Residents are on the road this Labor Day Holiday weekend for one last long weekend vacation this summer. Fond du Lac County Sheriff's Lieutenant Chris Dobyns says deputies will be out in force looking for traffic violations. The Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over campaign targeting drunken driving continues through the holiday weekend.
2 nd Street from Vincent Street to DeNeveu Creek Schedule: May 16 th 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. September 5 to September 9: Sewer contractor will be adjusting manhole castings to finish grade. Restoration contractor will be placing topsoil and seeding terraces. […]
All city and county offices in the Fond du Lac City/County Government Center will be closed on Monday in observance of the Labor Day holiday. The Sheriff’s Office lobby window, Portland Street Annex including the Veteran Services Office, Department of Social Services and the Highway Department will be also be closed. The Fond du Lac Municipal Service Center will also be closed on Monday for all services, including refuse and recycling […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Republican candidate for governor in Wisconsin endorsed by Donald Trump said people should take up “pitchforks and torches” in reaction to a story that detailed his giving to anti-abortion groups and others. Democrats and the campaign of Gov. Tony Evers say that Tim Michels is threatening violence. Michels spokesperson Anna Kelly is downplaying his remarks, saying “only political hacks and media accomplices would freak out […]
Nobody was injured in a fire that destroyed a garage in Fond du Lac. Firefighters were called to 440 Grove Street shortly after 1am Friday and quickly knocked down the fully involved fire before it could spread to nearby structures. The cause of the fire is under investigation. photo: fdl fire and rescue
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The wife of U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas contacted at least two Wisconsin state lawmakers urging them to overturn President Joe Biden’s win in 2020 in the tightly contested state. Conservative activist Virginia “Ginni” Thomas also had sent identical messages to more than two dozen lawmakers in Arizona. In her communications with lawmakers in both states, Thomas urged Republicans to choose their own slate of […]
CHIPPEWA FALLS, Wis. (AP) — A lawyer for a 14-year-old Wisconsin boy accused of killing a 10-year-old girl after luring her into the woods said Thursday that he will seek to have the case moved from adult to juvenile court. During a brief Zoom appearance in Chippewa County Circuit Court, attorney Michael Cohen said he planned to file the request in the coming weeks. Judge Benjamin Lane found probable cause […]
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Bird flu has returned to the Midwest earlier than authorities expected after a lull of several months. Officials say the highly pathogenic disease was detected in two commercial turkey flocks in western Minnesota's Meeker County. Tests confirmed the disease Tuesday evening. Officials also report that a small hobby flock of chickens, ducks and geese in Elkhart County, northern Indiana, tested presumptively positive Tuesday. They were the first […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin secretary of state hopeful Amy Loudenbeck says if she wins lawmakers should give her some control of elections in the key battleground state but the Republican candidate isn't saying what she wants to do with it. Loudenbeck faces long-time Democratic incumbent Doug La Follette in the Nov. 8 election. She has called for shifting election oversight from a state commission to the secretary of state's […]