An Eden man was seriously injured in a silage truck crash in Fond du Lac County. The crash happened around 1pm Tuesday on County Highway B near Mulletview Road. A preliminary investigation shows the truck was eastbound on B when the front passenger side tire blew out causing the truck to veer off the road and overturn. The driver, a 42-year-old Eden man, was flown by Flight for Life helicopter to ThedaCare […]
SAULT STE. MARIE, Mich. (AP) — A ship that took on water in Lake Superior likely had a stress fracture in its hull, the U.S. Coast Guard said Tuesday, backing off an initial report that the freighter had struck something below the surface last weekend. “That would have been very peculiar,” said Lt. Joe Snyder at the Coast Guard post in Sault Ste. Marie in northern Michigan. “They were in open water.” […]
Four Fond du Lac men are in custody in connection with several vehicle entries in the village of Eden. Early Tuesday morning Fond du Lac County Sheriff's deputies were called to the Manor Hill Manufactured Home community for a report of several people entering vehicles. With the help of a drone, four suspects were found hiding in tall grass. Deputies also located a vehicle nearby and learned it was stolen from the City of Fond […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The same Democrat who led the Wisconsin Elections Commission during the contested 2020 presidential election will be back in the helm in the swing state this year. Ann Jacobs was unanimously elected by the bipartisan panel Monday. She was also the only commission member nominated to serve as chair. She will reprise the role she had from 2020 to 2022. The six-member commission administers and enforces […]
The chair of the Assembly committee on corrections says his committee will hold hearings following a Dodge County Sheriff's investigation into the deaths of four inmates at the Waupun Correctional Institution. The investigation has resulted in the arrested of nine staff members at the prison including the warden. Republican state representative Michael Schraa of Oshkosh says the findings of the investigations are "sickening" and says there will be oversight over the […]
The Waupun mayor says he was literally sickened when he heard the news about the findings of the investigation into four inmate deaths at the Waupun Correctional Institution. The Dodge County Sheriff announced last week that the prison warden and eight members of his staff have been charged following the investigation. "The sheriff and I have been friends a long time and we have a good working relationship and he did call me […]
MADISON — Gov. Tony Evers today, together with Wisconsin Department of Tourism Secretary Anne Sayers, announced Wisconsin’s tourism industry saw another record-breaking year in 2023. According to 2023 economic impact data, the tourism industry generated $25 billion in total economic impact, surpassing the previous record year of $23.7 billion set in 2022. “Wisconsin has so much to offer, from waterslides to watersports, hiking trails to contrails, and world-champion sports teams to […]
The Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra will perform at the Buttermilk Festival in Fond du Lac on Wednesday, June 19. It will be the MSO’s 23rd free Festival concert since the tradition began in 1992. The concert will begin at 7:15 p.m. at the Wifler Performance Center in Buttermilk Creek Park on South Park Avenue, and will be moved to the County Fairgrounds in the event of unsuitable weather. The concert will […]
The Fond du Lac School District (FDLSD) is proud to announce that Holiday Automotive has been selected for the 2023-24 Friend of Education Award. Each year, the FDLSD, in partnership with the Fond du Lac Education Association, recognizes an individual or group as a Friend of Education. “Holiday Automotive has been a strong community partner in Fond du Lac and the Fond du Lac School District is yet another beneficiary of […]