MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wildlife officials are closing two more wolf hunting zones in northern Wisconsin. The Department of Natural Resources says Zones 1 and 4 will be closed to further hunting and trapping of wolves effective 6:30 p.m. Sunday. The DNR closed Zone 2 last week. Three of the state's six zones remain open. The wolf season began Wednesday. The DNR has set a statewide kill limit of 150 […]
Remember the polar vortex? It may be a distant memory this winter after federal forecasters said Thursday that a repeat of last year's extremely cold and snowy weather east of the Rockies is "unlikely." And in more good news, the Great Lakes area is expected to be drier than average this year. The winter weather forecast from meteorologists at the Climate Prediction Center said the western part of the U.S. […]
Fond du Lac police have arrested a 22-year old Fond du Lac man for attempted 1st degree Intentional Homicide in connection with a shooting incident that occurred during the early morning hours of September 28, 2014 at the Hometown Harbor Apartment Complex located at Seymour and Arndt Streets in the City of Fond du Lac. The 22-year-old suspect was arrested without incident Friday October 17, 2014 by Investigators from the Fond […]
Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen announced that sex offender Neil Becerra was sentenced in Juneau County this afternoon on multiple counts of repeated acts of sexual assault involving three different children. Sauk County Judge Patrick Taggart presided over the Juneau County case, sentencing Becerra, 43, to a total of 30 years confinement in the Wisconsin State prison system. On the first count of repeated acts of sexual assault of a […]
Fond du Lac firefighters are volunteering some of their time Saturday to help the Salvation Army stock their food pantry. Its all part of the Fond du Lac Boy Scouts food collection drive. Scouts are picking up bags of non-perishable food items for distribution to food pantries. Last year the Salvation Army received an estimated two tons of food. The Salvation Army says more than 30,000 pounds of food went out […]
This year, students of Parkside Elementary School were greeted back to school with two new pieces of playground equipment that were purchased from funds received from Box Top collections. Danaiyah Rhodes (standing), Jacob Williams (clockwise from Danaiyah), Alexander Picazo, David Javier, and Sierra Heimermann test out the new "Comet" playground equipment. The public is reminded that corporate loyalty programs like Box Tops, Labels For Education, Milk Moola, and Tyson Foods […]
Want to see the Gottfried Prairie and some nocturnal animal friends at night? The Gottfried Prairie & Arboretum is hosting a free Halloween Prairie Walk on October 28th from 6-8 PM, at UW-Fond du Lac, 400 University Drive, Fond du Lac. Rain date is planned for October 29th, same time. No pre-registration is necessary. Tours will leave the prairie shelter every 20 minutes. All ages are welcomed, but the event […]
The City of Fond du Lac would like to notify the public that due to a major system update/conversion, all City of Fond du Lac financial programs will be unavailable October 23-October 26, 2014. This will include payment processing, account inquiries, building permits, and all similar systems, as well as, online water payments and credit card processing. For your convenience, we ask that our customers please plan around these dates […]
The Downtown Fond du Lac Partnership has been awarded a $60,505 grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Farmers Market Promotion Program. The grant will be used to promote the Downtown Fond du Lac Farmers Market new location on Main Street and expand educational and community market related activities. “This grant will make a tremendous impact for increasing the awareness of the market and our downtown community,” said Amy […]