A Fond du Lac County man was killed when a homemade meat smoker exploded over the weekend. Sheriff’s sergeant Jeff Bonack says town of Lamartine resident 55 year old Richard Zabel was attempting to relight an LP gas burner in a homemade smoker when the explosion occurred. Bonack says when Zabel tried to relight the burner the smoker blew open and struck him in the head. He was pronounced […]
Waupun police have arrested two people wanted in separate cases. Police Chief Dale Heeringa says a 20 year old woman was arrested at a Gateway Drive location for a felony drug warrant. "As they were taking her into custody officers noticed she was fumbling around with things in her pocket and tried to hide things or dump things," Heeringa told WFDL news. "They found she was also in possession of […]
U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin says a Senate Intelligience Committee report into the CIA’s harrowing interrogation practices after 9/11 reveals a chapter in our history that we need to learn from. The scathing torture report outlines sweeping allegations of CIA wrongdoing. "The major takeaway from this is that practices that were used in the months following 9/11 in some cases were harsher than what we even knew. In some cases were […]
Fond du Lac Congressman Tom Petri is speaking publically for the first time since the House Ethics Committee cleared him of any wrongdoing when he acted on behalf of two companies in which he owned a significant amount of stock. Petri says he's glad the committee closed the case against him and didn’t leave it hanging out there when he retires at the end of the year. "There's no […]
Fond du Lac Republican state lawmaker Jeremy Thiesfeldt says he wants to hear from constituents about right to work legislation. Republican lawmakers say they want to bring the issue forward early in the next legislative session even though Republican governor Scott Walker says he fears it would be a distraction. Thiesfeldt says his initial thought is that he supports the concept of right to work, but has not made […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin's elections board is considering changes to its model ballot design following a lawsuit earlier this year that argued the ballot was confusing and unfair. The Government Accountability Board was to vote Tuesday on what it wants a model ballot to look like for the spring election. Counties are required to "substantially follow" the model ballot but ultimately local officials can design the ballots as they […]
Representing local service club Soroptimist International of Fond du Lac, Meggin McNamara, left, presents a check for $500 to Julie Flaherty of the Fond du Lac County Sheriff's office for the Shop with a Cop annual holiday program, which was held on December 11.
LAKE DELTON, Wis. (AP) — Junior league hockey players sickened by an apparent carbon monoxide leak at a Wisconsin rink over the weekend are taking the day off from practice. Authorities have blamed an ice resurfacing machine for a suspected carbon monoxide leak that sent dozens of people to hospitals Saturday. The leak was discovered after players and others began feeling ill at a Lake Delton ice rink during a […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A number of Wisconsin state parks and forests will offer guided New Year's Day hikes. America's State Parks and American Hiking Society are teaming up with state parks around the country to promote so-called First Day Hikes as a healthy way to start 2015. The hikes will be offered at a number of state parks, including Buckhorn, Devil's Lake, Mirror Lake, Harrington Beach, Whitefish Dunes and […]