Month: January 2024

The Fond du Lac County Sheriff's Office says ice conditions are still sketchy on area lakes despite last week's deep freeze.    Sheriff's Lieutenant Chris Dobyns says up until last week temperatures have been relatively mild.   "December, typically we start seeing ice develop, and we didn't have that,"  Dobyns told WFDL news.   Dobyns says ice thickness on Lake Winnebago varies greatly.  "There is ice on the lake (Winnebago) and surrounding […]

Sixty years ago, the U.S. surgeon general released a report that settled a longstanding public debate about the dangers of cigarettes and led to huge changes in smoking in America.  Is it time for a similar report on vaping.   Fond du Lac County Tobacco Prevention and Control program coordinator Johanna Brotz says yes.   "I definately think it's much needed,"  Brotz told WFDL news.  "With e-cigarettes there's a lot of unknowns and questions […]

Salt Wise Partnership Educates Public on the Growing Costs of Road Salt Pollution All the salt that we apply to pavement ends up in our water, making our freshwater less and less fresh each year. Just a teaspoon of salt permanently pollutes five gallons of water.  This year, Winter Salt Awareness Week is going national! Fox-Wolf Watershed Alliance is partnering with organizations across the nation to spotlight the threats that […]

The American Red Cross in Wisconsin says an emergency blood shortage is threatening medical procedures.  Red Cross spokeswoman Laura McGuire says the nation faces the lowest number of people giving blood in 20 years.  McGuire says the Red Cross blood supply has fallen to critically low levels across the country and blood and platelet donors are urged to make a donation appointment.   McGuire says when fewer people donate blood, even small disruptions to […]

photo: greg siegenthaler GREEN BAY, Wis. — The Dairy Business Association, Wisconsin’s leading dairy advocacy group, elected three directors to its board during the group’s annual meeting today at the 2024 Dairy Strong conference. The three board members: Greg Siegenthaler of Grande Cheese has been re-elected to serve a third term and as vice president of the organization. Siegenthaler serves as vice president of Grande Cheese and is a long-standing member […]

photo: mark loehr GREEN BAY, Wis. — Members of Farmers for Sustainable Food elected three directors to its board during the group’s annual meeting today at the 2024 Dairy Strong conference. The three board members: Mike Berget of Berget Family Farms in Wiota, Wis., was re-elected to a new, three-year term representing the Lafayette Ag Stewardship Alliance and serving as vice president. Berget also serves on the National Corn Growers […]

Nobody was injured in a fire that significantly damaged an attached garage and home in Waupun.  Shortly before 8:30pm Saturday firefighters were called to the Doug and Deb Darnick home at 501 S. West Street to find a vehicle inside the garage on fire.   The occupants were able to safely escape before firefighters arrived.  The home is uninhabitable.  The fire is believed to have started in the vehicle's engine compartment.

SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) — For all that went well in Jordan Love's first season as the starting quarterback for the Green Bay Packers, the end proved disappointing.  The Packers are headed home after a crushing playoff loss.   Love threw his second interception of the game with Green Bay trying to mount a late-game drive to prolong its season, and the Packers blew a fourth-quarter lead, falling 24-21 to the San Francisco 49ers […]