The 2019 Empty Bowls fundraiser raised over $8,000 in support of Fond du Lac area food pantries. The event was held November 20 at the Radisson Hotel and Conference Center. Five area food pantries will each receive a check for nearly $1700. The event is designed to bring awareness to hunger in the community.
The 5th Annual Rock River Bierfest will be held in Mayville on Saturday, January 25. The event features 18 Wisconsin brewers with over 50 ales, beers and IPA's for tasting. Food is provided by local establishments and is included in the price of admission. The bierfest will be held at the Mayville Park Pavilion from 3:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. General admission tickets are on sale at Mountain’s Piggly Wiggly […]
Two sisters have been charged in connection with a high speed chase last month in Fond du Lac County. Twenty seven year old Jolena Sturdevant of Bonduel is charged with eluding, battery or threats to a law enforcement officer and disorderly conduct. Bail was set at $10,000 cash. Bail was set at $2500 cash for her sister, Alexandria Sturdevant of Keshena, on charges of eluding and operating while revoked. A […]
The Fond du Lac County Dairy and Livestock extension agent says without Latino workers area dairy farmers would be in trouble. A generation ago, Wisconsin’s agricultural landscape was dominated by small and medium sized dairy farms and immigration wasn’t necessarily a top issue for dairy farmers. But extension agent Tina Kohlman says today the nation’s number two milk-producing state is home to a growing number of large concentrated aninal feeding operations dependent on immigrant […]
SHAWANO, Wis. (AP) — A Wisconsin county board member is accused of choking one of his employees at this farm because the worker and a colleague overslept and missed the start of their shift. The Shawano County Sheriff's office said Peter A. Schmidt has been charged with misdemeanor disorderly conduct and felony strangulation and suffocation. Schmidt is a member of the county board. The workers say Schmidt came into their […]
An Ixonia woman is the last big Wisconsin Lottery winner of 2019. Tammy LaPlante claimed the final top prize from the Millionaire scratch ticket after purchasing her winning ticket at the Piggly Wiggly Supermarket in Oconomowoc.
New research from the AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety finds that long-term use of advanced driver assistance technologies can result in more distracted driving. AAA spokeswoman Molly Hart says drivers with experience using systems like adaptive cruise control and lane-keeping assist were nearly twice as likely to engage in distracted driving while using the systems according to the study. Hart tells WFDL news the new research suggests that as drivers gain more experience […]
MILWAUKEE (AP) — Dr. Angela Gatzke-Plamann didn’t fully grasp her community’s opioid crisis until one desperate patient called on a Friday afternoon in 2016. Gaztke-Plamann says “He was in complete crisis because he was admitting that he had lost control of his use of opioids.” The patient in Necedah had used opioids for several years for what Gatzke-Plamann called “a very painful condition.” In many ways, rural communities like Necedah have […]
Conservatives are asking a judge to find the Wisconsin Elections Commission in contempt for not immediately purging more than 200,000 voters from the rolls. A judge last month ordered the purge of voters who may have moved and didn't respond within 30 days to notification sent by the elections commission in October. The commission is appealing the ruling and asking that the order be put on hold. But the conservative […]