Wisconsin emergency management is reminding residents to take precautions to prevent frostbite during this week’s bitter cold weather. Emergency management spokesman Tod Pritchard says if you are driving…make sure you have a winter emergency kit and extra clothing. Pritchard says when its this cold it doesn’t take long for frostbite and hypothermia to set in. "...to make sure that people are thinking about the most vulnerable parts of their body […]
Fond du Lac police are investigating a spree of vandalism incidents involving near downtown buildings and vehicles this week. Police say at least ten incidents were reported at several locations including the Wells Manufacturing building on South Brooke Street and the former Casa Anna Cheese building on Forest Avenue. Police say there were similar incidents reported in other areas of the city as well. Anyone with information is asked to […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Fewer Wisconsin children died as a result of child abuse and neglect in 2013. That's according to a new report by the Wisconsin Department of Children and Families. Twenty children died compared with 23 in the previous year. But the state has seen an increase in alleged and substantiated abuse cases over the five-year period beginning in 2009. The number of substantiated cases of abusive head […]
A Waupun man accused of shooting at a car that pulled into his driveway faces up to 20 years in prison if convicted. Seventy seven year old Larry Bronkhorst is charged with recklessly endangering safety and obstructing an officer. According to a criminal complaint a Fox Lake man pulled into the driveway to read lighted anti-Obama signs near the road when someone shot out the driver’s side window of his […]
Three incumbents are running unopposed for Waupun Common Council. Julie Nickel in District 1, Ryan Mielke in District 3 and District 5 alderman Mike Johnson returned their nomination papers before Tuesday’s 5pm deadline.
Five dogs rescued shortly before Christmas after they were abandoned along the side of busy Highway 41 are up for adoption. Fond du Lac Animal Shelter manager Renee Webb says the dogs may have spent weeks in the elements before they were spotted by passing motorists. Webb says a couple of the dogs were easily captured…but authorities had to use a tranquilizer dart to capture one of the puppies. Webb […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The state Assembly is expected to consider limits on debates this week. The Republican-controlled Assembly is scheduled to convene its first floor period of the session Wednesday. The only item on the agenda is a Republican proposal to limit debate. Last session Republicans and minority Democrats agreed on time limits ahead of each floor period to keep debate from stretching into the wee hours. Now Republicans […]
MILWAUKEE (AP) — It's looking like another big winter for snowy owls in Wisconsin. Numerous sightings have been reported of the big birds staging their annual mass migration south from Canada. Ryan Brady, a research scientist with the state Department of Natural Resources, had recorded 226 snowy owls in Wisconsin based on data from a variety of sources. That's compared to 173 at the same time last year. Brady says […]
The Fond du Lac Moraine Park Technical College District Board announced that Bonnie Baerwald, who is presently the vice president of finance and administrative services at the college, has been selected to serve as interim president and will begin in this new role immediately. “Moraine Park has been fortunate to have so many skilled leaders within our ranks,” said District Board President Vernon Jung. “Bonnie Baerwald has provided a […]