The number of sturgeon spearers braving uncertain ice conditions on the Lake Winnebago System for the opening weekend of the sturgeon spearing season was down significantly. DNR sturgeon biologist Margaret Stadig says by law the DNR can't cancel the sturgeon spearing season regardless of the ice conditions. Stadig says check with local fishing clubs before you go out on the ice and if you do go out don't go out […]
Bail was set at $25,000 cash for a Mississippi man who escaped while making a Fond du Lac County Circuit Court appearance nearly three years ago. WFDL news obtained a video of the escape through an open records request. Thirty three year old Terry Bacon was in court in July of 2021 when he suddenly sprinted and leaped over several courtroom benches and ran out the door. Fond du […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Wisconsin Elections Commission has complied with court orders and voted to tell the more than 1,800 local clerks who run elections in the battleground state that they can accept absentee ballots that are missing parts of a witness’s address. The commission voted 5-1 Thursday to adopt the new guidance for absentee ballot envelopes with a “missing” address. The Republican-controlled Legislature and the conservative group Priorities […]
EVANSVILLE, Wis. (AP) — The first tornado ever recorded in Wisconsin in the usually frigid month of February came on a day that broke records for warmth, the type of severe weather normally seen in the late spring and summer. The storms left a swath of destruction that included dead and missing cows, roofs blown off of homes, destroyed storage sheds and barns, trashed vehicles and shattered windows. At least […]
Despite unusually warm temperatures Sturgeon Spectacular will take place this weekend in downtown Fond du Lac. Fond du Lac Festivals director Pete Wilke says this year all activities scheduled for Lakeside Park are moving to downtown Fond du Lac. "Obviously there's been some changes that we've had to make," Wilke told WFDL news. "Our heart goes out to all the sturgeon spearers that don't feel safe going out on the […]
A bipartisan bill to honor a state patrol trooper who was gunned down in the line of duty is another step closer to the House floor. Wisconsin Republican Congressman Glenn Grothman is leading the Wisconsin Congressional delegation on a bill to designate the U.S. Post Office in Kiel as the “Trooper Trevor J. Casper Post Office Building”. The bill has passed through the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability. The next step is the House […]
Wiscconsin Democratic U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin has introduced bipartisan legisltation designed to protect children from the dangers of e-cigarettes. Fond du Lac County Tobacco Prevention and Control coordinator Johanna Brotz says the Resources to Prevent Youth Vaping Act would require e-cigarette manufacturers help conduct stronger oversight of the industry and increase awareness of the danger of e-cigarettes. Brotz says the bill would hold e-cigarette companies accountable for the youth vaping crisis. In Wisconsin […]
(Washington, D.C.) – Congressman Glenn Grothman (R-WI) introduced the No Industrial Restrictions in Secret Act (No IRIS Act) to reduce undue red tape imposed by the Biden Administration through the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Integrated Risk Information System (IRIS). This bill is supported by the American Chemistry Council as well as Hexion Specialty Chemicals, who has a manufacturing plant in Sheboygan. It is companion legislation to Senator John Kennedy’s (R-LA) bill […]
MADISON, Wis. – Attorney General Josh Kaul is leading a bipartisan coalition of 42 attorneys general in urging the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives to authorize much-needed 2024 bridge funding for the federal Crime Victims Fund (the “VOCA Fund”). The VOCA Fund supports the provision of essential direct services for crime victims and survivors across the country. According to the U.S. Department of Justice’s Office for Victims of Crime, […]