Month: August 2022

One person was treated at the hospital and police are looking for a suspect following a stabbing incident outside a Fond du Lac tavern.  Early Saturday morning police were called to the St. Agnes Hospital emergency room for a victim being treated for several knife wounds.  According to the victim an unknown individual confronted him outside the Press Box Tavern on Forest Avenue and he was cut multiple times with an edged weapon.  Officers searched the […]

Record attendance at this year's EAA Airventure in Oshkosh.  Attendance for this year's event  was estimated at approximately 650,000 – topping the previous mark:of 642,000 in 2019 and  7 percent above 2021’s attendance of 608,000.  EAA officials  credit the weather and 75th anniversary of the U.S. Air Force as contributing factors.  More than 10,000 aircraft arrived at Wittman Regional Airport in Oshkosh and other airports in east-central Wisconsin including the Fond  du Lac […]

The Fond du Lac Public Works Department is advising motorists of lane restrictions next week at a busy intersection.  Johnson Street, west of Pioneer Road, will remain open to traffic in both directions, but will be restricted to one lane in each direction.  The lane restriction will be in place Thursday, August 11,  from 9am to 3pm for repaving work.

The local unemployment rate is up the latest reporting period.  The Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development says the June unemployment rate in Dodge County was three-percent, up from 2.4 percent in May.    The Fond du Lac County unemployment rate increased seven-tenths of a percent to 3.1 percent. In the city of Fond  du Lac the jobless rate jumped from 2.6 to 3.3 percent in June.

GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — Starting safety Darnell Savage suffered a hamstring injury during the Green Bay Packers’ traditional “Family Night” practice at Lambeau Field. During one-on-one matchups between receivers and defensive backs early in practice, Savage pulled up while trying to cover Amari Rodgers. Savage watched the rest of practice from the sideline with ice wrapped around his right leg. He says he doesn't think the injury is a […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Republicans have unanimously chosen Milwaukee in swing state Wisconsin to host the 2024 national convention, beating out Nashville in deep-red Tennessee. The decision, announced at the Republican National Committee’s summer meeting on Friday in Chicago, follows months of wrangling by both states to land the convention where the party’s next presidential candidate will be officially nominated. Milwaukee was selected by Democrats to host the 2020 convention, […]

Nobody was injured  following a high speed chase in Fond du Lac County.  The chase started shortly before 8pm Thursday when a sheriff's deputy stopped a vehicle  for an equipment  and  moving violation on Interstate 41 near County Highway B.  The suspect vehicle fled the scene northbound and exited on Military Road in the city of Fond du Lac.  A few minutes later the suspect vehicle was observed speeding 65 miles an […]

Mile of Music is underway in Appleton featuring more than 200 music artists from around the country and the United Kingdom.  Event organizer Kim Willems says the free event kicked off Thursday and continues through Sunday.    The Indie-Pop group , The Astronomers, perform  at 9:50pm Friday at the Paper Valley Hotel Ballroom Main Stage,.   "The Astronomers, out of Fond du Lac, are going to be here and I think they […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Days after saying that running negative ads is “just bad policy” and politicians who do that are “losing,” the Wisconsin Republican candidate for governor backed by Donald Trump has launched his first attack ad against his primary opponent. Trump-backed Tim Michels also said Thursday that he did not vote in the 2016 Wisconsin presidential primary lost by Trump to Texas Sen. Ted Cruz. Michels launched the […]