Month: May 2022

Some 1,455 undergraduate and graduate students from all three campuses—Fond du Lac, Fox Cities and Oshkosh—are University of Wisconsin Oshkosh alumni following two ceremonies on Saturday,  at the Kolf Sports Center.  Among those graduating were a record 58 students earning doctor of nursing practice degrees,  the largest graduating class of DNP students since the program began in 2010.   UWO degrees that were conferred also included two doctor of education degrees, 204 […]

Fond du Lac's Marian University held its 80th spring commencement ceremony earlier this month at Herr-Baker Field Baseball Stadium. In total, 234 students graduated including 149 undergraduate, 35 adult, 51 graduate, and five doctoral candidates.

2nd Street from Vincent Street to DeNeveu Creek Schedule: May 16th though October Description: The project includes gas main and service relocations, reconstruction of sanitary sewer and laterals, storm sewer and laterals, water main and laterals, roadway, sidewalk and approaches, street lighting and restoration/landscaping. May 16 to May 20: Contractor will begin water main installation. Traffic Impacts: 2nd Street is closed to through traffic. Residents, business owners, and customers may […]

The Fond du Lac Public Works Department says a portion of 9th Street will be closed starting Monday morning.  East Ninth Street between Center Street and Marr Street will be closed beginning  Monday and remain closed until the end of day Friday, May 20.  The closure will be in place to allow the construction and maintenance division to make utility repairs.

Fire destroyed a barn in western Fond du Lac County early Friday morning.  When firefighters arrived on the scene on Mielke Road in the town of Alto flames were visible from the metal structure.  The barn was a total loss and four goats inside the barn died in the fire.  The cause of the blaze is under investigation.

The Fond du Lac County Sheriff's Office is investigating the death of a Fond du Lac County man who was run over by an intoxicated driver.  The incident happened Thursday afternoon on Korth Road near Ridge Road in the town of Eldorado.  First responders found a man laying in the roadway on Korth Road  with serious injuries and attempted lifesaving efforts.  The victim, a 58 year old Van Dyne man, was pronounced dead at […]

The Fond du Lac Police Chief says detectives have developed a person of interest in connection with a rash of vehicle entries near St. Agnes Hospital.  Police Chief Aaron Goldstein told WFDL news investigators do not believe those entries are related to vehicle entries that occured around the same time period on the west side of town near Sabish Middle School.   Goldstein says some of the vehicles broken into near the hospital were […]

A preliminary investigation indicates a fire that destroyed a barn in Fond du Lac County this week may have been electrical in nature.  Firefighters from 20 area departments responded to the fire on Pine Road in the town of Eden Tuesday afternoon and found the barn fully engulfed in flames.  Fond du Lac County Sheriff's captain Bill Tadych say while an official cause has not been determined, initial indications point to an electrical  […]

BARRON, Wis. (AP) — Authorities say two young children and their father have died in a house fire in Barron County. Dispatchers received a 911 call about 3:30 a.m. Thursday. The caller said three people were still inside the burning house in Barron. Firefighters were able to pull two children from the burning home and they were taken to Mayo Hospital, where they were later pronounced dead. Barron police identified […]