Month: July 2024

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden dropped out of the 2024 race for the White House on Sunday, ending his bid for reelection after a disastrous debate with Donald Trump that raised doubts about the incumbent's fitness for office. The unprecedented announcement, delivered less than four months before the election, immediately upended a campaign that both political parties view as the most consequential in generations.  The president — intent on serving out the remainder […]

No horses were injured in a fire that destroyed a horse storage shed at a Fond du Lac County campground. Shortly after 5:30pm Saturday firefighters were called to the Breezy Hill campground in the town of Byron to find smoke and flames coming from the roof. The fire appears to have started in an exterior electrical box and spread to the roof. Two people were treated at the scene for […]

A Kohler man was seriously injured in a motorcycle crash in Fond du Lac County. The crash happened Saturday afternoon on Highway 67 near Boy Scout Drive. A preliminary investigation indicates the motorcycle was northbound on 67 when it had a mechanical problem and crashed into a guardrail throwing both occupants. The operator, a 65 year old Kohler man, was flown by helicopter to a hospital with serious injuries. The […]

A Fond du Lac man was arrested over the weekend for his 5th OWI offense. Shortly before 5pm Saturday a State Patrol trooper observed driver impairment and pulled a vehicle over on Interstate 41 near County Highway N. Sixty four year old Leroy Threets was transported to the Fond du Lac County Jail on charges of OWI 5th offense, Operating While Suspended, and Deviation from designated lane.

More information is coming to light about a suspect involved in  Fond du Lac convenience store robbery.  Nobody was injured after a 19 year old North Fond du Lac man robbed the North Main Street Kwik Trip early Monday morning, just a few hundred feet from the police station.  Police Chief Aaron Goldstein says the suspect told employees to lock the front door and handed them a note demanding money.   Goldstein says when […]

Due to the heavy rains this month the city of Fond du Lac  diverted wastewater into a nearby storm sewer pipe at one location to help alleviate basement flooding.   These flows then discharge into nearby creeks, rivers and storm ponds.  The city says while this wastewater is untreated, it is so heavily diluted that it does not pose a threat to public health.  The bypassing occurred  Tuesday night, July 2.   City […]

MILWAUKEE (AP) — Activists who marched outside the Republican National Convention are trumpeting their efforts, despite crowd estimates falling short. Milwaukee police are praising their cooperation with other agencies in convention security, even as Ohio officers face scrutiny for the shooting death of a man. Some activists and attendees say there was more caution after the apparent assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump, while others say the setting was […]

MILWAUKEE (AP) — Republican officials, strategists and activists who packed into their national convention this week are exuding a confidence not seen in decades. Boos and infighting marred Donald Trump’s first convention in 2016. But this one in Milwaukee was defined by overwhelming displays of party unity as GOP leaders and even Trump skeptics reveled in the excitement of what many view as an all but certain victory in November. […]

Public Information Message East Division Street Closure: The Department of Public Works would like to inform the motoring public the one-day complete closure of East Division Street between Park Avenue and Everett Street . The closure will begin Monday, July 22 at 0700 and remain in place until the end of day Monday. The closure will be in place to allow the water utility to replace and restore a water service […]