Month: February 2024

MADISON, Wis. – The Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection (DATCP) is accepting nominations for eight seats on the Dairy Farmers of Wisconsin (DFW) Board of Directors. Nominations will be accepted from March 1 through March 30, 2024. The eight districts up for election are: District 2 – Forest, Florence, Langlade, Marinette, Oconto, and Vilas counties District 5 – Dunn and St. Croix counties District 8 – Marathon County […]

MADISON –  Representative Jerry O’Connor (R- Fond du Lac) is proud of the State Assembly’s accomplishments that focused on moving Wisconsin forward. This session, Assembly Republicans worked tirelessly to cut taxes, create affordable housing, invest in education, develop our infrastructure, support small businesses, and strengthen our economy.  “In this session, I focused on commonsense conservative solutions to our state's problems. That means working for a small, sensible, and effective government that […]

FOND DU LAC, WI – Individual game tickets for all 2024 Fond du Lac Dock Spiders home games will be available beginning on Leap Day – Thursday, February 29. Tickets may be purchased online at dockspiders.com, at the ballpark Box Office, and by calling (920) 907-9833 beginning at 9:00 a.m. on Thursday.   To celebrate Leap Day, the Dock Spiders will offer a ticket special that only comes along once every four […]

The National Weather Service, in conjunction with Fond du Lac County Emergency Management, will be hosting the annual storm spotter training. The session will run from 6:30pm until 8:30pm on Wednesday, April 3, 2024, at the Fond du Lac County Board Chambers, 160 S. Macy Street, Fond du Lac, WI.   Training will be led by a meteorologist from the National Weather Service and is FREE and open to the public. […]

A Fond du Lac man has been convicted in the stabbing death of a Fond du Lac woman.  A jury has found Gary Davis guilty of First Degree Intentional Homicide in the November  2022 death of 51 year old Jacquelyn Rooney.  Her body was found covered in her locked apartment on East Merrill Avenue with 14 stab wounds and blunt force head injuries.  Davis was also found guilty of Mayhem with a dangerous weapon […]

The state Department of Corrections is investigating another inmate death at Waupun Correctional Institution.  Sources tell WFDL news the inmate was  found dead in his cell in the segregation unit at the prison on Thursday.  The cause of death has not been determined.   This is the fourth prisoner death  at Waupun Correctional since a lockdown began on March 29.  The state Department of Corrections announced last month that movement at the prison […]

Nobody was injured when an airplane crash landed at the Fond du Lac County Airport to avoid deer on the runway.   Shortly before 6pm Friday the pilot of  the plane reported he was about 500 feet above the ground with the landing gear and flaps extended when he saw several deer running down the runway toward him.  The pilot said he was too low and flying too slow  to go […]

One person was killed in a vehicle vs pedestrian crash on Interstate 41 near Appleton.  The crash happened shortly after 8am Friday on southbound 41 near Meade Street.   According to the State Patrol witnesses reported a pedestrian was  exited a vehicle  and ran into the path of an oncoming commercial vehicle. The crash remains under investigation.

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Wisconsin Ethics Commission has recommended that state prosecutors file felony charges against a fundraising committee for former President Donald Trump and a Republican state lawmaker related to an effort to unseat Assembly Speaker Robin Vos.  The ethics commission on Tuesday referred the alleged violations to several county prosecutors, based on documents the commission provided Friday.  The commission alleges that Trump's fundraising committee and state Rep. Janel Brandtjen, a Trump […]