam man. Twenty one year old Nigel Schultz pled guilty to First Degree Intentional Homicide in the death of Bradlee Gerke of Beaver Dam. According to a criminal complaint shortly after being released from prison for a previous felony, Schultz shot Gerke 16 times in the back of the head and torso and buried Gerke in a shallow grave. Schultz told […]