A suspect in an armed robbery in West Bend was arrested in Fond du Lac County over the weekend. The Fond du Lac County Sheriff's Office was able to track the suspect to a residence in Campbellsport Saturday and surrounded the residence. When the suspect attempted to leave, sheriff's deputies conducted a high-risk stop and took him into custody without further incident. Nobody was injured. The suspect was turned over to West Bend police.
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — U.S. Rep. Mike Gallagher says he won't run for a fifth term in Congress. The Wisconsin Republican announced his retirement Saturday, just days after he refused to vote with his fellow House Republicans to impeach Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas. The GOP wants to oust Mayorkas to punish the Biden administration over its handling of the U.S.-Mexico border. An impeachment vote fell just one vote short […]
A West Bend man arrested in connection with a fatal hit and run crash in Fond du Lac County has been bound over for trial. Probable cause was found at a preliminary hearing Friday for Jatziel Encarnacion on a charge of hit and run causing great bodily harm. He is accused of striking a 19 year old woman after she was ejected from a vehicle involved in a crash on Highway 45 near the Fond […]
The Fond du Lac County Sheriff's Office has a warning for sturgeon spearers this sturgeon spearing season. Stay off Lake Winnebago. "The rain did not help anything and then the wind," Fond du Lac County Sheriff's Lieutenant Chris Dobyns told WFDL news ice conditions went from bad to worse late Thursday into Friday. "On the east shore there's ice shoves, Stockbridge, Quinney area, 15-20 feet high and it looks like […]
The number of sturgeon spearers braving uncertain ice conditions on the Lake Winnebago System for the opening weekend of the sturgeon spearing season was down significantly. DNR sturgeon biologist Margaret Stadig says by law the DNR can't cancel the sturgeon spearing season regardless of the ice conditions. Stadig says check with local fishing clubs before you go out on the ice and if you do go out don't go out […]
Bail was set at $25,000 cash for a Mississippi man who escaped while making a Fond du Lac County Circuit Court appearance nearly three years ago. WFDL news obtained a video of the escape through an open records request. Thirty three year old Terry Bacon was in court in July of 2021 when he suddenly sprinted and leaped over several courtroom benches and ran out the door. Fond du […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Wisconsin Elections Commission has complied with court orders and voted to tell the more than 1,800 local clerks who run elections in the battleground state that they can accept absentee ballots that are missing parts of a witness’s address. The commission voted 5-1 Thursday to adopt the new guidance for absentee ballot envelopes with a “missing” address. The Republican-controlled Legislature and the conservative group Priorities […]
EVANSVILLE, Wis. (AP) — The first tornado ever recorded in Wisconsin in the usually frigid month of February came on a day that broke records for warmth, the type of severe weather normally seen in the late spring and summer. The storms left a swath of destruction that included dead and missing cows, roofs blown off of homes, destroyed storage sheds and barns, trashed vehicles and shattered windows. At least […]
Despite unusually warm temperatures Sturgeon Spectacular will take place this weekend in downtown Fond du Lac. Fond du Lac Festivals director Pete Wilke says this year all activities scheduled for Lakeside Park are moving to downtown Fond du Lac. "Obviously there's been some changes that we've had to make," Wilke told WFDL news. "Our heart goes out to all the sturgeon spearers that don't feel safe going out on the […]