A passenger was seriously injured in a one vehicle alcohol related crash in Dodge County. The Dodge County Sheriff’s Office says 24 year old Adam Bazaldua of Beaver Dam was flown by helicopter to the hospital following the crash early Sunday morning on Highway 60 at the intersection with Junction Road. A preliminary investigation shows that the driver, 24 year old Casey Sell from Beaver Dam, was driving northbound on […]
The City of Fond du Lac’s annual leaf collection will begin on Monday with crews starting in the northeast section of the city. The collection will proceed in a clockwise direction – to the southeast, southwest, and northwest sections. The leaf collection process will continue for approximately seven weeks, ending on Friday, December 4. Again this year there will be a map available on the City’s website indicating the […]
A suspect has been arrested in connection with a hit and run incident in Waupun. Shortly before 6am Friday a Waupun Officer conducted a traffic stop on a suspect vehicle on Main/Shaler Dr. The 58 year old male suspect admitted to being involved in the incident that occurred yesterday at the intersection of Main/Moore. Police are continuing their investigation to determine what citations will be issued to the […]
The City of Fond du Lac Water Utility says the bi-annual citywide water main flushing starts Monday. Flushing will start in the northeast section of the city and continue in the southeast neighborhood on Tuesday, the southwest area on Wednesday morning and finish in the northwest quadrant Wednesday afternoon, October 21st. Flushing operations will take place each day between 7:00 AM and 5:00 PM. Flushing is done to improve […]
The Public Service Commission of Wisconsin has approved a new $25 million transmission line project near Eden. PSC commissioners agreed on the need for the Creekview Interconnection Project and approved the north route proposed by ATC in its application filed earlier this year. The project manager says the 138,000-volt transmission line will support the low-voltage distribution system in the region by connecting to a new We Energies substation. The […]
PORTAGE, Wis. (AP) — A Beaver Dam woman has been acquitted of a first-degree intentional homicide charge stemming from the 2001 cocaine overdose death of her ex-boyfriend. A jury deliberated for four hours before finding Leah Jean Waldhart not guilty Friday night in the death of Curtis Wylesky. The 42-year-old Beaver Dam man was found dead by the side of a road near Fall River in 2001. The investigation into […]
The Gottfried Prairie and Arboretum presents a family friendly, luminary Halloween Hike on October 24th from 7 pm to 9 pm at the UW Fond du Lac campus, 400 University Drive, Fond du Lac. This year’s theme is What a Meal. Come and learn from five friendly characters talking about how they help the environment by what they eat: Monarch Butterfly, Brown Bat, Great Horn Owl, Coyote, and Prairie […]
The Wisconsin Brass Quintet will perform on the Searl Pickett Chamber Music Series on Friday, Oct. 24. The concert will begin at 7:30 p.m. at Church of Our Saviour, 9th and Main Streets in Fond du Lac. Single tickets are $15 and will be sold at the door; students are admitted free. Now in its 20th season, the Searl Pickett Chamber Music Series music series features some of the best […]
A Kenosha truck driver charged in the cold case slaying of a Sturdevant teenager has been bound over for trial on drug charges in Fond du lac County. Probable cause was found at a preliminary hearing Thursday for Dennis Brantner on five felony bail jumping counts, three counts of possession of narcotics and two misdemeanor drug possession counts. The charges carry a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison. […]