May 20, 2024 (Fond du Lac, Wisconsin) - Fond du Lac Festivals, Inc.(FFI) is excited to kick off the start of summer with Walleye Weekend (Friday, June 7th through Sunday, June 9th). Held annually at Lakeside Park in Fond du Lac, this year marks Walleye Weekend’s 45th year as the largest free family-friendly festival in the region. To celebrate this milestone, FFI is planning the most exciting Walleye Weekend yet. […]
Juneau, WI — The U.S. Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) is urging drivers to buckle up ahead of a national Click It or Ticket high-visibility seat belt enforcement effort. The national seat belt campaign, which coincides with the Memorial Day holiday, runs from May 20 to June 2, 2024. “We want seat belt use to be an automatic habit for drivers and passengers alike,” said Sergeant […]
A Fond du Lac woman is in custody following a high speed chase in the city of Fond du Lac. The chase started shortly after 11:30pm Monday in the area of N. Main Street and E. Rees Street. The vehicle drove through a construction zone and three intersections failing to stop for traffic signals, reaching speeds of 65 miles an hour before the pursuit was terminated. A Sheriff's deputy spotted the vehicle near Martin Avenue […]
A Nicaraguan man is in custody accused of sexually assaulting a child and human trafficking in Fond du Lac County. Early Sunday morning the Sheriff’s Office received a call from a town of Oakfield resident who said a child showed up at his door for help. The girl said she fled from a vehicle where a man had bound and blindfolded her and was attempting to assault her. Officers learned the identity of the […]
A Dodge County Sheriff’s deputy received minor injuries when his squad car crashed into a house during a vehicle chase. Fifty eight year old Harvey Cox of Wonewoc had a felony warrant for fleeing from his jury trial. He pulled over on his own and was arrested. A few minutes later a deputy responding to assist lost control on the rain covered road at the intersection of Highway 68 county highway A . The […]
A short-lived severe thunderstorm popped up in Fond du Lac County Monday morning and pummeled Waupun with golf ball size hail. Waupun emergency management director BJ DeMaa says a severe thunderstorm warning was issued at 10:25am Monday and five minutes later hail impacted the community for about five minutes. DeMaa says he has heard of hail damage to vehicles. He says its been a number of years since he's seen hail this […]
Fond du Lac police are responding to several calls for service this year at a neighborhood park and the police chief says it's "unacceptable." Police Chief Aaron Goldstein says since the beginning of the year police officers have responded 40 times to Plamore Park, for an average of eight calls per month. Goldstein says that compares to only 11 calls at Lakeside Park during the same time period. Goldstein says most of […]
A new report from the Wisconsin Office of Children's Mental Health finds that anxiety, depression, and PTSD, along with hypervigilance and fear are common mental health conditions of shooting survivors. The recently released fact sheet outlines the traumatic effect that school shootings have on the entire school community and long-term harm to youth mental health and well-being. Fond du Lac County Public Health Officer Kim Mueller says the report found that children who […]
A new AAA travel forecast predicts one of the busiest Memorial Day travel periods in Wisconsin since the turn of the millennium this year. State AAA spokesman Nick Jarmusz says this year's holiday season is expected to be the busiest since 2019. Jarmusz says Memorial Day is the traditional start to a very busy summer travel season. The AAA forecast shows nearly 817,000 Wisconsinites are expected to travel, up four percent from last […]