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Fond du Lac residents are using social media to criticize a restaurant for demanding payment from firefighters who didn’t pick up their order because they were responding to a fire.  On Friday June 5th  six firefighters ordered takeout from the Cool River Sports Grill and Bar but then were called to a garage fire and later the vacant convent building fire.  Division Chief of Fire Prevention Troy Haase says the […]

Fond du Lac Festivals estimates a slight increase in attendance at  this year’s Walleye Weekend despite the rain.  Fond du lac Festivals director Leanne Doyle  says  overall attendance was estimated at 65,000 compared to 63,000 last year.  Doyle says Friday’s attendance was estimated at about 15,000, 34 thousand on Saturday and 16,000 for Sunday.

The Fond du lac School superintendent says Fond du Lac Youth Baseball and the Recreation Department are making it work even though kids have fewer diamonds to play baseball on this summer. Superintendent Dr. Jim Sebert says Baseball Inc. decided to close the 4th Street ball diamonds this year after the district ended its lease agreement with the organization.  "They are two very nice diamonds but they are the property […]

The Fond du Lac County board has approved a supplemental  wage increase for the union representing a group of social services employees.  County Executive Al Buechel says because of Act 10  the group received a smaller pay increase this year compared to other non-union employees.  "There's another factor we have to keep in mind.  They are part of a five county consortium and their wages are way below the other […]

A Fond du Lac man has been charged with sexually molesting two girls nearly two decades ago.  Fifty six year old William Thomas is charged with two counts of sexually assaulting a child and one count of exposing genitals.  According to a criminal complaint Thomas is accused of fondling two girls when they were eight or nine in the mid 1990s.

Now that the new speed limit has been posted in Interstate 41…local law enforcement has a message for motorists.  The new 70 mph limit will be strictly enforced.  Fond du Lac County Sheriff’s Captain Rick Olig says deputies have been instructed to strictly enforce the new speed limit.  "The speed limit is 70, that's the bottom line, strict enforcement, 70 mph, " Olig told WFDL news.  " The concern is […]

The Fond du Lac police department will be hosting series of public forums for the east district .  The forums will be held Wednesday, next Tuesday and Thursday at the American Legion Hall on Fond du Lac Avenue.   Wednesday's forum starts at 3:30pm.  Residents are invited to discuss crime and neighborhood issues in the eastern district.  

The Department of Public Works would like to inform the motoring public of the eastbound lane closure on East 1st Street between Portland Street and Marr Street. The closure will begin Wednesday, June 17th and will remain closed for approximately two weeks. Access to driveways and local businesses will remain open. The closure is due to contractor work being completed at 54 E 1st Street. The public is asked to […]

Wisconsin state revenue secretary Rick Chandler says a plan to finance a new Milwaukee Bucks arena unveiled a week and a half ago  is a good deal for the state.  Chandler told AM 1170 WFDL's Between the Lines program the state would be putting in $80 million over the next 20 years with $299 million in return in income tax payments.  "That's better than a 3-1 return and so we […]