Month: February 2024

The Fond du Lac School Board has approved the hiring of a new Athletic Director and English Language Arts Coordinator.  At their meeting Monday night the school board promoted Fond du Lac High School and STEM Academy German teacher, Thomas Triller to  the new English Language Arts coordinator post.  Triller replaces Lauren Sullivan who is stepping down March first after 10 years with the District to accept a position in the private sector.      Kevin Flegner […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin Democrats are inching closer to overturning Republican-drawn legislative maps that the GOP have used to grow their majorities and advance their agenda over the past 13 years. Wisconsin is a purple state where Republicans have held a firm grip on control of the Legislature even as Democrats have notched significant statewide wins in recent years. But the liberal-controlled Wisconsin Supreme Court is nearing the release […]

WHITEFISH POINT, Mich. (AP) — Shipwreck hunters have discovered a merchant ship that sank in Lake Superior in 1940, taking its captain with it during a storm off Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. The Great Lakes Shipwreck Historical Society and shipwreck researcher Dan Fountain announced Monday the discovery of the 244-foot bulk carrier Arlington just north of Michigan’s Keweenaw Peninsula. The Arlington was fully loaded with wheat and headed to Owen Sound, […]

Three people were transported to the hospital following a three vehicle crash in Fond du Lac.  The crash happened around 3:30pm Monday at the intersection of Military Road and Hickory Street.    Sorensen Auto Sales owner Richard Sorensen told WFDL news on the scene he was working underneath his van when he heard the crash.  "Next thing you know I hear two separate bangs, came walking out and there's a […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The surprise retirement of a GOP congressman in a solidly Republican Wisconsin congressional district has potential candidates weighing a run, even as a former state lawmaker quickly jumped into the race. U.S. Rep. Mike Gallagher announced Saturday that he won’t run for a fifth term representing the 8th Congressional District in northeast Wisconsin. The abrupt move came just days after he angered his fellow Republicans by […]

The Fond du Lac Area United Way has reached it's fundraising goal.  United Way executive director Amber Kilawee says the fund drive has topped the goal of $575,000.  "We are so fortunate to have a resource-fortunate community, and it's really because of the donors and the folks that believe in the health and human service network, "  Kilawee told WFDL news."   This year's pacesetter was the Fond du Lac Regional Clinic.

Sue Fischer says she doesn't want other parents to have to go through what her family has gone through.  Fischer's son Kevin was living in Seattle when he died in 2020 at the age of 39 after taking Ocycontin pills laced with fentanyl.  "Kevin was born and raised in Fond du Lac, played in band in high school, was a regular kid.  He moved out to Washington as an adult.  Kevin had […]

Fond du Lac, Wisc.: Moraine Park Technical College Nursing student, Nicholas Santiago of Menominee Falls, received the DAISY Award for Extraordinary Nursing Students at the West Bend Campus Pinning Ceremony.   The award was created to recognize and celebrate nursing students for the above-and-beyond care and compassion shown to patients and their families. The DAISY Foundation hopes that this program will inspire and motivate students to provide the best clinical skills possible and to impact […]

The SSM Health Fond du Lac Volunteers have scheduled a Collective Goods sale from Tuesday, February 20 to Friday, February 23 in the SSM Health St. Agnes Hospital lobby concourse, 430 E. Division Street, Fond du Lac.  The sale is scheduled from 9 am to 4 pm on February 20, 21, and 22, and from 9 am to 3 pm on February 23.  Don’t miss this opportunity to purchase quality hardcover books […]