FOND DU LAC – As spring weather sets into the area, the city’s newest warming shelter is marking the end of its successful first season, and readying the shelter for the next. On November 15, 2023, the Holy Family Warming Shelter opened on First Street to offer up to 30 single adults experiencing homelessness a place of safety and respite during the winter months. Through April 30, 2024, the Holy […]
Hello Waupun! The mayor's column is back! Sorry I didn't have one last week, but it was a super busy week and I just ran out of time. It's May! My favorite time of year. Baseball, warm weather, more daylight, and more time spent outside. With the nice weather our city public works crew installed the mill pond fountain for the season. Once again, Mike Rens went for a swim, […]
A Fond du Lac man is in custody in connection with the robbery of a local tavern. Shortly after 10pm Thursday Police responded to 18 Hands Ale Haus, for a report of an individual who had forcefully taken money from inside the business and threatened to assault the bartender. The bartender who was uninjured and learned that the suspect had fled on foot after taking money from the register. A search of the area […]
Local law enforcement officers, firefighters and Fond du Lac area residents gathered at Hamilton Park in downtown Fond du Lac Thursday afternoon to remember officers who have given their lives to protect the community. "I'm grateful we have come together to show that we will never forget," Fond du Lac Police chief Aaron Goldstein said. "This afternoon is a moment in time that we can focus on our undying commitment […]
Two people were injured, one seriously, in a three vehicle crash in Dodge County. The crash happened Wednesday afternoon on state Highway 33 near McKinley Beach Road. A preliminary investigation shows a minivan driven by an 84 year old Markesan man was northbound on Highway 33 and collided with a pickup truck operated by a 46-year-old Randolph man that had slowed to turn into a private driveway. The minivan then traveled into the […]
Fond du Lac police are continuing to investigate a violent domestic incident that sent an 11 year old boy to the hospital. A 31 year old Fond du Lac man faces multiple charges including Child Abuse-Intentionally Causing Body Harm, in connection with the incident early Monday morning at an East Scott Street apartment. Police Chief Aaron Goldstein says the Dispatch Center initially received a 9-1-1 call where the line remained open with no voice and […]
The Waupun School District superintendent says the shooting of an armed student at a Mount Horeb Middle School last week is a horrible situation. Steve Hill says Mount Horeb seems like a typical small town in Wisconsin. "It really just tells you that students across the state and across the country...there are mental health issues, and we have concerns about how can we best help them," Hill told WFDL news. Authorities […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A federal appeals court has cleared the way for utilities to finish building a high-voltage power line across a Mississippi River refuge. American Transmission Company, ITC Midwest and Dairyland Power Cooperative are in the final stages of constructing a 102-mile transmission line linking Iowa's Dubuque County and Wisconsin's Dane County. About a mile of the line would cross the Upper Mississippi River National Wildlife and Fish […]
MILWAUKEE (AP) — Milwaukee Bucks guard Patrick Beverley was suspended by the NBA on Thursday for four games without pay to begin next season for his actions during and after the final game of an Eastern Conference first-round playoff series with the Indiana Pacers. The league announced the suspension and said Beverley was getting punished for “forcefully throwing a basketball multiple times at spectators and an inappropriate interaction with a reporter during […]