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Wisconsin Attorney General Josh Kaul has announced that an arbitration panel of former judges has ruled in favor of the state in its dispute with cigarette manufacturers.  The win will result in Wisconsin receiving approximately $24 million in disputed funds.   Fond du Lac County Tobacco Prevention and Control coordinator Johanna Brotz says the ruling means that tobacco companies are being held accountable.   The dispute involved the annual payments that tobacco manufacturers owe […]

More than 200 new correctional officers will soon begin work at Wisconsin Department of Corrections facilities statewide.   DOC says it continues to see record-setting numbers of officers graduate from its six-week training academy.    The 214 graduates, who are part of one of the department’s largest classes, were celebrated at a graduation event held Wednesday at Madison College.    Applications for security staff grew following the passage of a new compensation plan included in Governor […]

The Fond du Lac city council this week is considering a TNR policy to deal with a feral cat population.   Under a trap, neuter, return program, feral cats are trapped, vaccinated, spayed or neutered, and returned to the area where they were trapped.   City manager Joe Moore says he believes the policy is compatible with the city's Bird City status, but also will put the feral cat population in check.  […]

MADISON, Wis. – The Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection (DATCP) is accepting nominations for eight seats on the Dairy Farmers of Wisconsin (DFW) Board of Directors. Nominations will be accepted from March 1 through March 30, 2024. The eight districts up for election are: District 2 – Forest, Florence, Langlade, Marinette, Oconto, and Vilas counties District 5 – Dunn and St. Croix counties District 8 – Marathon County […]

MADISON –  Representative Jerry O’Connor (R- Fond du Lac) is proud of the State Assembly’s accomplishments that focused on moving Wisconsin forward. This session, Assembly Republicans worked tirelessly to cut taxes, create affordable housing, invest in education, develop our infrastructure, support small businesses, and strengthen our economy.  “In this session, I focused on commonsense conservative solutions to our state's problems. That means working for a small, sensible, and effective government that […]

FOND DU LAC, WI – Individual game tickets for all 2024 Fond du Lac Dock Spiders home games will be available beginning on Leap Day – Thursday, February 29. Tickets may be purchased online at dockspiders.com, at the ballpark Box Office, and by calling (920) 907-9833 beginning at 9:00 a.m. on Thursday.   To celebrate Leap Day, the Dock Spiders will offer a ticket special that only comes along once every four […]

The National Weather Service, in conjunction with Fond du Lac County Emergency Management, will be hosting the annual storm spotter training. The session will run from 6:30pm until 8:30pm on Wednesday, April 3, 2024, at the Fond du Lac County Board Chambers, 160 S. Macy Street, Fond du Lac, WI.   Training will be led by a meteorologist from the National Weather Service and is FREE and open to the public. […]

A Fond du Lac man has been convicted in the stabbing death of a Fond du Lac woman.  A jury has found Gary Davis guilty of First Degree Intentional Homicide in the November  2022 death of 51 year old Jacquelyn Rooney.  Her body was found covered in her locked apartment on East Merrill Avenue with 14 stab wounds and blunt force head injuries.  Davis was also found guilty of Mayhem with a dangerous weapon […]

The state Department of Corrections is investigating another inmate death at Waupun Correctional Institution.  Sources tell WFDL news the inmate was  found dead in his cell in the segregation unit at the prison on Thursday.  The cause of death has not been determined.   This is the fourth prisoner death  at Waupun Correctional since a lockdown began on March 29.  The state Department of Corrections announced last month that movement at the prison […]