Month: August 2021

A Heat Advisory is in effect from Noon through 7 PM CDT today for a good portion of the area, for heat index values of 100 to 105 degrees.  A potentially significant severe weather event may develop later this afternoon into this evening. Storms that develop will rapidly become severe as they shift east to southeast across the area during this period. Significant wind gusts in excess of 70 MPH are possible, along with large hail to […]

Nobody was injured when a bathroom fan caught fire and spread to the attic of a Fond du Lac home.     Shortly after 7pm Monday firefighters were called to 933 Windsor Avenue where the family had safely exited the home.  The fire was exitinguished, but not before damaging the bathroom and water damage to the home.

A Manitowac man escaped serious injury when his minivan collided with a semi-truck in Fond du Lac County.     The crash happened Monday afternoon on Highway 151 and Winnebago Park Road in the town of Calumet.  The minivan driver told deputies he sneezed before drifting across the center line of Highway 151 striking the front end of a southbound semi.

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A Wisconsin lawmaker has taken the unprecedented step of demanding clerks in two counties turn over all the ballots and voting machines from the 2020 presidential election for what the Republican is calling a “cyber-forensic” review of the results. State Rep. Janel Brandtjen sent clerks in Milwaukee and Brown counties subpoenas on Friday demanding all the ballots cast in the counties and voting equipment ranging from […]

A Menasha resident who is running for congress says he was a job casualty of the pandemic,  losing his job as a management consultant for medical practices in the past year.   Douglas Mullenix announced this spring he is running as a Republican against Republican congressman Glenn Grothman next year.  Mullenix says it’s time for a change in District leadership.  Mullenix says president Biden’s recent spending packages including his infrastructure plan and American […]