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The Fond du Lac School District has a new Recreation Department coordinator.  The Fond du Lac School Board has approved the hiring of Bill Greymont to the post.  Superintendent Dr. Jeff Fleig says Greymont was recently hired as an assistant principal at Fond du Lac High School and will start his position at the Recreation Department after the district hires a new assistant principal.  Dr. Fleig says Greymont has an extensive background in […]

TOWN OF MAPLE GROVE, Wis. (AP) — Investigators are recommending criminal charges against two teens in connection with a bonfire explosion at a party in northeastern Wisconsin last month that resulted in critical burns to some in attendance. Shawano County sheriff’s officials are asking prosecutors to charge a 17-year-old from Green Bay with second-degree reckless injury and injury by negligent handling of fire. A 16-year-old Pulaski boy could face the […]

For the third year, Holy Family Catholic Community in Fond du Lac will offer 400 free Thanksgiving meals for  pickup on Wednesday, November 23—the day before Thanksgiving.  Anyone is welcome to  register for a meal, including those with families, those who will be alone, those who are homebound, and those who cannot afford a meal.   Holy Family's Sarah Razner says the first meals were distributed amid the COVID pandemic in 2020.  If […]

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) — Three University of Virginia football players killed in an on-campus shooting were remembered Monday by head football coach Tony Elliott as “all good kids.” Devin Chandler, Lavel Davis Jr., and D’Sean Perry were returning from a class trip Sunday night when authorities say they were killed by a fellow student. The young men were athletes who’d been journeying through varying periods of transition in their college […]

Fond du Lac police are investigating the death of a Fond du Lac woman, and are calling the death suspicious.   Police responded to a check welfare call Saturday morning in the 100 block of East Merrill Avenue and found the body of a 51 year old Fond du Lac woman inside her residence.  According to a press release detectives are investigating the circumstances that led up to the woman's death and an autopsy is being […]

Nobody was injured when a gas grill next to a house in Fond du Lac caught on fire over the weekend.  Shortly after 11:30am Sunday firefighters were called to 116 Chestnut Street to a report of an explosion and fire. When firefighters arrived on the scene the fire had been extinguished by the homeowner.  The fire damaged the grill, propane cylinders, and one soffit section on the exterior of the house. Investigators say the grill […]

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Cooper DeJean returned an interception for a touchdown and set up another score with a 41-yard punt return as Iowa defeated Wisconsin 24-10 on Saturday.  The Hawkeyes (6-4, 4-3 Big Ten) moved into a tie for the Big Ten West lead with their third consecutive win. Iowa, ranked 129th nationally in total offense, had just 142 yards and averaged 2.1 yards per play, but took advantage […]

The Fond du Lac County Board has adopted the 2023 county budget.   County executive Sam Kaufman says  the  budget includes a change in the county's  insurance carrier to save money.   Kaufman says the county is switching to Dean Health Care after the current   carrier came back with a 19-percent or $2.4 million increase.  Kaufman says with skyrocketing operational costs the budget reflects the county operating within it's means.

Nine dairy cattle died when a semi-tractor trailer tipped over Dodge County.  The crash happened shortly after 9pm Thursday on the northbound Highway 151 on ramp from Highway 26.  The driver of the  Peterbilt with a loaded cattle hauler pulled onto the shoulder to stop. The shoulder was soft and the tractor trailer began to slide down the  embankment. He was unable to correct the tractor trailer and it tipped over […]