Month: January 2023

Inspired by  NFL player Damar Hamlin's remarkable recovery after suffering cardiac arrest on the football field, St. Mary's Springs Academy High School students recently raised money for charity in Hamlin's honor.   Hamlin's toy drive foundation for children inspired SMSA  students  to organize a fundraiser in honor of  Damar and his foundation's mission.   Students raised over  $1,000 for the Sleep in Heavenly Peace project.   This is a non-profit organization in Fond du Lac that […]

Nobody was injured and a Milwaukee man is in custody following a high speed chase in Fond du Lac County.  The chase started shortly after 12:30am Tuesday after a Fond du Lac County Sheriff's deputy observed a vehicle speeding on Interstate 41 northbound in the area of County Highway B.  The chase continued on 151 southbound, Hickory Street, and back onto 41 and Highway B ending when sheriff's squad cars were […]

Vaccination rates for U.S. kindergarteners are down again, and federal officials are launching a new campaign to try to bring them up.  Usually 94 percent to 95 percent of kindergarteners nationally are vaccinated against measles, tetanus, and certain other diseases.  The vaccination rates dropped below 94% in the 2020-21 school year and a new study finds they dropped again in the 2021-22 school year to about 93 percent.  Fond du Lac County Public Health […]

Rising consumer prices in the United States moderated again last month, bolstering hopes that inflation's grip on the economy will continue to ease this year and possibly require less drastic action by the Federal Reserve to control it.  Inflation eased to 6.5 percent in December compared with 12 months earlier.   Retired Ripon College economist Paul Schoofs says it was the sixth straight year over year slowdown.  On a monthly basis, prices actually slipped […]

Waupun city officials hope to make a decision in the next couple of months on how to spend a little more than $1.1 million in federal ARPA funds.  Mayor Rohn Bishop says the problem is prioritizing more than $20 million in wants and needs outlined by city officials and the public on how the money should be spent.  "Had someone told me years ago that the government was going to give me a […]

The Dodge County Sheriff’s Office is seeking the public’s help  in locating a Huber Inmate walk away.  An arrest warrant has been issued for 27 year old Jessica Grace Shafer after she failed to return to  the jail from a medical appointment.   Anyone with information about Shafer's whereabouts is asked to call the Dodge County Sheriff’s Office at (920)386-3726 or your local law enforcement agency.

The Fond du Lac Area United Way has met its fundraising goal.  United Way executive director Amber Kilawee says the United Way has met it's goal of raising $500,000 for its member agencies.  "All the folks that supported an event, gave money, gave of their time...because of you we can say that we have met our goal,"  Kilawee told WFDL news.  Kilawee says fundraising has become challenging for organizations like the […]

An honorary street designation is recognizing the late Fond du Lac County executive Allen Buechel.  As part of the Martin Luther King Jr. celebration, an unveiling was held Monday afternoon of the honorary designation for Allen J. Buechel  Street.   Former Fond du Lac County Board chairman Marty Farrell says  Buechel  is very deserving of the honor.  "I can't think of anyone in the community who deserves that recognition more than Al Buechel,"  Farrell […]

Fond du Lac police are investigating after a Fond du Lac man was critically injured from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound.  Shortly after 9pm Sunday police were called to the 1000 block of Martin Avenue for a report of a gunshot fired in the basement of a home.  A 36 year old Fond du Lac man was flown by helicopter to Theda Care Regional Medical Center with critical injuries.  The investigation into this incident is […]