(Dr. Tim Twohig with WFDL news director Greg Stensland) The head of Fond du lac Baseball Inc. says there’s no reason why kids shouldn’t be playing ball on the 4th Street baseball diamonds this summer. The gates to the diamonds have been locked after the school district renegotiated the lease with Baseball Inc. Fond du Lac School superintendent Dr. Jim Sebert says it was Baseball Inc’s decision to close the […]
WISCONSIN RAPIDS, Wis. (AP) — The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources is aiming to get more people in life jackets by installing kiosks that let people just grab one and go at popular swimming and boating locations. It's part of the agency's Kids Don't Float Program. The most recent kiosk was installed Friday near the Lake Wazeecha boat landing in Wisconsin Rapids. The agency's website says there were more than […]
NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — Presidential candidate Scott Walker is finding support among South Carolina Republicans for his pledge to scrap the nuclear deal that the Obama administration has negotiated with Iran. The Wisconsin governor is promising "crippling economic sanctions" instead, but he's not explaining how those penalties would differ from what's been imposed for years. Walker visited a Charleston-area Harley-Davidson dealership during a full day in the state, which […]
Clean up continues in Columbus after strong straight line winds toppled trees and power lines early Monday morning. Mayor Kelly Crombie says the community looks a lot better today than it did three days ago. "There wasn't a whole lot of structural damage, there were a number of homes with significant damage, but there were no total losses," Crombie told AM 1170 WFDL's Between the Lines program. Crombie says damage […]
Fond du Lac firefighters and the Green Bay Packers are launching a fundraising campaign to raise money with a goal of providing child ID kits to all children in the state. Director of the American Football Coaches Association National Child Identification program Kenny Hansmire says Fond du Lac is the first community in the country to participate in the Fill the Helmet campaign. "There's over 800,000 children reported missing every […]
MILWAUKEE (AP) — Pabst Brewing Company. is returning home to Milwaukee. The Los Angeles-based beer company said Wednesday it will open a new brewery on the site of its original Pabst Brewery. Pabst was founded in 1844 in Milwaukee.
The Fond du Lac County Fair gets underway Wednesday. The big name music entertainment this year include Grand Funk Railroad Thursday night, Great White and Slaughter on Friday and Montgomery Gentry on Saturday. One hundred 75 tractors from east central Wisconsin will participate in the Tractor Pull starting at 7pm Wednesday night. A horse pull will be held Sunday. St. Cloud native Valerie Kramer is the 2015 Fond du Lac […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Wisconsin Supreme Court is set to rule Thursday on whether a secret probe can continue into whether Gov. Scott Walker's 2012 recall campaign illegally coordinated with conservative groups. Unnamed petitioners have filed two lawsuits seeking to halt the John Doe proceeding, Wisconsin's version of a grand jury investigation where information is tightly controlled. Prosecutors have filed their own action seeking to reinstate quashed subpoenas in […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The University of Wisconsin Extension is making plans to reduce staff and leave vacancies open amid the largest cut in state support it's ever faced. The $5.2 million reduction is part of the state budget signed by Gov. Scott Walker. It represents an 8 percent cut in state funding for UW Extension, a university system whose mission includes educating communities that lack a four-year campus. Under […]