Nobody was injured in a fire that destroyed a garage in Fond du lac Friday afternoon. Shortly after 2pm firefighters were called to a report of a garage fire on East 12th Street between Marr and Main Streets. Fire chief Pete O’Leary says power lines in the area made it difficult for crews, and Alliant Energy had to cut power to the home. The cause of the fire remains under investigation.
Prosecutors have charged three Fond du Lac County residents as part of an investigation into allegations that people around Lake Winnebago have been illegally processing sturgeon eggs into caviar. Online court records show Shawn Wendt, a bartender at Wendt's on the Lake restaurant in Van Dyne, was charged Feb. 5 with two misdemeanor counts of illegally selling game fish. He faces up to a year in jail if convicted of […]
The sixth annual Sturgeon Spectacular is returning to Fond du Lac this weekend. Fond du Lac Festivals director Pete Wilke says it’s hard to believe that last winter’s festival was the last major large public event in Fond du Lac before the coronavirus pandemic hit about a month later. Wilke says this year’s event will be different focusing on safety and following public health health guidelines. Wilke says the event will […]
This Friday will be the final mass vaccination clinic at the Fond du Lac County Fairgrounds for Fond du Lac County seniors age 65 and older. Public Health Officer Kim Mueller says individuals who have been on a waiting list will receive the COVID-19 vaccine at the clinic. Mueller says people age 65 and older can also receive the vaccine through their health care provider. Meanwhile, Wisconsin now leads the nation in the […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Nearly 200 Walgreens pharmacies across Wisconsin are expecting to receive coronavirus vaccines directly from the federal government starting this week. The Wisconsin Department of Health Services on Thursday announced the beginning of the program that targets underserved areas. The state health department says the vaccinations will be provided for free under the state and federal partnership. Initially, about 17,800 doses of vaccine will be sent to […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A broad coalition of Wisconsin law enforcement agencies, health care professionals, local governments and others is recommending bolstering regional services as part of a multi-faceted approach to better handling emergency mental health detentions. The recommendations released Thursday represent an attempt to address a longstanding and worsening issue across the state. The problem is that with county facilities at capacity, law enforcement agencies are increasingly forced to […]
JEFFERSON, Wis. (AP) — A Wisconsin judge has ordered the state Department of Natural Resources to start a wolf hunt this month rather than wait until November. The Trump administration removed wolves from the federal endangered species list in January, returning management to the states. Wisconsin law mandates the DNR run a wolf season from November through February. The department had planned to start the season this November but a […]
MILWAUKEE (AP) — A driver who survived when his pickup truck plunged about 70 feet off a slippery interchange exit ramp in Wisconsin says he feels thankful to be alive. Richard Lee Oliver says in an interview that aired Thursday on ABC’s “Good Morning America” that he was on his way to his mother’s house when his truck hit some snow on the shoulder of a Milwaukee-area overpass and he […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Prosecutors have charged the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources' top sturgeon expert with obstructing an investigation into allegations that DNR workers have been funneling sturgeon eggs to processors in exchange for jars of caviar. Ryan Koenigs was charged in Calumet County on Thursday with a misdemeanor count obstructing a conservation warden. According to a criminal complaint, Koenigs told a DNR warden and a federal agent in […]