Month: May 2024

A Fond du Lac man convicted in a Fond du Lac fire bombing incident is going to  prison.   Fond du Lac judge Anthony Nehls on Friday sentenced Elliot  Schneider to 18 years in prison.  Schneider was convicted of property damage by use of  explosives, recklessly  endangering safety and bail jumping.  A  co defendant Jonas Johnson was earlier convicted and is awaiting sentencing.  Nobody was injured in the mailbox explosion and small fire near the […]

Four teenagers from the Madison area were killed in a pickup vs semi crash in Dodge County. The crash happened  early Monday morning when a pickup failed to stop at a stop sign at the intersection of County Highway TT and state Highway 60 and was struck by a semi. The driver of the pickup, a 19 year old Sun Prairie man, and two male passengers, ages 16 and 17 from Sun Prairie and […]

An attempted homicide suspect from DePere was arrested following a high speed  chase in Dodge County over the weekend.  Saturday afternoon the Dodge County Sheriff's Office located the suspect vehicle on state Highway 26, who fled at speeds of 125 miles an hour, exiting at State Highway 16 eastbound near Watertown.  The suspect exited the vehicle after going the wrong way on an off ramp and fled on foot.  Thirty one […]

Two women were rescued after their kayaks capsized on the Rock River in Fond du Lac County over the Memorial Day Holiday weekend. Shortly before 7:30pm Saturday the Fond du Lac County dispatch center received a call from one of the women who said they were stuck in downed timber in the river and unable to free themselves in the swift current.  A good Samaritan was in the water helping the women stay above […]

MILWAUKEE (AP) — A Milwaukee veterans park was adorned Friday with the last of more than 27,000 American flags for a Memorial Day weekend tribute to every Wisconsin resident who has died in service to their country from the Civil War onward.  Volunteers finished planting the last of the 27,316 American flags for the sprawling “Field of Flags” during a Friday morning ceremony at Milwaukee's Veterans Park, just north of the […]

Fond du Lac residents lined downtown Main Street for the Memorial Day parade hosted by the Disabled American Veterans.  The Parade and ceremony started at the corner of Rees and Main Streets, going south on Main Street ending at Veterans Park followed by the Memorial Day Ceremony.

Byron WI, May 6, 2024- Town of Byron veterans were honored at the annual Memorial Day tribute on May 27, 2024, at the Byron Town Hall and Veterans Memorial.   The program included an open house featuring military and historical exhibits, and a keynote address by Eleanor Rhodes on the significance of Memorial Day from a young person’s perspective. Ms. Rhodes, a Lomira High School student, is the 2024 second runner-up […]

City offices in the City/County Government Center will be closed on Monday, May 27, 2024 in observance of the Memorial Day holiday.  The Municipal Service Center will also be closed on May 27 for all services, including refuse and recycling collection and bulky waste drop off. There will be no refuse and recycling collection on Monday, May 27. • Refuse/garbage normally collected on Monday will be collected on Tuesday, May […]

Juneau, WI — The U.S. Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) is urging drivers to buckle up ahead of a national Click It or Ticket high-visibility seat belt enforcement effort. The national seat belt campaign, which coincides with the Memorial Day holiday, runs from May 20 to June 2, 2024. “We want seat belt use to be an automatic habit for drivers and passengers alike,” said Sergeant […]