Nobody was injured in a car fire following a car crash on Interstate 41 south of Johnson Street near Fond du Lac. Investigators say shortly before 4:30pm Tuesday a Milwaukee woman was southbound on 41 when she lost control of her vehicle and struck the median guardrail. She was able to get out of the vehicle before it started on fire. The vehicle became fully engulfed in flames and is […]
A barn was destroyed and an undisclosed number of cattle died in a fire in Fond du Lac County. Firefighters from 20 area departments were called to the scene on Pine Road Tuesday afternoon. When firefighters arrived they found the barn fully engulfed in flames. The cause of the fire is under investigation. The Eden Fire Department was assisted at the scene by the following fire departments; Calumet, Mt. Calvary, […]
Longtime North Fond du Lac School District Superintendent Aaron Sadoff has been hired as the new executive director of the Fond du Lac Area Foundation. According to a press release Sadoff will officially transition into the role on January 1, 2023. Sadoff has served as the superintendent in the North Fond du Lac School District for the last 13 years. “We have a motto in North Fond du Lac: Working Together for the […]
This year's Fond du Lac Samaritan Cash Raffle is Wednesday. The raffle drawing will be held at noon Wednesday on the Agnesian HealthCare Facebook page. Agnesian HealthCare Foundation executive director, Shawn Fisher, says the grand prize is $50,000 cash. All of the proceeds go to Samaritan Health Clinic, serving patients who are underinsured, or who have financial difficulties. You still have time to get a ticket for $50 each, or four for […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The decision to release a man who served less than 25 years of an 80-year sentence for stabbing his wife to death in 1997 has angered her sisters and daughter and is becoming an issue in Wisconsin's governor’s race. Douglas Balsewicz is slated to be released from prison on May 17, despite the opposition of the family of the victim, Johanna Balsewicz. They, along with Republican […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A judge has decided that provisions in contentious Wisconsin lame-duck legislation that gives the Republican-controlled Legislature the power to approve or reject the attorney general's settlement proposals are unconstitutional. Republican lawmakers passed requirements during a lame-duck session in 2018 that require Democratic Attorney General Josh Kaul to seek approval from the GOP-controlled Joint Finance Committee before settling cases. Kaul filed a lawsuit in November 2020 arguing […]
Fond du Lac Police are urging residents to make sure their car doors and windows are locked following a rash of vehicle entries. Police Chief Aaron Goldstein says Monday night into Tuesday morning police responded to 20 reports of vehicle entries on the city's west side near Sabish Middle School, and also on the east side near St. Agnes Hospital. Investigators say they are not sure if the east side and west side locations […]
A Fond du Lac man faces child pornography charges following the execution of a search warrant at a Fond du Lac residence. Fond du Lac police executed a search warrant in the 900 block of Windsor Avenue after receiving a CyberTip from the National Center of Missing and Exploited Children. An 18-year-old Fond du Lac man was arrested on six counts of Possession of Child Pornography. Police say additional charges are possible pending a […]
Newly appointed Dodge County Clerk of Courts Kelly Enright has been sworn into office. Enright was sworn in last week by Dodge County Circuit Judge Brian Pfitzinger. Enright was appointed unanimously by the four Judges in Dodge County and will serve the remainder of the term recently vacated by the retirement of Lynn Hron who had served Dodge County for 19 years as Clerk of Courts. Enright has announced that she will be running […]