Fond du Lac residents braved frigid temperatures Saturday afternoon for the annual St. Patrick's Day parade. The parade started at Rees and Main Streets traveling south to Veterans Park. The parade featured nearly 50 entries, with the best entry winning Irish's Traveling Trophy and also an award for the best kid's entry.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Social media users are suggesting soaring fuel prices in the U.S. are part of a government scheme to get drivers into electric vehicles. The conspiracy theory posts are spreading across Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. The posts ignore that rising gas prices are actually the result of increased consumption and supply chain issues as life returns to normal after two years of tumult brought on by the coronavirus […]
The North Fond du Lac School District is holding a special focus group meeting to look at the future of district facilities and operational needs for the District. Interested district residents are invited to attend the meeting at 5pm Monday in the District Meeting Room at Friendship Learning Center.
Applications are now open for the UW-Oshkosh Titan Thunder Marching Band, which is planned to debut in the fall. UW Oshkosh students can apply online on the UWO website for several open band positions. All Titan Thunder members will receive scholarship funds for the inaugural year and every year they remain in the program. The formation of the University’s new marching band was announced last spring and is under the direction of Joe Scheivert. The ambitious […]
Eleven more COVID-19 deaths have been reported in Fond du Lac County. The deaths include nine men and two women. Three people were in their 50s. There have now been 231 COVID-19 deaths in the county since the beginning of the pandemic. The overall number of daily positive cases has dropped significantly since the Omicron variant peaked back in January.
WAUKESHA, Wis. (AP) — A second person has died after a fire swept through a Waukesha apartment building earlier this week. Fire and police officials identify the latest victim as 51-year-old Kimberly McQuade. Fifty-year-old Kevin McQuade was the first victim of the Tuesday morning fire at the four-unit building. Three others are recovering from injuries. A GoFundMe post says the two were husband and wife, according to their daughter Katrina […]
WAUKESHA, Wis. (AP) — A judge has set an October trial date for a Milwaukee man accused of driving his SUV into a Wisconsin Christmas parade last year, killing six people and injuring dozens. Waukesha County Circuit Judge Jennifer Darow during a hearing Friday scheduled Darrell Brooks Jr.'s trial to begin Oct. 3 and run through Oct. 28. Darow also acknowledged she knows the father of the one of the […]
Four people were injured, one seriously in a two vehicle crash in Fond du Lac County. The crash happened shortly before 7am Friday on Highway 23 at Streblow Drive. A preliminary investigation showed that a passenger car was stopped at the stop sign on Streblow Dr when it pulled out into the path of a westbound passenger car on State Highway 23. The driver of the car that was turning onto Highway 23, […]
Friday marks the two year anniversary of the first positive cases of COVID-19 reported in Fond du Lac County. Public Health Officer Kim Mueller says one of the first patients had been on a cruise ship in Egypt and was hospitalized. "Looking back it seems like it took forever, like an eternity we have been dealing with this," Mueller told WFDL news. "But at the same time when I look back […]