ST. NAZIANZ, Wis. (AP) — The last two Salvatorian nuns in the Manitowoc County village of St. Nazianz are pulling up stakes. When 91-year-old Sister Rita and 87-year-old Sister Jane leave Aug. 31 to spend their twilight years with two other sisters in Portage, it will bring down the curtain on a 119-year-old legacy of service. In August 1896, three Salvatorian nuns came to St. Nazianz by request to care […]
GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — Children across Wisconsin are heading back to school. Public safety officials are reminding motorists to be on the lookout for children boarding or exiting school buses. Figures from the Wisconsin Department of Transportation show there were nearly 800 citations given to drivers last year for failing to stop for a school bus. Lamers Bus Lines' Dave Vander Bloomen says drivers should give themselves extra time, […]
The state Department of Workforce Development says Best Buy in Fond du Lac is closing. DWD says aproximately 59 employees will be affected by the closing of the store on N. Pioneer Road. A store manager told WFDL news the store will be closing October 31st. The Department says the Fox Valley Workforce Development Board and Fox Valley Job Center will provide assistance to the affected workers. The […]
A Fond du Lac County war hero who was killed in action is finally getting the recognition he deserves. Congressman Glenn Grothman presented certificates for the Silver Star award to Eugene Burg on behalf of his deceased uncle, Staff Sergeant Herman Burg, of Mt. Calvary. Grothman says Burg received the Purple Heart and Silver Star for his heroic actions, but his military records were burned in a fire at the […]
Members of the Fond du Lac County Farm Bureau will hold their annual meeting on Monday, September 21, at 7:30 p.m. at the Holiday Inn in Fond du Lac. All Farm Bureau members are encouraged to attend this important meeting to help create policy resolutions and vote in elections for county board directors. Also being selected will be the county’s voting delegates for the WFBF Annual Meeting in Wisconsin Dells, […]
A Markesan man convicted of making bomb threats and violating restrictions of being a sex offender is going to prison. At a sentencing hearing Friday, Dodge County Circuit Court Judge Steven Bauer sentenced 33 year old Aaron Schreiber to two and a half years in prison and two and a half years extended supervision, as well as a withheld seven and a half years probation. In May, Schreiber entered an […]
Fond du Lac police are looking for a suspect in the armed robbery of a local motel. Assistant police chief Steve Klein says the Microtel Motel on South Military Road was robbed at gunpoint shortly after 2pm Sunday. Police received a report that a male entered the hotel and demanded cash from the register after he displayed a black handgun. After the suspect obtained an undisclosed amount of […]
An Oostburg man received what were described as life-threatening injuries in a car versus semi crash on Highway 23 east of Fond du Lac. Rescue personnel were called to the scene at the intersection of Highway 23 and G. shortly before 5:30pm Sunday. Sheriff’s sergeant Chris Dobyns says the driver of the car failed to stop for a stop sign and was struck by a semi tractor. The car driver, […]
MILWAUKEE (AP) — The state Department of Natural Resources says starry stonewort has been reported in six bodies of water in southeastern Wisconsin. Last fall, the invasive pest was discovered in a small section of Little Muskego Lake. Since that time, the DNR said Friday that the agency and its partners have confirmed its presence in Big Muskego Lake and adjoining Bass Bay in Waukesha County, Long Lake in Racine […]