A new AAA survey shows self-driving cars are stuck in neutral on the road to acceptance. The survey finds that only one in ten drivers would trust riding in a self-driving vehicle. State AAA spokesman Nick Jarmuscz says the survey found 28 percent of Americans don’t know how they feel about the technology. Six in ten Americans say they would like to have a clear understanding of who will be legally […]
Former American Idol contestant Daughtry will headline this year’s Fond du lac County Fair. Tickets go on sale March 13 at the Fond du Lac County Fair website fonddulaccountyfair.com. Daughtry will perform on Friday July 17. Chris Daughtry competed in American Idol’s fifth season, taking fourth place in the competition. Other announced music entertainment for this year include The "Roots and Boots 90s Electric Throwdown Tour" with Aaron Tippin, Sammy Kershaw and Collin Raye on July 16 […]
The Dodge County Sheriff’s Office is investigating the death of a toddler in Lomira. Shortly before 7pm Friday the Sheriff’s Office received a 911 call of a three-year-old child that had died at 725 Railroad Street in the Village of Lomira. The Lomira Police Department and the Dodge County Sheriff’s Office responded to the scene and requested the Dodge County Medical Examiner. The Lomira Police Department and the Dodge County Sheriff’s Office are jointly […]
A Fond du Lac man was killed in a one vehicle crash in the city of Fond du Lac. It happened shortly after midnight Saturday on Amory Street just north of East Arndt Street. A preliminary investigation indicates a car was southbound on Amory Street when it left the road, striking a tree and the Cross Roads Care Center building at 115 East Arndt Street. The driver and lone occupant, a 30 year […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin health officials say the risk for contracting the new coronavirus remains low, but they anticipate the number of people to be tested to increase in coming days as the guidance for who should be screened broadens. As of Friday, only one person in Dane County had tested positive for COVID-19. They recovered at home and are no longer in isolation. Thirty-one people have tested negative […]
The Fond du Lac North Main Street reconstruction project from Johnson Street to Merrill Avenue and Merrill Avenue from Macy Street to Portland Street starts Monday. City Engineer Paul DeVries says starting Monday Merrill Avenue from Main Street to Macy Street will be closed to all traffic and remain closed during the project, starting with underground utility work. Starting Monday March 16, Main Street from Merrill Avenue to Johnson Street, and […]
Fond du Lac police continue to investigate a suspicious incident that was reported near the UW Oshkosh-Fond du Lac campus Thursday afternoon, but so far have been able to corroborate what the witness said he saw. Assistant police chief Steve Klein says a caller told police he thought he saw a man in the back seat of a car parked on Campus Drive holding a gun to a woman’s head. Klein says when police […]
Fond du Lac police say an incident that prompted activation of the SWAT team actually turned out to be a custody issue. Shortly before midnight Thursday police responded to a residence on East Third Street at the request of a police department in Illinois for a man suspected in a non-custodial kidnapping of a five year old child who may be endangered because of a medical condition. Assistant police chief Steve Klein says […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Gov. Tony Evers couldn't explain to a reporter why he vetoed a bill that would have allowed raffles using a paddle wheel device. Evers said “you caught me” after being asked by a reporter on Thursday to explain his veto earlier in the week of the bipartisan paddle wheel raffle bill. His spokeswoman said Friday that the administration quickly got back to the reporter with Evers' […]