The Dodge County Sheriff’s Office continues to investigate the death of a Lomira toddler. Sheriff Dale Schmidt says the three year old boy was found dead Friday evening at a residence at 725 Railroad Street in Lomira. Schmidt says the Sheriff’s Office is conducting a joint investigation with Lomira Police, the state patrol and Wisconsin State Crime Lab. "It's a delicate situation just because it's a small child," Schmidt told WFDL news. […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin health officials are urging residents to avoid non-essential travel to areas where the new coronavirus is known to be widespread following confirmation that a third person tested positive for COVID-19 in the state. The warning Tuesday came as schools and universities headed into spring break season. The first person who tested positive for the virus lives in Dane County and contracted it in China after […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Democratic Gov. Tony Evers is proposing a package of legislation designed to control spring flooding even though the state Assembly has adjourned until January. The bills proposed Tuesday would cover a portion of local governments' costs to repair highways and bridges, and allocate another $10 million to help local governments build structures to collect storm water and groundwater. It would also create an income tax deduction […]
A Waupun man convicted in connection with a fatal crash that occurred more than three years ago will spend time behind bars. Fond du Lac judge Robert Wirtz sentenced 60 year old James Jensen to 18 months in the county jail and six years probation. Jensen earlier pleaded no contest to homicide by negligient operation of a motor vehicle. Before he was sentenced a tearful Jensen apologized to the family of the […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction says nine out of 10 students in the class of 2019 completed high school within four years, continuing an upward trend. The education department reported Tuesday that she state's graduation rate has increased 1.6% over the past five years. It is 90% in 2019, up from 89.6 percent in 2018 and 88.6% in 2017. There were also improvements among smaller […]
The co-chairs for this year’s Walleye Weekend festival have been announced. Fond du Lac Festivals has announced that Kelly Norton and Dave Hopper will serve as the co-chairs for this year’s event, to be held June 12-14 at Fond du Lac’s Lakeside Park. Norton is the Senior Director of Enterprise Culture & Communications at Grande Cheese, and Hopper is Vice President of Hopper’s Silk Screening and All-Star Trophy. “Kelly is […]
Like any music, jazz has its revolutions; its sudden incidents in infrastructure; its disruptive presences of unprecedented sound. Mostly it's slower than that, though, with years and generations of accretions before it seems to call for new vocabulary. That's one way to look at Winter Rockfest, whose latest incarnation occupied a dozen or so venues in downtown New York City last weekend. In a decade and a half of steady […]
Fond du Lac school officials are closely monitoring the coronavirus outbreak with several overseas field trips planned during the spring break. Superintendent Dr. Jim Sebert says trips are planned over spring break to France, Germany and Costa Rica. Sebert says as of right now the trips are a go, but he says that could change on a daily basis. "That's where we have to work with both the advisors and those […]
A spokesperson for the Wisconsin Cheesemakers Association says Wisconsin should be proud for it’s showing during last week’s World Championship Cheese contest. Three Wisconsin cheeses were finalists for the world’s best cheese, and Rebecca Sweeney says Wisconsin cheesemakers took home 45 gold medals. "Wisconsin has so much to be proud of. Twenty-six nations were represented in this contest and U.S. cheesemakers dominated," Sweeney told WFDL news. "They earned 90 gold medals i nthe […]
