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MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The surprise retirement of a GOP congressman in a solidly Republican Wisconsin congressional district has potential candidates weighing a run, even as a former state lawmaker quickly jumped into the race. U.S. Rep. Mike Gallagher announced Saturday that he won’t run for a fifth term representing the 8th Congressional District in northeast Wisconsin. The abrupt move came just days after he angered his fellow Republicans by […]

The Fond du Lac Area United Way has reached it's fundraising goal.  United Way executive director Amber Kilawee says the fund drive has topped the goal of $575,000.  "We are so fortunate to have a resource-fortunate community, and it's really because of the donors and the folks that believe in the health and human service network, "  Kilawee told WFDL news."   This year's pacesetter was the Fond du Lac Regional Clinic.

Sue Fischer says she doesn't want other parents to have to go through what her family has gone through.  Fischer's son Kevin was living in Seattle when he died in 2020 at the age of 39 after taking Ocycontin pills laced with fentanyl.  "Kevin was born and raised in Fond du Lac, played in band in high school, was a regular kid.  He moved out to Washington as an adult.  Kevin had […]

Fond du Lac, Wisc.: Moraine Park Technical College Nursing student, Nicholas Santiago of Menominee Falls, received the DAISY Award for Extraordinary Nursing Students at the West Bend Campus Pinning Ceremony.   The award was created to recognize and celebrate nursing students for the above-and-beyond care and compassion shown to patients and their families. The DAISY Foundation hopes that this program will inspire and motivate students to provide the best clinical skills possible and to impact […]

The SSM Health Fond du Lac Volunteers have scheduled a Collective Goods sale from Tuesday, February 20 to Friday, February 23 in the SSM Health St. Agnes Hospital lobby concourse, 430 E. Division Street, Fond du Lac.  The sale is scheduled from 9 am to 4 pm on February 20, 21, and 22, and from 9 am to 3 pm on February 23.  Don’t miss this opportunity to purchase quality hardcover books […]

A suspect in an armed robbery in West Bend was arrested in Fond du Lac County over the weekend.   The Fond du Lac County Sheriff's Office was able to track the suspect to a residence in Campbellsport Saturday and surrounded the residence.  When the suspect attempted to leave, sheriff's deputies conducted a high-risk stop and took him into custody without further incident.  Nobody was injured.  The suspect was turned over to West Bend police.

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — U.S. Rep. Mike Gallagher says he won't run for a fifth term in Congress. The Wisconsin Republican announced his retirement Saturday, just days after he refused to vote with his fellow House Republicans to impeach Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas. The GOP wants to oust Mayorkas to punish the Biden administration over its handling of the U.S.-Mexico border. An impeachment vote fell just one vote short […]

A West Bend man arrested in connection with a fatal hit and run crash in Fond du Lac County has been bound over for trial.   Probable cause was found at a preliminary hearing Friday for Jatziel Encarnacion on a charge of hit and run causing great bodily harm.   He is accused of striking a 19 year old woman after she was ejected from a vehicle involved in a crash on Highway 45 near the Fond […]

The Fond du Lac County Sheriff's Office has a warning for sturgeon spearers this sturgeon spearing season.  Stay off Lake Winnebago.   "The rain did not help anything and then the wind,"   Fond du Lac County Sheriff's Lieutenant Chris Dobyns told WFDL news ice conditions  went from bad to worse late Thursday into Friday.  "On the east shore there's ice shoves,  Stockbridge, Quinney area, 15-20 feet high and it looks like […]