Month: November 2019

The public is invited to an open house to comment on the findings of a Waupun Facilities Advisory Committee.   Community Economic Development coordinator Sarah Van Buren says the committee has concluded their findings and want public input to help finalize recommendations for the common council.  Van Buren says eight public facilities were reviewed for potential improvements, the aquatic center, city hall, the community center, Department of Public Works garage, the Heritage Museum, the […]

The Fond du Lac city council will consider a resolution at their meeting Wednesday night to delay  design work on a new Lakeside Park pavilion.   The resolution would direct city staff to delay design work until February 15 to allow the council to evaluate alternate proposals from potential community partners related to the Lakeside Park Master Plan.   Fond du Lac city manager Joe Moore says preparation work for the pavilion can be postponed until the […]

The Fond du Lac County Sheriff’s Office says the death of an elderly Fond du Lac man following a traffic crash Monday evening on Highway 23 will probably not be ruled a traffic fatality.   Sheriff’s captain Bill Tadych says it appears that 83 year old Denis Schmitz died from a medical condition and not as a result of the crash when his vehicle veered off the highway striking a parked vehicle in a private driveway […]

Fond du Lac police continue to investigate a reported gas station robbery.  Police say two men entered the Phillips 66 gas station on North Peters Avenue Sunday night and one man displayed what appeared to be a gun demanding cash from the cash register, while the other took bottles of liquor.  The suspects fled on foot and may have gotten Into a Ford Taurus or silver colored sedan last seen driving east on Arndt […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Gov. Tony Evers has signed an executive order designed to promote diversity and inclusiveness in Wisconsin state government.  Evers signed the order at a state office building Tuesday surrounded by Lt. Gov. Mandela Barnes, members of his Cabinet, Democratic state lawmakers and others in his administration.  The order requires state agencies to develop and implement equity and inclusion action plans. It also calls for creating and providing mandatory […]

A Watertown man is going to prison on a drug related conviction.  Thirty two year old Ian Scott Ortega  was sentenced by Dodge County Circuit Court Judge Joseph G. Sciascia to two years in prison, with an additional three years of supervision. Judge Sciascia also added a four year probationary period. Ortega pled guilty to OWI 3 rd , maintaining a Drug Trafficking Place, Possession of Cocaine  and Possession of a […]

Nobody was seriously injured in a two vehicle crash involving a school bus in Dodge County Tuesday.  The Dodge County Sheriff’s Office says a car operated by a 16 year old Beaver Dam teenager lost control on a snow and ice covered road, crossed the oncoming lane of traffic and struck the bus with 10 elementary students on it.  Ten students were transported to school on a replacement bus.  Some students received what were […]

The Fond du Lac School Board will consider making a commitment to providing some financial support for building an artificial turf football stadium at Fond du Lac High School.  Following a workshop session Monday night the board agreed to vote at their next meeting whether to commit up to $1.5 million from the district’s fund balance if the remaining amount can be raised through private donations.  Superintendent Dr. Jim Sebert says the preliminary […]

Authorities say an elderly Fond du Lac man apparently suffered a medical condition prior to a fatal crash in Fond du Lac County.   The crash happened shortly before 5pm Monday  in the area of STH 23 and Townline Road.   A preliminary investigation shows a pick-up truck crossed the center line, entered the south ditch of STH 23.   The truck then continued traveling west through a field before coming to rest against a vehicle […]