Month: October 2019

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING... The Flash Flood Watch continues for * Portions of east central Wisconsin, south central Wisconsin,  and southeast Wisconsin, including the following areas, in   east central Wisconsin, Fond du Lac and Sheboygan. In south central Wisconsin, Columbia, Dane, Green, Green Lake, Iowa,  Lafayette, Marquette, Rock, and Sauk. In southeast Wisconsin,   Dodge, Jefferson, Kenosha, Milwaukee, Ozaukee, Racine,  Walworth, Washington, and Waukesha. * Through […]

The Fond du Lac County Clerk says a new election security grant program will not have an impact in her office.  The Wisconsin Elections Commission voted last week to approve grants to help communities using outdated and potentially insecure computer equipment to make upgrades before the 2020 election.   Fond du Lac County Clerk Lisa Freiberg says the Fond du Lac County system is updated and secure.  Freiberg says Fond du Lac County is […]

Fond du Lac area residents can have coffee with U.S. Senator Ron Johnson.   Senator Johnson will be hosting a coffee clutch at Schreiner's Restaurant on Wednesday October 2 from 7-8am. According to a press release from the Republican Party of Fond du Lac County  the Senator will be taking questions in a relaxed and laid back atmosphere while having coffee and maybe a little breakfast.

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A Wisconsin appeals court has ruled that operating a riding mower while drunk carries the same penalties as driving a car while intoxicated.  The ruling Tuesday came in the case of a northern Wisconsin man who was arrested for drunken driving in 2017. Police pulled Keith Shoeder over while he was operating a riding mower on the streets of Rhinelander after leaving a tavern.  Shoeder appealed his convicted […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers plans to change the date of the special election for an open congressional state after being alerted by the U.S. Department of Justice that the dates he set last week violated federal law.  The election is to replace Republican Sean Duffy, who resigned last week. Evers on Sept. 23 set the special election on Jan. 27, with a primary on Dec. 30.  Evers' spokeswoman […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — President Donald Trump's agriculture secretary said Tuesday during a stop in Wisconsin that he doesn't know if the family dairy farm can survive as the industry moves toward a factory farm model.  U.S. Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue told reporters following an appearance at the World Dairy Expo in Madison that it's getting harder for farmers to get by on milking smaller herds.  "In America, the big […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Gov. Tony Evers' pick to head the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources has won bipartisan support, setting up a confirmation vote with the full state Senate as soon as next week.   A Senate committee that oversees natural resources issues voted unanimously Tuesday to recommend the confirmation of Preston Cole to head the DNR. He and several other Evers' appointees have won committee approval, setting up final […]

A portion of eastbound Military Road and Rolling Meadows Drive was closed this morning  following a traffic crash.  Shortly before 7:30am Tuesday Fond du Lac Fire and Rescue was called to the scene at Military Road just west of I-41.   One vehicle was on its side.  The driver was pinned inside the vehicle, but appeared to be uninjured.

Nobody was injured and no damage was reported following an apparent lightning strike of a Fond du Lac home.   Around 6:30am Tuesday a  resident at 25 Champion Avenue called the fire department to report their house had been struck by lightning.  Fire chief Pete O’Leary says there was no damage to the house.