Month: October 2023

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The University of Wisconsin System plans to change its name to The Universities of Wisconsin by early next year, system President Jay Rothman announced Tuesday.  Rothman made the announcement at UW-Eau Claire. He said in a statement that the change is designed to draw attention to the system's 13 four-year universities as they struggle with declining enrollment.  “Our new identity aims to broaden awareness of our universities across the […]

Fall has just begun but looking ahead to winter, this one may look drastically different than recent years because of El Nino.  National Weather Service Meteorologist Denny Van Cleve says this winter will be the first in a few years to feel the effects of the phenomenon, which has a sizeable impact on the weather during the coldest months of the year.  The El Nino phase occurs when ocean temperatures are warmer than normal […]

Fall vaccination season is in full swing with health officials urging both an updated COVID-19 shot and flu vaccine for most everyone.  SSM Health Fond du Lac Regional Clinic pediatrician Dr. Andrea Aul says for the first time there are vaccines to fight a trio of viruses that cause fall and winter misery.   Dr. Aul says there is concern that shot fatigue and hassles in getting them will leave too many people […]

The head of a pro-wolf group says she is not sure what's going to happen with a new wolf management plan up for a vote by the Wisconsin DNR policy board later this month.  The board is set to vote on whether to approve the plan at an October 25 meeting in Madison.  The new plan recommends a statewide population of about 1,000 animals but doesn't set a hard limit on the population.   Instead, […]

Stephanie Dahlke has been installed as President of Fond du Lac Noon Kiwanis, along with the Officers and Board members. Since 1917, Noon Kiwanis has donated countless service hours and monetary support to help improve the lives of children in Fond du Lac County. Kiwanis International is a global organization of volunteers dedicated to improving the world one child and one community at a time.  Noon Kiwanis supports: the YMCA Learn […]

WAUKESHA, Wis. (AP) — A Milwaukee suburb has finally started to pull millions of gallons of water per day from Lake Michigan after spending years seeking approval from multiple states and Canadian provinces. The city of Waukesha began the diversion Monday. City officials say 90% of the city will be on Lake Michigan water within five days. The city asked regulators in 2010 for permission to withdraw the water because […]

Senate Democratic Leader Melissa Agard  hosted a town hall in Fond du Lac as part of her  "Grass Routes" tour promoting marijuana legalization in Wisconsin.  "In Wisconsin the fiscal estimates, which I think are conservative, show it (marijuana legalization) would be over $165 million a year in additional revenue for Wisconsin,"  Agard told WFDL news.  People in Wisconsin are choosing to drive to legal states to purchase their cannabis despite […]

A centennial rededication ceremony is being held this weekend in Waupun to honor a famous landmark.  Waupun mayor Rohn Bishop says the Recording Angel sculpture is turning 100 years old, and a Centennial Rededication Ceremony will be held Saturday morning.   "It's a beautiful sculpture located on top of a hill in the Forest Mound Cemetery,"  Bishop told WFDL news.  "Some call it The Angel of Death, because it's angel in a […]

A Fond du Lac man was seriously injured after falling from a tree.  Shortly before 10am Thursday paramedics were called to a residence at 754 Mequon Avenue for a report of a man who fell 20 to 30 feet from a tree and injured his leg.  According to reports the man was trimming the tree when the accident happened.  The man flown by Flight for Life Helicopter to a hospital.