Month: June 2023

The  father and son team of Joe and Joseph Robl, both of Oshkosh, Wis., are the winners of the 45th annual Mercury National Walleye Tournament on Lake Winnebago June 10-11.   The event brought nearly 600 anglers to compete for a prize package that includes a LUND 1875 Impact XS multi‑species fishing boat equipped with a Mercury 150hp Pro XS outboard, a 9.9hp ProKicker and a MotorGuide trolling motor; a complementing […]

Investigators believe a shooting outside a Fond du Lac gas station may have been a gang-related retaliation for a fatal shooting at a Fond du Lac apartment complex.    Ninteen year old Lamarion Moore and  16 year old Adamite Willey made their initial court appearances Monday on charges of  Attempted First Degree Intentional Homicide in connection with a shooting May 23rd outside the East Pioneer Road Pit Stop gas station.    A preliminary hearing […]

Juneteenth , an annual commemoration of the end of slavery following the Civil War, has been celebrated by African Americans since the late 1800s.  But it wasn't until 2021, when president Biden signed legislation that made Juneteenth , which falls on June 19th, a federal holiday.   Daisy Fraizer with Ebony Vision in Fond du Lac says Juneteenth began  about two months after confederate general Robert E. Lee surrendered, and a union general […]

The 11th annual Celebrate Waupun is being held this weekend at Tanner Park.   The festival kicks off at 4pm Friday featuring  carnival rides, food, and music.  Saturday, June 24th the Festival opens at noon and runs through 11pm.  Festival-goers can take a “City of Sculpture”   trolley ride and learn about Waupun’s history and outdoor sculptures.  Sunday is Family Day with a car show starting at 8am, bingo, a kiddie pedal pull and an […]

Fond du Lac, Wis. (June 12, 2023) – Envision Greater Fond du Lac hosted a ribbon cutting with member organization, ASTOP.  ASTOP is a sexual assault service provider offering treatment, outreach, prevention, and advocacy, emphasizing hope and connection to self and others. ASTOP values its commitment to stewardship very seriously.  It is estimated one in four women and one in six men are sexually abused before their eighteenth birthday; the average age of abuse […]

LITTLE CANADA, Minn. (AP) — Pigs ran loose on a metro highway after a semitrailer truck that was carrying them overturned. It caused an hours-long shutdown Friday morning in Minnesota on Interstate 694. State troopers tried to corral several loose pigs that cameras showed running through traffic. Department of Transportation cameras showed the truck tipping over around 7:35 a.m. and causing morning rush hour traffic to back up for more […]

Holy Family Catholic Community and the Salvation Army of Fond du Lac County are partnering this summer to help feed children and families as the Brown Bag Lunch program celebrates 30 years.   Holy Family Catholic Community's Sarah Razner says every week  during the summer volunteers pack a total of 600  lunches on Tuesdays and  Thursdays.  Razner says according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, food prices have risen nearly eight percent […]

Nobody was injured and a Fond du Lac man is in custody following a high speed chase.   It started shortly after 1am Sunday when a sheriff's deputy attempted to stop a vehicle for following another vehicle too closely on Highway 151 at Brookhaven Beach Road in the town of Taycheeda.   Shortly after the pursuit started the suspect vehicle had a flat tire,  and continued to drive with three wheels.  The vehicle ran over […]

MADISON, Wis. – Attorney General Josh Kaul Friday announced the final approval of $17.3 billion in opioid agreements with drug makers Teva and Allergan and pharmacies CVS and Walgreens. Following successful state sign-on and subdivision sign-on periods, the defendants have committed to the deal and will start releasing funds to a national administrator later this summer. Wisconsin is set to receive nearly $277 million over 15 years. Money is expected […]