Fond du Lac city officials are taking steps to protect residents from future flooding events like the Fond du Lac River ice jam flooding in 2019. Wisconsin Insurance commissioner Nathan Houdek made a stop in Fond du Lac this week to highlight Flood Insurance Awareness Week. Fond du Lac is one of just 17 Wisconsin communities in the National Flood Insurance Program's Community Rating System that Houdek says can save residents up to […]
The Dodge County Sheriff’s Office says a Huber inmate walkaway has been arrested. Sheriff Dale Schmidt says 43 year old Jennifer Patricia Petersen is in custody as a result of a follow up investigation conducted by sheriff's deputies in collaboration with Milwaukee police. Petersen left the jail for a doctor's appointment at Marshfield Medical Center in Beaver Dam, but failed to report back to jail.
Record high temperatures are a possibility this week as unseasonably warm winter weather is in the forecast all week. National Weather Service meteorologist Taylor Patterson says in addition to the mild temperatures, strong winds will also cause any ice on Lake Winnebago to shift with the sturgeon spearing season set to open this weekend. "As that low pressure system comes in it will get gusty and it will be rainy," Patterson told […]
Fond du Lac's premier winter tourism event is being held this weekend with one major change due to the warmer than normal temperatures. Destination Lake Winnebago Region's Craig Molitor says all of the events for Sturgeon Spectacular this weekend will be held in downtown Fond du Lac. "It's not ideal. Generally speaking everything that happens for Sturgeon Spectacular is still going to happen, there are some qualifications there, but it's […]
SHAWANO, Wis. (AP) — A Wisconsin teenager has pleaded no contest to charges that he triggered a bonfire explosion that injured more than a dozen people in 2022. Eighteen-year-old Sam Armstrong pleaded no contest on Monday to 13 counts of injury by negligent use of an explosive. Under Armstrong’s plea agreement, prosecutors will recommend five years of probation and six months in jail, while his attorneys will be free to […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Janet Protasiewicz's campaign manager says a consultant inserted images of horses in ads as a vulgar joke about her opponent. Protasiewicz's campaign manager, Alejandro Verdin, told The Downballot podcast Jan. 25 that people made baseless jokes at campaign focus groups and functions that her opponent, Dan Kelly, looked like someone who fornicates with horses. Verdin says campaign consultant Ben Nuckels inserted hidden […]
EAA AVIATION CENTER, OSHKOSH, Wisconsin — (February 7, 2024) — While EAA’s Winter Flight Fest will feature a variety of hands-on activities for families to enjoy, the skiplane fly-in has been canceled due to a lack of snow. This includes the skiplane fly-in make-up date of February 17. All other museum activities will still take place this Saturday, February 10 from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. and are included with […]
Fond du Lac, Wis. (February 6, 2024) – Young Professionals of Fond du Lac (YPF) unveiled new branding during the 2023 Future 5 Awards event in January. YPF updated their mission, vision, logo, and colors to better align with parent organization, Envision Greater Fond du Lac. YPF’s new mission reads, “To engage and empower current and future leaders in the greater Fond du Lac area through professional development, networking/mentorship, and community engagement […]
Nobody was injured in a house fire in Rosendale. Shortly after 6pm Tuesday firefighters were called to 211 South Main Street to find the house quickly filling with smoke. Sheriffs deputies and fire personnel extinguished the fire with fire extinguishers before the fire department arrived. The fire caused moderate damage. Four residents are displaced. A newly installed furnace may be to blame.