The Fond du Lac School District will continue a mask mandate for the final few weeks of the school year. Interim superintendent Sharon Simon says the district is following recommendations from the CDC and public health officials to keep students and staff safe. "From the CDC to the Wisconsin Health Department t o our local Health Department, they all say masking makes a difference," Simon told WFDL news. "I believe in our […]
The Fond du Lac School Board has accepted the retiring of interim school superintendent Sharon Simon. Simon will be retiring at the end of June after more than 30 years in the Fond du lac School District. Simon started in 1989 as a social studies teacher at Goodrich High School, moving to Sabish Middle School where she taught for 11 years before becoming an assistant principal at Fond du lac High […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin lawmakers are poised to take their first floor votes on police reform measures since George Floyd died last year. The state Senate is set to vote Tuesday on five bipartisan bills. More divisive proposals, such as a ban on the use of chokeholds, remain in the works. One bill up Tuesday would require Milwaukee and Madison's police and fire commissions to add union representatives. Another […]
As interest in the COVID-19 vaccine plateaus in Wisconsin, public health officials say they will continue to educate the public about the importance of getting vaccinated. Wisconsin ordered only 9,000 Pfizer doses and 2,000 Moderna doses this week, after being allocated more than 86,500 Pfizer doses and 66,000 Moderna doses with demand for the vaccine softening. Fond du Lac County Public Health Officer Kim Mueller says it’s an incredible change, a complete […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Wisconsin Claims Board has awarded $25,000 to a man wrongfully convicted in a 1995 homicide later connected to a Milwaukee serial killer. Sam Hadaway sought the maximum compensation for a wrongful conviction under state law. He was convicted of attempted robbery in the 1995 death of runaway Jessica Payne in Milwaukee. His friend, Chaunte Ott, was convicted of killing her. New DNA tests in 2002 […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Wisconsin Supreme Court has agreed to hear the case of a Shawano County transgender woman who has been prohibited from changing her male name due to her listing on the state sex offender registry. The plaintiff, identified only as Ella, was placed on the sex offender registry for a sexual assault she committed as a teenager. She argues that requiring her to register as a […]
CORNELL, Wis. (AP) — Firefighters from seven different departments spent five hours Saturday battling a fire at a new sawmill near Cornell, in northwestern Wisconsin. Cornell Assistant Fire Chief Matt Boulding says investigators believe a piece of equipment inside the sawmill malfunctioned started the Blaze. Boulding says the building is a complete loss. Three semi trailers next to the sawmill also were destroyed. WEAU-TV reports that fire crews were able […]
MILWAUKEE (AP) — Police say a 3-year-old boy got a hold of a firearm and unintentionally shot and killed himself in Milwaukee. The toddler died Saturday night after shooting himself about 10:30 p.m. A 26-year-old man was arrested with criminal charges being referred to the Milwaukee County District Attorney’s Office in the coming days. The victim has not been identified. The Milwaukee County Medical Examiner’s Office says the autopsy is […]
Motorcyclists are 29 times more likely than passenger vehicle occupants to die in a crash and four times more likely to be injured. May is Motorcycle Safety Awareness month. Fond du Lac County Sheriff’s captain, Bill Tadych, says there were two motorcycle fatalities and one moped fatality in Fond du Lac County last year. Tadych says two thirds of fatal motorcycle crashes involve another vehicle, behooving motorists to keep an eye out […]