How well do you know Lakeside Park? Dr. Fred Born, a local historian, will tell “The History of Fond du Lac's Lakeside Park: The Most Complete Story of this Amazing Park on Thursday, Feb. 8 at 6 p.m. in the McLane Room at the Fond du Lac Public Library. Discover interesting facts about Lakeside Park, learn about its early days, and view rarely seen images and maps from the park’s […]
The state Department of Corrections says movement continues to increase at prisons in Waupun and Green Bay. WFDL news was first to report nearly a year ago that the Waupun Correctional Institution had been placed on modified movement as a result of continued defiance and disruption by inmates. Beginning Wednesday the DOC lifted the personal hygiene administrative rule suspension, made possible by relocating 11 additional security staff from other facilities to […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin Republicans proposed a constitutional amendment Wednesday that would curtail the governor's veto powers by prohibiting a veto to increase any tax or fee. The move comes after Democratic Gov. Tony Evers used his partial veto in July to increase school funding for public schools for the next 400 years. Republicans proposed a similar amendment in 2019 after Evers used his partial veto to increase school funding by […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Democrats are appealing a judge's dismissal of their lawsuit as they once again seek to allow Wisconsin voters to return absentee ballots in drop boxes, bringing the challenge one step closer to the liberal-controlled state Supreme Court. Absentee ballot drop boxes were barred in Wisconsin in 2022 following criticism by former President Donald Trump. Attorneys for the national Democratic firm the Elias Law Group filed notice Tuesday that it […]
With sturgeon spearing season right around the corner above normal temperatures are in the forecast for the foreseeable future. National Weather Service meteorologist Denny Van Cleve says high temperatures are expected to be close to 10 to 15 degrees above normal into next week. "We were expecting it to be a mild winter with El Nino. It's not unusual to get a warm-up in winter but to have these […]
The Dodge County Sheriff says a high speed chase over the weekend reached dangerous speeds in foggy conditions. A DeForest man was clocked in excess of 130 miles an hour early Sunday morning on state Highway 60 east of Columbus. Sheriff Dale Schmidt says fortunately the suspect eventually pulled over and nobody was hurt. "Very unfortunate those individuals make those decisions to flee," Schmidt told WFDL news. "Fond du Lac County (chases) […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A Wisconsin judge ruled Tuesday that state regulators can force factory farms to obtain permits before they discharge pollutants, ensuring protections continue to apply preemptively for lakes, streams and drinking water. Calumet County Circuit Judge Carey Reed issued the decision from the bench in a lawsuit brought by factory farm lobbyists, finding the state Department of Natural Resources has clear legal authority to protect the state's waters. “This […]
MADISON, Wis. – Tax-related identity theft involves the theft and misuse of your Social Security number (SSN). It generally happens in one of two ways: someone uses your SSN to get a job and their employer reports that person’s income to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) as if it were yours, or someone uses your SSN to file for your tax refund. You may not even know your identity has […]
MADISON, Wis. – The Wisconsin Department of Justice (DOJ) Office of School Safety (OSS) today kicked off the first of eleven Behavioral and Threat Assessment Management (BTAM) trainings around the state of Wisconsin. These trainings are designed to provide school administrators, school mental health professionals, security personnel, community partners, and law enforcement with an understanding of why threat assessment is an important part of violence prevention in schools. “We must […]