MADISON, Wis. (AP) — With the future of abortion rights and redistricting hanging in the balance, all eyes are on the April election for Wisconsin Supreme Court. But for people who find themselves in front of a judge, two questions on the ballot could have more substantial consequences than who controls the state’s highest panel. A proposed constitutional amendment on the April 4 ballot will let Wisconsin voters choose whether […]
The April 4 election includes two binding constitutional amendment questions concerning bail that would amend section 8 (2) of article I of the Wisconsin Constitution. The first ballot question seeks to amend the type of harm a judge may consider when ordering non-monetary bail conditions to protect the community. The second ballot question seeks to expand criteria judges may consider when ordering cash bail. A “Yes” vote to the […]
Fond du Lac police detectives executing a search warrant in a burglary case may have helped save a man's life in an unrelated drug overdose incident over the weekend. Fond du Lac police were investigating a burglary Sunday afternoon on Rees Street when an unrelated medical incident occurred at a nearby residence on Ledgeview Avenue. Police entered the apartment and immediately arrested a 38 year old Allenton man. Police detectives began life saving measures […]
A 29 year old Fond du Lac man was killed after apparently stepping in front of a semi tractor trailer on Interstate 41 near the Johnson Street overpass in Fond du Lac. Fond du Lac County Sheriff Ryan Waldschmidt says the incident happened shortly after 3pm Saturday. The victim has been identified as Jordan Damian King. Waldschmidt told WFDL news a preliminary investigation indicates the incident appears to be a […]
Snow covered, slippery roads contributed to several mostly minor traffic crashes and vehicle run-offs on Fond du Lac County roadways Saturday. The Fond du Lac County Sheriff's Office responded to more than two dozen traffic incidents, mostly vehicles ending up in the ditch, since shortly before 7am Saturday. A winter storm warning was in effect Saturday for much of southeast and southcentral Wisconsin including Fond du Lac and Dodge counties, […]
The Fond du Lac Department of Public Works says the eastbound lane of East Scott Street from North Main Street to Amory Street will be closed this week. The closure will begin Monday, March 27 and remain closed for approximately one week, weather pending. City crews will be performing repairs on the water system.
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Disabled voters who need assistance submitting absentee ballots say local election leaders across Wisconsin are not following federal law during early voting in the high-stakes state Supreme Court race. They say election officials are incorrectly telling them they they can’t have another person return their ballot for them. Absentee ballots, and who can return them, has been a political flashpoint in battleground Wisconsin, which is known […]
The Lake Winnebago Area Metropolitan Enforcement Group Drug Unit says fentanyl is the number one drug threat in the Fox Valley. MEG unit representatives were joined by Wisconsin Attorney general Josh Kaul at a press conference Thursday afternoon in Oshkosh to highlight the fentanyl crisis. According to the MEG unit there was a more than 4,000 percent increase in the amount of fentanyl seized last year compared to 2021. Fond du Lac […]
The Dodge County Sheriff's Office has identified the victim of a fatal one vehicle crash in Dodge County last weekend. The Sheriff's Office says 64 year old William Barrett of Beaver Dam was pronounced dead at a hospital following the crash early last Sunday morning on the Highway 151 on-ramp at County Highway B. Investigators say the car traveled through the intersection, striking a sign in the median, entered a ditch, traveled down the […]