Nobody was injured in a smash and grab robbery in the jewelry department at Kohls Department Store in Fond du Lac. According to Fond du Lac Police shortly after 5:30pm Sunday two men wearing masks entered the store and one man smashed the display cases in the jewelry section with a hammer taking jewelry. The suspect was detained by citizen bystanders until police arrived. The second suspect fled the scene on foot. He was […]
Nobody was injured when a vehicle ended up in Lake Winnebago in Lakeside Park. Shortly after 7:30pm Sunday rescue personnel were called to the scene near Frazier Point for a report that two children were on the hood of the vehicle and two other adults were inside. Rescue crews found all occupants out on the shore uninjured. Fond du Lac police are investigating how the vehicle ended up in the lake. photo: fdl […]
MILWAUKEE (AP) — Wisconsin kicked off its 170th deer gun season and for the second straight year some hunters were feeling ill-equipped. A nationwide ammunition shortage due to the supply chain issues affecting other products has left hunters searching far and wide for ammo in the first place and then shelling out more money if they do find it. Randy and Tiffani Rogness, who own Paddock Lake Sporting Goods in […]
An attorney for Kyle Rittenhouse said after his client’s acquittal that he was determined to steer away from the most polarizing parts of the case. Mark Richards says he told Rittenhouse the first time he met him that if he wanted a crusader, then Richards wasn't his man. That was a sharp contrast to Rittenhouse's first attorneys, who leaned hard into Rittenhouse's portrayal as a potent symbol of American divides […]
WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — A difficult political atmosphere for President Joe Biden may have become even more treacherous after the acquittal of Kyle Rittenhouse. Biden was already facing sliding poll numbers with an electorate worn down by the coronavirus pandemic and increasing inflation. Now, the president finds himself with outraged Democrats, including some already stewing over Biden’s inability to land police reform and voting rights legislation. And on the other […]
SSM Health Greater Fond du Lac Region is looking for workers...a lot of them. A job fair was held Thursday at St. Agnes Hospital in Fond du Lac for positions at hospitals and other facilities in Fond du Lac, Ripon and Waupun. SSM Health director of Talent Acquisition, Carmen Hern, says SSM Health is hiring for all positions including RNs, housekeeping, food service, transporters, patient access representatives, patient sitters and MAs. Hern […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A Wisconsin judge says the Department of Natural Resources violated the law by not immediately scheduling a wolf hunting season after federal protections were removed in February. In an order Thursday, Jefferson County Judge Bennett Brantmeier said the agency must hold a hunt immediately any time federal protections are lifted during the statutory hunting season, which runs from November through February. The Wisconsin State Journal reports […]
A Fond du Lac County man was seriously injured Friday after falling from a ladder. The Fond du Lac County Sheriff's Office says the 65 year old man lost his balance and fell approximately 20 feet to a concrete floor at his residence on Highway G in the town of Forest while changing a light fixture. He was flown by helicopter to ThedaCare Regional Medical Center in Neenah with what were believed to be […]
Two people were seriously injured in a pickup vs farm tractor crash in Dodge County. The crash happened Thursday afternoon on Welsh Road near Five Mile Road about three miles north of Watertown. An initial investigation showed the pickup truck was southbound on Welsh Road and collided with a tractor that entered the roadway from a private driveway. The pickup truck rolled over in the ditch after the collision. The driver of the […]