Wisconsin health officials announced that a child has died from the flu in the southeastern part of the state. The child was under 10 years old and died on the way to the hospital. Friday's announcement marks the first pediatric flu-related death in Wisconsin this season. State officials say that so far, 622 people have been hospitalized for the flu and flu-related complications. Officials stress that the best way to […]
The Fond du Lac County Board will not meet this month. The County Board of Supervisors have filed a petition with the County Clerk’s Office to cancel the January 21 board meeting due to not having sufficient business to warrant a meeting. The next Fond du Lac County Board meeting will be held Tuesday February 11 at 6pm.
MILWAUKEE (AP) — Authorities say an elk was found dead in northern Wisconsin after it ate corn put out by a landowner in a misguided attempt to help wildlife. The Department of Natural Resources said the animal found dead on Jan. 2 died from rumen acidosis. The condition affects deer and elk when their diet is changed too rapidly. The elk, a young bull, was part of a contingent of […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The state Department of Natural Resources board is poised to order the agency to draft new water quality standards for a host of pollutants. The changes would mark the first time in a decade that regulators have amended Wisconsin's water quality standards. The moves could force municipal and private water systems to spend tens of millions to conduct more testing and upgrade pollution-control equipment. The board […]
An Appleton man has who led Fond du Lac County Sheriff’s deputies on a 29 mile long chase on Interstate 41 with speeds up to 107 miles an hour has been convicted. Ladonaven Brown has pleaded no contest to eluding and resisting an officer both as a repeat offender. Fond du Lac judge Richard Nuss sentenced Brown to six months in the county jail with Huber priviledges. Sheriff’s captain Bill Tadych says deputies terminated […]
A woman has been arrested in the 2018 death of an infant in Fond du Lac. The 26 year old former Fond du Lac resident faces charges of first degree reckless homicide in the death of 2-month old Rehloari Pankey-Brown. The woman was arrested Thursday in Milwaukee by Fond du Lac Police Detectives. On June 25, 2018 police were called to a home in the 100 block of E. Merrill Ave. for a […]
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The Fond du Lac County Fairest of the Fair has been crowned the 2020 Wisconsin Fairest of the Fair. The Wisconsin State Fair has announced that Cayley Vande Berg of Eldorado was selected out of a field of 36 contestants. Vande Berg is majoring in Dairy Science at the University of Wisconsin – River Falls and works at Milk Source’s Rosendale Dairy. She is not only part of the herd staff, but also works with […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Democratic Gov. Tony Evers is assigning “homework” to the Republican-controlled Legislature. Evers is a former teacher and state superintendent of schools. He sent a letter to legislative leaders on Thursday calling on them to spend more money on combating homelessness, restrict the use of water-polluting chemicals and close a loophole that lowers property taxes for large retail stores. The Legislature is scheduled to return to work […]