A Milwaukee man was arrested following a high speed chase that started on Interstate 41 and ended in the city of Fond du Lac. It started at about 10:30pm Monday when a deputy attempted to stop a speeding vehicle on 41 near Highway 151. The chase continued on 151 and the vehicle exited on Highway 23 where the deputy conducted a pursuit intervention technique. The suspect vehicle began traveling westbound in the […]
Nobody was injured in a fire that destroyed an apartment unit in Fond du Lac. Shortly after 5am firefighters were called to 130 Forest Avenue to find smoke billowing out of the window. Fire Chief Pete O’Leary says the fire was quickly extinguished, but not before it destroyed the unit. O’Leary says the cause of the fire is under investigation and considered suspicious. photo:fdl fire/rescue
Fond du Lac and North Fond du Lac Public Schools say they plan to follow public health guidelines in reopening schools this fall. Using the county Safer Reopening metrics, both districts would reopen schools , with students in class for a couple days a week, and online for three days. North Fond du Lac superintendent Aaron Sadoff says face coverings would be required. Sadoff says even though most district residents, including himself, […]
Rosendale-Brandon School District students will start the school year in the classroom. Superintendent Wayne Weber says the plan is to have students in the classroom five days a week and requiring facemasks at the high school. But Weber says that could all change depending on the metrics. "Our plan is to bring everybody back face to face five days a week," Weber told WFDL news. "...at the high school was our […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The University of Wisconsin System has received a $2 million gift from an anonymous donor to beef up online learning this semester. UW System Interim President Tommy Thompson announced the gift on Monday. The system plans to use the money to train faculty and support staff in online teaching, equip students with laptops, tablets and hotspots. System schools shut down in-person classes in March as the […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Everyone attending the Democratic National Convention in Milwaukee next month will have to wear a face mask, be tested daily for COVID-19, fill out questionnaires and maintain a physical distance from others. Organizers of the convention released details of the coronavirus safety plan Monday, three weeks before the Aug. 17 start of the four-day event. The convention has been scaled down from original plans and now […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A new report shows Republican legislators' fundraising committees raised nearly twice as much money as their Democratic counterparts during the first half of the year. Government watchdog group Wisconsin Democracy Campaign released the analysis Monday. The group found that the Republican Assembly Campaign Committee and the Committee to elect a Republican Senate raised a combined $1.32 million. The Assembly Democratic Campaign Committee and the State Senate […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin environmental officials say the city of Milwaukee has finished a 30-year project to clean up and restore a 110-acre brownfield near Miller Park. The Department of Natural Resources announced Monday that the agency issued a case closure letter to the city on May 1. The letter means that cleanup work within the Menomonee Valley Industrial Center is over and the city has restored the site […]
Eight workers at a Fond du Lac company were transported to the hospital for treatment of carbon monoxide poisoning. Shortly after 2:30pm Monday Fond du Lac paramedics were called to Quality Packaging at 851 Sullivan Road for a report of a possible carbon monoxide leak with warehouse workers feeling ill. Upon arrival fire crews began to treat several workers who complained of symptoms indicative of carbon monoxide poisoning. Alliant Energy was also on scene and […]