Month: September 2022

Fond du Lac County is looking for a Communications and Emergency Management director after the person they hired changed his mind.  Waupun Fire Chief B.J. DeMaa has decided to stay in Waupun, a week before he was scheduled to take over for Bobbie Hicken who resigned after accepting a job in the private sector.  DeMaa told WFDL news when city officials asked if he would ever reconsider, and after talking  about issues […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin’s Republican Assembly leader is suing to block a subpoena ordering him to testify before the House committee investigating the attack on the U.S. Capitol last year. Wisconsin Assembly Speaker Robin Vos filed the the lawsuit on Sunday in federal court in Wisconsin arguing that the subpoena falls outside the scope of the committee’s investigation. The committee wants to ask Vos about a conversation he had […]

A Fond  du Lac business is closing it's doors after 40 years blaming rising inflation and the COVID-19 pandemic.  The 50-50 Factory Outlet  on West Johnson Street  is  launching a store closing sale this week.  The owner, Scott Lystrup, acquired the company 8 years ago, which included four stores, but he says in the years since COVID everything changed; sales down, increased cost of goods, lack of availability of goods, and general […]

The Lomira Police Chief, a police officer,  and part-time school resource officer have resigned.  The announcement was made Monday by the Lomira village president.    Police Chief Bryan Frank is stepping down after 10 years of service,  and the school resource officer is leaving after serving more than 20 years.  Village president Donald Luedtke said in a press release the police department  "has gone through numerous challenges over the last several years."  Luedke […]

Butler Street from Russell Street to Portage Street Schedule: July 7 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 26 to September 30: Electrical contractor will install conduit. Staking for curb and gutter Traffic Impacts: N. Butler is closed to through traffic. Residents, […]

Fond du Lac police are investigating after a Fond du Lac man apparently accidentally shot himself in the leg.  Shortly after 10pm Friday police were called to the Mobile gas station on North Peters Avenue  for a report of a man who shot himself in the leg.  Police Officers arrived on scene and immediately began life saving measures. The 21-year old Fond du Lac man was transported to the hospital where he is in serious […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Republican Tim Michels says he would sign an abortion ban with exceptions for rape and incest if it came to his desk as governor. That's a shift from his earlier statement that the state’s 1849 ban — with an exception only for the life of the mother — was “an exact mirror” of his position. Currently, an 1849 law bans all abortion procedures in Wisconsin, with […]

A man accused of killing six people and injuring dozens of others by driving an SUV through a Christmas parade in Wisconsin last year wants to represent himself in a trial that is scheduled to begin in a little more than a week. Darrell Brooks Jr.‘s public defender, Jeremy Perri, filed a motion in Waukesha County Circuit Court Thursday requesting that he and assistant public defender Anna Kees be taken […]

Thousands of  Fond du Lac area residents converged on Fond du Lac's Lakeside Park over the weekend for the fourth Fondy Food Truck Festival  and Art Fair.  The event was be held Saturday from 2pm to 7pm on  Oven Island.   Two dozen vendors from throughout the Fox Valley set up food trucks featuring a variety of cuisine including Carribean, Mexican, Latin,  BBQ, and southern fried chicken..   Friends of Lakeside Park […]