No serious injuries as rescue personnel responded to more than two dozen crashes on slippery roads in Dodge and Fond du Lac counties Thursday morning. Dodge County Sheriff Dale Schmidt says icy roads are to blame. Five vehicles including an ambulance were involved in a crash on Interstate 41 near Lomira. A portion of I-41 was closed between Highway B and state Highway 49 following the crash.
Two people were killed in a head on collision caused by a wrong-way driver on Interstate 41 in Dodge County. Preliminary reports indicate a vehicle traveling northbound in the southbound lanes of 41 collided head on with a southbound vehicle near state Highway 67. The driver of the northbound vehicle, an 82 year old Campbellsport woman, and the driver of the southbound vehicle, a 34 year old Oshkosh man, were pronounced dead at […]
GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — Federal inspectors have levied fines against two construction companies in connection with a worker's death at Lambeau Field earlier this year. The stadium is home to the Green Bay Packers. Twenty seven-year-old Joshua Shaw died in June after he was struck by a dumbwaiter car while working inside one of the stadium's video scoreboards. The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration Fined […]
MILWAUKEE (AP) — A vehicle wanted in connection with a homicide in Chicago smashed into a school bus while fleeing police in Milwaukee, sending multiple people to area hospitals. Milwaukee police say they began chasing the vehicle Wednesday morning. The vehicle collided with the school bus, which crashed into several other vehicles. The driver of the suspect vehicle fled but was captured after a foot chase. Two people in his […]
The Fond du Lac Public Works director says 2023 was a busy year for park improvements throughout the city of Fond du Lac. Paul DeVries updated the advisory park board at their meeting this week. DeVries says several major projects were completed at Lakeside Park. "The Lighthouse renovation and then right in that same neighborhood, Lighthouse Drive and making it a safer bike and pedestrian-way for those users," DeVries told WFDL […]
This is eye donation month. SSM Health Greater Fond du Lac in partnership with the Lions Bank of Wisconsin and UW Organ and Tissue donation is hosting tabling events this week to raise awareness about the importance of organ, eye and tissue donation. Lions Eye Bank Development specialist Anne Otter says donation can give the comfort of knowning their loved ones' wishes were honored and that they live on through donation. […]
Area high school students and local entrepreneurs are pitching their business ideas with the winners advancing to a regional pitch contest this week. Envision Greater Fond du Lac hosted their first ever This Pitch event earlier this month... one for high school students and one for adults. Envision Vice President of membership and resource development Joe Venhuizen says the high school competition showcased innovative ideas from Campbellsport, Laconia and North Fond du Lac High […]
The Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection (DATCP) announced five Wisconsin companies will receive a DATCP Buy Local, Buy Wisconsin (BLBW) Grant in 2023. BLBW is a competitive grant program designed to strengthen Wisconsin's agriculture and food industries by helping farms and businesses more efficiently process, market, and distribute locally grown food products. BLBW grants provide consumers with access to more Wisconsin-grown food products, including organic vegetables, hops varieties, […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Hunters killed significantly fewer deer during Wisconsin's nine-day gun season this year than they did last year, according to preliminary data released Tuesday by the state Department of Natural Resources. After kicking off with a slow opening weekend, hunters reported a total of 173,942 deer harvested from Nov. 18-26, a 17.6% decrease from the 2022 season and roughly 11% below the state's five-year average. Hunters in northern Wisconsin […]