Month: September 2024

Lakeside Park Pedestrian Bridge Replacement – Oven to Fountain Island Schedule: September 16 through November 15, 2024 Description: Construction includes removal of the existing wood bridge structure, pouring new concrete abutments and setting a new steel truss bridge.  Site grading, restoration and asphalt pedestrian path will be replaced. September 16 to September 20: Crews will mobilize to the site, setup the crane and begin removing the old structure.  Barges will […]

The City of Fond du Lac Department of Public Works would like to share with public the upcoming improvements planned for the Lakeside Park Pedestrian Bridge Replacement – Oven to Fountain Island. Construction includes removal of the existing wood bridge structure, pouring new concrete abutments and setting a new steel truss bridge. Site grading, restoration and asphalt pedestrian path will be replaced. Beginning the week of September 16th , crews […]

SSM Health Fond du Lac Regional Clinic offering seasonal flu vaccinations With the flu season approaching, the SSM Health Greater Fond du Lac Regional Clinic is offering several seasonal flu vaccination clinics for adults and children. COVID-19 vaccines will be available in late October. Here is a complete listing: Lobby Concourse, 420 E. Division Street, Fond du Lac: October 1, 2 & 3; 23, 24 & 25, 7 am - […]

MADISON – Harvest is getting underway across Wisconsin and farmers are back to the fields. Tractors and other implements of husbandry (IOH) are allowed to operate on Wisconsin roadways but are often large and slow-moving which can cause confusion for drivers sharing the roads.  Fall harvest time can be one of the busiest and most dangerous seasons of the year for those involved in agriculture. For this reason, the third week […]

Hallo Waupun! (That's hello in German)  This weekend is Volksfest, and I hope to see you at the ice arena (old community center) all weekend long, but especially at the opening ceremonies at 10am on Saturday.  There's Bingo at 3 on Friday, a fish fry, and then Kiwanis Club Breakfast on Saturday morning.   You may have noticed that the water levels at the Mill Pond and the Rock River, upriver, […]

Photo caption: Linda Burmania, PT, (right), an SSM Health Waupun Memorial Hospital physical therapist, receives a BEE Award from Barb Schmitt PT, DPT, Therapy Services supervisor. Linda Burmania, an SSM Health Waupun Memorial Hospital physical therapist, has been named the newest recipient of the BEE (Be Exceptional Everyday) Award. Burmania was nominated by a patient who wrote: “Linda did a great job working with me on physical therapy on my […]

One person was seriously injured in a one vehicle crash in Fond du Lac County.  Shortly before 2am Friday rescue personnel were called to the scene on County Highway W north of Johnsburg and began treating the driver who was found on the highway near the vehicle before he was flown by helicopter to ThedaCare Regional Medical Center in Neenah.

A former facilities repair worker at the Waupun Correctional Institution has been convicted of smuggling contraband into the prison in exchange for bribe money. Forty seven year old William Homan of Fox Lake has pleaded guilty to receiving more than 120 bribe payments totaling nearly  $54,000 while working with inmates, former inmates and their associates.  A sentencing hearing is scheduled for December 12th. He faces a maximum sentence of five […]

A former Fond du Lac firefighter convicted of possession of child pornography is going to prison. Fifty one year old Edgar Ramirez Tellez was sentenced Thursday to three years in prison followed by three years extended supervision. He pleaded no contest in June to one count of possession of child pornography and nine other counts were dismissed. Ramirez Tellez was a nearly 19 year veteran of the fire department.