The Fond du Lac County Public Health Officer says while she strongly recommends residents wear masks she has no plans to issue an order like Dane County. Starting Monday all Dane County residents are required to wear masks when indoors, except at their own home. Fond du Lac County Public Health Officer Kim Mueller says she strongly recommends residents wear face masks in any business like a restaurant or grocery […]
The Fond du Lac Public Works director says this week’s flooding rain hit the city’s northside the hardest. Public Works director Jordan Skiff says the wastewater plant on the north side of the city received about one and three-quarter inches of rain in a short period of time Tuesday afternoon compared to about a quarter inch of rain that fell at the Pioneer Road plant. Skiff says as he drove through […]
Fond du Lac County Sheriff’s deputies issued 20 tickets for failure to fasten seat belts during the annual Click It or Ticket mobilization. The campaign was held from June 22 to July 5. In addition to seatbelt enforcement officers issued more than 200 citations and made arrests for various offenses including 87 speeding violations, and 11 drunken driving arrests.
Wisconsin is baking through an extra hot week and it's only going to get hotter. Meteorologists say Wisconsin will be stuck with above normal temperatures through July, if not longer. National Weather Service meteorologist Paul Collar says this heat may not be record-breaking but it is unusually persistent and widespread in the nation. Relief is hard to find. Collar says next week Wisconsin may feel triple digit heat. Collar warns that […]
There’s the old adage used by farmers “knee high by the fourth of July” to measure the success of their crops by Independence Day. Fond du Lac County Crops and Soils Agent Joe Zimbrik says things look great this summer after wet weather delayed last year’s planting. Zimbrik says on many Fond du Lac County fields the corn crop is more like waist high or chest high. Zimbrik says right now […]
RACINE, Wis. (AP) — A Wisconsin police officer says he did what any dog lover would do when a pet is in a burning home. He rescued the pup. Caledonia K-9 Officer Cory Radke and his canine partner, Lou, were on their way home Monday when Radke saw smoke and heard a dispatcher calling all squad cars to the fire. Radke was first to arrive at the house. He kicked […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Gov. Tony Evers' administration has postponed the reopening of the state Capitol building and will require all state employees to wear masks inside of state facilities starting next week. The Capitol building has been shuttered since March as part of Evers' plan to slow down the spread of the coronavirus. It had been set to open next Monday, but Evers' administration announced Wednesday that it will […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The president of Wisconsin’s chamber of commerce is renewing his call for the state Department of Health Services not to publish the names of businesses traced to two or more positive cases of COVID-19. Wisconsin Manufacturers and Commerce President Kurt Bauer last week asked that DHS back off its plans to make the names public. A department spokeswoman said Tuesday there were no plans to publish […]
EVANSTON, Ill. (AP) — Northwestern’s game against Wisconsin scheduled for Nov. 7 at Wrigley Field in Chicago is being moved to Ryan Field near campus because of uncertainties due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Northwestern announced the decision after consulting with the Chicago Cubs, state and local authorities and the Big Ten Conference. Athletic director Jim Phillips cited the possibility of a limited crowd at the famed ballpark even if fans […]