A fundraising site has been established for a 13-year-old Fond du Lac boy who was seriously injured after he was struck by a car while riding his bicycle. According to a Facebook page Grant Corbin is coming out of a medically induced coma at Children’s Hospital in Milwaukee. More than 70 people have donated nearly $2500 in a special hospital fund set up at gofundme.com to help pay for outstanding […]
Fond du Lac CongressmanTom Petri is the recipient of Japan’s second highest civilian honor. The Japanese Prime Minister presented Petri with the Order of the Rising Sun, Gold and Silver Star followed by an audience with His Majesty Akihito, the Emperor of Japan. For over a decade, Petri has been appointed to serve as one of two House Members on the Japan-U.S. Friendship Commission, an independent federal agency, and […]
The Fond du Lac County Clerk is predicting a voter turnout locally higher than the statewide projections. Liasa Freiberg predicts 68-percent of eligible voters in Fond du lac County will cast ballots in Tuesday’s election. "I took into consideration the Ripon School District referendum. I feel it is going to draw people over there. Fond du Lac county is typically higher than the state,' Freiberg said. Freiberg says in person […]
Ripon school district voters will go to the polls today to decide two separate referendum questions. Superintendent Dr. Mary Whitrock tells WFDL news the first question is a $29.1 million referendum to renovate the high school and construct an addition to create a combined middle school and high school. "It would demolish the existing middle school. That space would be converted to a parking lot and tennis courts, areas that […]
UNDATED (AP) — Many Wisconsin voters will see referenda to raise money for about 50 local school districts on Election Day ballots. Dan Rossmiller, the director of government relations at the Wisconsin School Boards Association, says school districts rely on referenda to get voter approval on projects that require borrowed money and to exceed state-imposed revenue limits on districts. More school districts have been asking taxpayers at the polls to […]
The Fond du Lac fire chief says it could have been a lot worse. Chief Pete O’Leary says a fire that damaged a duplex apparently started when a cigarette was discarded on a wood deck. "We think a cigarette may have thrown out underneath the deck and there's a lot of leaves and things like that. So its a careless mistake," O'Leary told WFDL news. O’Leary says the […]
Bail has been modified for a Fond du Lac man involved in an armed domestic standoff in Fond du Lac County last month. Fond du Lac judge Robert Wirtz ordered cash bail of $40,000 For 31 year old James Walsh. Bail was originally set at $60,000 cash. Walsh is charged with first degree recklessly endangering safety, possession of a firearm while intoxicated, misdemeanor battery-domestic abuse and disorderly conduct-domestic abuse. A […]
HAYWARD, Wis. (AP) — The restaurant that launched the Famous Dave's barbecue chain has been destroyed by fire in northern Wisconsin. Dave Anderson opened his first barbecue place on the shore of Round Lake in Hayward in 1994. The franchise has grown to more than 190 restaurants. CEO for the Minnetonka-based restaurant franchise, Ed Rensi, says the general manager of the Hayward restaurant saw a piece of equipment on fire […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A judge has declined to release videos of Republican attorney general hopeful Brad Schimel speaking at training seminars while his earlier decision saying they should be made public is appealed. Dane County Circuit Judge Richard Niess (nees) ruled Monday that the state Department of Justice's rights to appeal his ruling making the tapes public would be irreparably harmed if he allowed them to come out now. […]