First lady Jill Biden is planning to meet with families of victims and others who were at a Christmas parade in suburban Milwaukee where where six people were killed and dozens were injured after an SUV plowed through the crowd. The White House says Biden will begin her day Wednesday by attending a Forbes 50 Over 50 and Know Your Value event in New York City. She will then travel […]
Fond du Lac Republican state representative Jeremy Thiesfeldt says the timing is right for him to step down from the state legislature. Thiesfeldt announced last week that he is not going to run for re-election last fall. Thiesfeldt says he's been thinking about doing this for a while. Thiesfeldt says when the opportunity to go back to Winnebago Lutheran Academy came up he decided to make the move. After serving on the […]
The Fond du Lac School District superintendent says the number of students and staff testing positive for COVID1-9 have steadily increased since the Thanksgiving break. Superintendent Dr. Jeff Fleig updated the school board at their meeting Monday night. Dr. Fleig says as a result of the increase in cases four elementary schools in the district are now requiring masks. Dr. Fleig admits there were discussions about virtual learning when COVID cases were spiking […]
The number of patients hospitalized in Fond du Lac County with COVID-19 continues to remain high. According to the Fond du Lac County Public Health Office dashboard, 23 people are hospitalized with COVID-19. Public Health Officer Kim Mueller says that places a strain on hospitals that are already short-staffed. Last week Wisconsin's top health official said 270 Wisconsin health care facilities have requested staffing help and the state has asked for medical […]
Two more COVID-19 deaths have been reported in Fond du Lac County. The Public Health Department says a 30 year old woman and a 79 year old man have died from the virus. There have been 162 COVID-19 deaths in Fond du Lac County since the beginning of the pandemic.
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin Assembly Democratic Minority Leader Gordon Hintz is leaving his leadership position on Jan. 10. Hintz, of Oshkosh, has been leader of minority Democrats since September 2017. Democrats, who hold 38 of the Assembly’s 99 seats, will vote to elect a new leader. Hintz said Monday that he wanted to have more time for his family, including two children under age 5, and for his legislative […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court has rejected an appeal from a conservative think tank over Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers’ decision to exclude the group’s writers from press briefings. The justices acted without comment Monday. They left in place lower court rulings that said the decision is legal. The John K. MacIver Institute for Public Policy filed the lawsuit in 2019 alleging that Evers, a Democrat, violated its staffers’ constitutional […]
A new report compiled by the Fond du Lac Area United Way shows that Fond du Lac County's demographics are changing, there is great room for economic improvement and while access to healthcare has improved, health indicators have not. The L.I.F.E. Benchmarking report provides a comprehensive view of the county across a variety of areas in an efffort to advance community growth. United Way executive director Amber Kilawee says the report found the population […]
Two Fond du Lac teenagers have been arrested following a high speed chase over the weekend. The chase started shortly after midnight Sunday when a sheriff's deputy attempted to stop a vehicle speeding more than 45 miles an hour over the speed limit on Winnebago Drive at Luco Road. The chase continued for approximately 2 miles before the vehicle stopped and the passenger fled on foot. The driver , a 17 […]