A new report shows there were nearly 240 reports of bullying in the Fond du Lac School District last school year. The annual Climate Report says there were 46 bullying incidents at the elementary level, 150 at the Middle Schools and 41 at Fond du Lac High School. Superintendent Dr. Jim Sebert says a separate survey found 10 percent of 8th, 10th and 11th graders said they did not attend […]
Fond du Lac High School has a new assistant principal. The Fond du Lac School Board has approved the hiring of Kevin Krutzik to the post. Superintendent Dr. Jim Sebert says Krutzik comes to Fond du Lac from Oshkosh where he was the principal at Lourdes Academy and before that taught in the Manitowac School District. Kritzik replaces Anthony Pizzo who accepted a position in Pewaukee.
The cause of a fire last week that damaged a Fond du lac home will be listed as undetermined. Firefighters were called to 111 West McWilliams Street and found fire and smoke coming from the upstairs window of the home. The fire was extinguished quickly, but not before the upstairs suffered heavy fire and smoke damage. Assistant chief of fire prevention Troy Haase says at this point fire investigators are […]
Fond du Lac Fire/Rescue has teamed up with the JF Ahern Company to have an automatic residential sprinkler system installed in the 2015 Habitat for Humanity Home at 596 S. Main Street. The partnership with JF Ahern has provided the opportunity to install a sprinkler system in the FDL Habitat Homes for the past four years. Assistant chief of Fire prevention Troy Haase says a sprinkler system is a wise […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — University of Wisconsin-Madison researchers oppose a bill that would ban the use of aborted fetal tissue in Wisconsin. Federal law already bans the sale of fetal tissue, but donation is allowed. The bill scheduled for an Assembly committee hearing Tuesday would ban the use of aborted fetal tissue in experiments. The lead sponsor, Republican Rep. Andre Jacque, says he's changed the proposal from an earlier version […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A Wisconsin judge says two girls accused of stabbing a classmate to please the horror character Slender Man will stay in adult court, where they could face decades in prison. The 13-year-old girls' attorneys wanted the cases transferred to juvenile court, where the girls could be held for only five years. The girls are accused of luring Payton Leutner into the woods during a sleepover and […]
NEENAH, Wis. (AP) — Authorities are working to identify skeletal remains found near a truck that belongs to a Neenah man who's been missing for just over a year. The Oconto County Sheriff's Department says the red Ford Ranger pickup truck belongs to 22-year-old Kyle Blohm, who was last seen Aug. 8, 2014. The sheriff's office says a group of bear hunters found the truck Sunday in a forested area […]
Members of the Fond du Lac Fire Department Local #400, along with the Muscular Dystrophy Association, will kick off the fire fighters' annual Fill the Boot fundraising campaign to help save and improve the lives of people fighting muscle disease in the Fond du Lac area. Muscular dystrophy, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and other related life-threatening diseases take away people’s ability to walk, move, smile, talk and even breathe. More […]
August marks the grand opening of the new Horicon Marsh Explorium and now is the time to get the family out and enjoy the fun happenings and scenery at Horicon Marsh. All programs are free and open to the public and do not require advance registration, unless stated otherwise. * August 15, 6:30 -8:30 p.m.: Movies at the Marsh. The Movies at the Marsh series continues with a screening of […]