MAUSTON, Wis. (AP) — Powerful storms that included at least one tornado took down power lines and trees, damaged structures, toppled semis on the interstate and left tens of thousands without electricity in parts of Wisconsin. In western Wisconsin, sheriff's officials say a tornado damaged barns and homes in Monroe County late Wednesday afternoon. The National Weather Service said debris lofted by the tornado could be seen on radar. It […]
The City of Fond Du Lac Municipal Service Center is collaborating with RecycleThatStuff.com to offer an electronic recycling event for Fond du Lac residents only. The drop-off began Monday and continues through Saturday, June 18th at the Municipal Service Center Bulky Waste Drop-Off Site on Doty Street during regular hours of operation. Payment for items dropped is CASH ONLY, credit cards and checks will not be accepted. Listed below are the details and fees […]
A Hilbert man is in custody following a short foot chase and after he punched a Fond du Lac police officer. Shortly before 4am Thursday a police officer observed a pick-up truck that was being driven on the roadway without any license plates. Moments later the officer noticed the same driver pushing this pick-up truck by hand northbound on Doty Street just north of W. Johnson Street. When approached by the officer, the […]
Severe thunderstorms rolled across Wisconsin Wednesday evening packing strong winds knocking down trees and power lines in Dodge and Green Lake counties. Radar indicated tornado warnings were issued for portions of Dodge and Fond du Lac counties. Nobody was injured in two separate crashes on Interstate 41 during a heavy downpour. The first crash happened when a vehicle apparently hydroplaned on northbound Interstate 41 near Johnson Street, went into a ditch and […]
The Fond du Lac County Emergency Management director says she is concerned about a warning from an energy grid operator of the possibility of rolling blackouts in Wisconsin this summer. Midwest Independent System Operator power grid issued the alert to the state's electricity providers this week. Fond du Lac County Emergency Management director Bobbie Hicken says she has never heard of an alert of this nature before during her time in […]
CHICAGO (AP) — The swimming season has kicked into high gear early in a large swath of the U.S., as a heat wave pushed temperatures into the 90s and beyond in a stretch spanning from northern Florida to the Great Lakes and covering about a third of the country’s population. But the dangerously hot temperatures also prompted investigations into at least two deaths and authorities continued to advise people to […]
Two men who were swept away by fast-moving water in a rain-swollen drainage ditch in Milwaukee after jumping in to try to save a 10-year-old boy. Officials say a volunteer helping to search the shoreline found the boy's body Tuesday in the conjoining Kinnickinnic River, more than a mile from where he fell in. The youngster was identified by family as Mohammad Arman, who would have turned 11 on July […]
The North Fond du Lac School District has received a major grant to start a new charter High School. The $650,000 grant from the state Department of Public Instruction will be used to launch the Treffert Way High School in the fall of 2023. The school will incorporate the Treffert Approach to Education for a broad range of students in grades 10-12. “The District is very excited to be […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A Wisconsin judge has ordered the investigator hired by Republicans to look into the 2020 election in Wisconsin be fined $2,000 a day until he complies with court orders related to open records requests. In a scathing ruling against investigator Michael Gableman, Dane County Circuit Judge Frank Remington also forwarded the order to the office that hands down disciplinary actions against attorneys and judges in Wisconsin. […]