With Thanksgiving right around the corner Fond du Lac Fire and Rescue wants residents to know the potential dangers of deep frying a turkey. Fire chief Pete O’Leary says between 2014 and 2016 there were 2,400 residential fires caused by misuse of turkey fryers. O’Leary says the number one problem people make is frying a turkey in too much oil and letting the oil get too hot. O’Leary says turkey […]
KENOSHA, Wis. (AP) — An Illinois teenager who is charged with shooting three people, including two fatally, during a Wisconsin protest over police brutality, said he used pandemic relief funds to pay for the assault-style rifle that a friend purchased for him. Kyle Rittenhouse spoke to The Washington Post by phone from a juvenile detention facility. He told the newspaper he was on furlough from the YMCA and used the […]
An assistant district attorney has announced she is running for Fond du Lac County Circuit judge. Catherine Block has officially announced her candidacy for the branch 3 seat being vacated by retiring judge Richard Nuss. Block says she has a diverse legal background working both as a prosecutor and defense attorney. Block says if elected she would work to help "improve upon the fairness of the judicial system and its ability […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin’s unemployment rate rose to 5.7% in October from 5.4% in September as the coronavirus continues to rage across the state. The Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development reported the latest figures on Thursday. The state rate is below the national unemployment rate for October of 6.9%. A year ago the state rate was 3.5%. Wisconsin lost 2,700 private-sector jobs in October and is down 176,900 for […]
Two people were transported to the hospital with minor injuries following an early morning fire that severely damaged a Fond du Lac residence. Firefighters rescued one person and a second victim escaped on their own from the two story, multiple tenant home at 159 West Arndt Street. The fire caused extensive damage and the structure is uninhabitable. The cause of the fire is under investigation. https://twitter.com/i/status/1329343676401725440
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers plans to extend an order requiring masks be worn in indoor public places amid a dramatic increase in COVID-19 cases that is straining the state's hospitals. Evers said Wednesday that he will extend into January his mask mandate and reissue an order that will extend the state's public health emergency before the end of this week. He called on Republicans to support […]
Fond du Lac Republican state representative Jeremy Thiesfeldt says public education, not mandates should the approach in addressing a rising number of COVID-19 cases and deaths in Wisconsin. There are now 35 COVID-19 deaths in Fond du Lac County following two deaths reported. Sixty two year old Terry Fields, and 56 year old Renee Aguiree Lopez died Wednesday. There were 103 new cases, bringing to 7,619, the total number of coronavirus […]
After avoiding any officers getting sick from COVID-19 this spring or summer the Fond du Lac Police Department has not escaped the fall surge in cases. Police chief Bill Lamb says since about the beginning of October several officers have been quarantined due to COVID-19. Lamb says a couple weeks ago ten officers were out at one time in quarantine and last Friday that number was at three. Lamb says […]
The Fond du Lac County Health Department is tweaking the hours at it’s drive-thru COVID testing site at the Fond du Lac County Fairgrounds. Starting Thursday the site will be open from 10am to 6pm, instead of 11 to 7pm. More than 700 people were tested last Thursday. Public Health Officer Kim Mueller says there were 850 test kits available and 735 people received a test.