The Department of Public Works is informing motorists of the closure of Division Street between Main Street and Portland Street. The street will be closed Thursday, December 3rd for one day only. Division Street will be closed to allow a crane to be placed for rooftop work at the Ramada Hotel. Motorists are encouraged to find an alternate route as there will not be a signed detour.
Theisen Middle School sixth graders in Laura Knueppel’s Social Studies class along with their teacher and instructional assistant, Linda Barthuly, decided to express their appreciation to crossing guard Pedro Arellano Jr. for the valuable service he provides in helping to keep Theisen students safe...rain or shine. The students presented him with a gift basket containing hot cocoa mix, a hat and scarf, cookies, candy, chocolates, hand and foot warmers, a […]
No injuries in a fire that destroyed a vacant duplex. Firefighters were called to the scene at 307 West Second Street around 3am. Fire Chief Pete O’Leary says the duplex was recently purchased and was not occupied when the fire broke out.
A University of Minnesota doctor says removing football from the nation’s schools would reduce pressure on children to engage in a sport riddled with concussions. Dr. Steven Miles says across the country anywhere from five to 20 percent of players suffer concussions each season. "In the school environment there are special types of pressures that shape the choice for football. Furthermore in looking at the consent forms that school football […]
St. Mary's Springs head football coach Bob Hyland says great strides have been made to improve safety in youth football and says pushing the sport away from schools may make it less safe. Two University of Minnesota doctors say going to non school leagues would end the coercive pressure many kids face in high school. Fresh off another state championship last month, the Fond du lac coaching legend says he thinks […]
R Republican state senator Rick Gudex is not running for re-election and a Republican candidate has already stepped forward. Gudex told WFDL news he plans to return to the private sector to work in a managerial role with his former employer Brenner Tank. "I'm looking forward to the other lifestyle and spend more time with my daughter, she's playing basketball, and spend more time with my wife and my […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Republican lawmakers are circulating a bill that would scale back the water bodies that could be designated special natural areas. Currently, the Department of Natural Resources' board can designate a number of water bodies as areas of special natural resource interest where construction projects require permits. Under the bill, the designation could apply only to portions of waters with endangered species, wild rice waters, coastal wetlands […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Preliminary information shared by the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources indicates hunters killed more deer during this year's gun-deer season compared to last year. The agency reported Sunday that hunters registered nearly 175,400 deer through the first seven days of the nine-day season. The seven-day total included almost 85,800 bucks and more than 89,600 antlerless deer. 191,550 deer were registered by hunters in last year's gun-deer […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A third person has died in a firearm-related incident during Wisconsin's 9-day gun deer season. State Department of Natural Resources Warden Jon King says the family of a 50-year-old hunter found him at the base of a Marathon County tree stand on Sunday evening. The hunter had been shot in the chest. King says investigators believe the hunter shot himself while climbing in or out of […]