Month: October 2022

Fond du Lac based Mercury Marine, has received a Business Friend of the Environment Award from Wisconsin Manufacturers and Commerce, the state’s chamber of commerce and manufacturers association.   During a ceremony at its headquarters in Madison, WMC named Mercury the award winner in the Sustainability – Large Business category.  WMC has presented its Business Friend of the Environment awards to Wisconsin businesses annually for the past 32 years.  Eight other Wisconsin businesses joined Mercury in […]

One person was killed and two people were injured in a head on collision  in  Fond du Lac County.   The two-vehicle crash happened  shortly after 12pm Friday on state  Highway 26 near Triple Kay Road south of  Rosendale.    An initial investigation and witness statements indicate a northbound vehicle had been deviating from the northbound lane of travel onto the shoulder and back several times before the crash. This vehicle […]

The most winning active high school football coach in Wisconsin history and second most winning active coach in the United States may  reach a major milestone  this weekend.    St. Mary's Springs Academy Ledger's head coach Bob Hyland is seeking his 500th win when the Ledgers play the Lomira Lions  Saturday.   But the wins didn't come quick when Hyland took over a struggling football program in 1971, winning only one game in […]

A preliminary investigation indicates a fire that damaged a Fond du Lac home this week may have been electrical  in nature.  Fire Chief  Erick Gerritson says the fire on North Brooke Street Monday afternoon started in the living room.  Gerritson says at this point the fire does not appear to be suspicious.  Nobody was home at the time of the fire.

A white-tailed deer at a deer farm in Vernon County has tested positive for chronic wasting disease, or CWD, the Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection said Wednesday.   According to the DATCP, a buck tested positive for CWD and the test results were confirmed by the National Veterinary Services Laboratories in Ames, Iowa.   The single-acre farm has been placed under quarantine, meaning no live animals or whole carcasses […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A man defending himself against homicide charges for allegedly driving his SUV through a Christmas parade in Wisconsin last year is making a spectacle of himself in court. Darrell Brooks faces 76 counts in connection with the Nov. 21 incident in Waukesha. Opening statements in his trial are expected Thursday afternoon. Brooks has been acting as his own attorney. He interrupted Judge Jennifer Dorow multiple times […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A Wisconsin judge is prohibiting voters from canceling their original absentee ballot and casting a new one, siding with a conservative group that said the practice known as ballot spoiling is illegal. The ruling Wednesday from a Waukesha County judge who was a former Republican attorney general comes as voters in the battleground state are submitting their absentee ballots for the Nov. 8 election. Restoring Integrity […]

A Fond du Lac man has been charged in connection with a stabbing incident outside a Fond du Lac tavern.   Thirty one year old Vickendricka Jones made his initial Fond du Lac court appearance Thursday on charges of  attempted first degree intentional homicide and use of a dangerous weapon as a repeat offender.  Bail was set at $1 million cash.  Jones  is accused of stabbing a 40 year old Fond du Lac man multiple […]