The Fond du Lac school board will consider one teacher retirement and several resignations at their meeting Monday evening. Twelve teachers including four elementary, three middle school and three high school teachers are resigning due to a variety of reasons. Some have accepted positions in other school districts, others are getting out of the teaching profession.
REDGRANITE, Wis. (AP) — An 18-year-old Appleton woman has drowned in Redgranite Quarry in Waushara County of central Wisconsin. Redgranite Police Chief Kyle Tarr says authorities got a call just after 6 p.m. Friday of a swimmer who hadn't surfaced. Divers recovered the body of Alaya HuaChee Lo about an hour later. The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources says the quarry is a six-acre lake that's up to 163 feet […]
TOWN OF DEKORRA, Wis. (AP) — A 29-year-old man and his 4-year-old son have drowned in the Wisconsin River in the Town of Dekorra. The Columbia County Sheriff's Office says in a statement that it got a call about 1 p.m. Friday that five people were in the river and yelling for help. Sheriff Dennis Richards says they were on a sandbar that gave way. Deputies rescued a woman and […]
The Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra will return to perform at the Buttermilk Festival concert series in Fond du Lac on Wednesday, July 1. The 7:15 p.m. concert will be at Buttermilk Creek Park on South Park Avenue, and will be moved to the County Fairgrounds Recreation Building in the event of unsuitable weather. The program of light classics and patriotic selections will feature MSO Executive Director Mark Niehaus narrating Aaron […]
In February the Dodge County Sheriff’s Office requested assistance from the public to help with selecting a new graphic design for Dodge County Squad Cars. After the request went out, the Sheriff received 100 different designs from citizens all over the county and from people of all ages. Sheriff’s office administration narrowed down the choices and the Sheriff made a final decision to go with a design that was submitted […]
A North Fond du Lac man has been convicted of setting his ex-girlfriend’s apartment on fire. At a hearing this week Laney Amons pleaded no contest to arson. He will be sentenced in October. Assistant police chief Steve Klein says Amons was accused of setting fire to the Home Town Harbor apartment complex on North Seymour Street a little more than a year ago. According to a criminal complaint […]
A Fond du Lac woman was killed in a two vehicle traffic crash on the Highway 151 Bypass. The Sheriff’s Office says a car operated by 80 year old Michael Butterfield of Fond du Lac was attempting to turn from the northbound lanes of the Bypass to travel west on Rienzi Road and turned his vehicle into the path of a southbound pick-up truck. A passenger, 86 year old Susan […]
Fond du Lac city officials are exploring an ordinance that would allow food trucks to operate throughout the city. Community Development director Diane Benson says the City’s current ordinance is limited to operating food trucks in the downtown and they must be associated with a restaurant. "So its a very limited ordinance and we'd like to potentially see that expanded if the council supports that as well as the advisory […]
Fond du Lac County officials are eyeing a site just outside the City of Fond du Lac for a new Highway garage and hope the county board will approve the land purchase this summer. Fond du Lac County Highway commissioner Tom Jahnke says the Highway Department has outgrown its current facility on Dixie Street. "You can kick the can down the road and we've been doing that for quite a […]