Health investigators across the country are finding it nearly impossible to keep up with the deluge of new COVID-19 infections and carry out contact tracing efforts that were once seen as a pillar of the nation’s pandemic response. States are hiring new staff and seeking volunteers to bolster the ranks of contact tracers that have been completely overwhelmed in some cases by surging coronavirus cases. Fond du Lac County Public Health Officer Kim Mueller […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The retired conservative Wisconsin Supreme Court justice leading a Republican-ordered investigation into the 2020 presidential election is threatening to subpoena election officials who don’t comply and saying the intent was not to overturn President Joe Biden’s narrow victory in the battleground state. The unusual six-minute video from Michael Gableman comes after election clerks were confused by an email his office sent last week that was flagged […]
Three people were injured, one seriously, in a two vehicle, alcohol-related crash on Highway 151 near the Little Farmer Apple Orchard. The crash happened shortly after 2pm Sunday. According to the Fond du Lac County Sheriff's Office a northbound car was attempting to turn into the Little Farmer when it was struck from behind. A 78 year old female passenger in the turning car was flown by helicopter to ThedaCare Medical Center in Neenah with […]
Nobody was injured and a Fond du Lac man is in custody following a domestic incident. Shortly after 7pm Sunday police were called to a West Scott Street residence for a report that a 33 year old Fond du Lac man was threatening to harm the victim with a knife. When police arrived the suspect had fled. His vehicle was later located in the area of Donahue Court. The SWAT Team was called. […]
MILWAUKEE (AP) — The return of a popular annual music festival in Milwaukee wasn’t what some vendors expected. After the event was canceled last year due to the coronavirus, Summerfest 2021 ended with mixed reports. Sellers who set up shop for the first time generally marked it a success while longtime vendors saw it as a “total bust.” Vendors said during Saturday’s last day of the two-week concert that the […]
A Milwaukee man has been convicted in the drug overdose death of a Waupun man. A Fond du Lac jury found Sonny Vincent Lawrence guilty of party to the crime of first degree reckless homicide. Lawrence was convicted of providing fentanyl that led to the overdose death of a man at a Cottage Avenue residence in Fond du lac in March of last year. A sentencing hearing will be scheduled.
MENOMOMIE, Wis. (AP) — A suspect in the shooting deaths of four Minnesotans who were found in an abandoned SUV in Wisconsin has surrendered to authorities in Arizona. The Dunn County Sheriff's Office said Friday that 38-year-old Antoine Darnique Suggs turned himself in to police in Gilbert, Arizona. The sheriff's statement says Suggs had been living in the Phoenix area recently before traveling to Minnesota. Authorities say investigators have not […]
Lakeside Park improvements were the focus of a special Fond du Lac city council meeting last week. The meeting was held to discuss the proposed budget and the council agreed to several amendments regarding Lakeside Park. In addition to $200,000 for repairs to the park Lighthouse, the council voiced support of moving up a $200,000 project to repair the pavement on the Lighthouse Peninsula. City manager Joe Moore says the […]
2021 Seal Coating Program Schedule: Week of September 13, 2021 Description of work: The work will include placing a mixture of liquid asphalt and fine aggregate over the entire street. The application fills small cracks, cover minor road deterioration, and extend the life of the roadway. September 13 to September 17: The street included in the seal coat program include Cherry Lane, Glenwood Ave, Glenwood Court, National Ave from Johnson St south to […]