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UPDATE: Advisory for PM2.5 & Ozone Counties: Statewide Comments: Canadian wildfire smoke has remained evident across Wisconsin Thursday night through Friday morning. However, surface concentrations continue to be lower than initially anticipated. Southerly winds will increase in magnitude Friday night into Saturday, preventing additional transport of smoke into Wisconsin from the north. Concerns for smoke-enhanced ozone have also decreased with the lower levels of observed smoke, but conditions will continue […]

BARABOO, Wis. (AP) — A man who died Tuesday after he fell from a bluff while hiking in a Wisconsin state park has been identified as a 42-year-old from Indiana. The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources said Thursday that the Sauk County coroner identified the man as 42-year-old Jason Gillum, of Fort Wayne, Indiana. The DNR says Gillum died when he fell 49 feet at Devil’s Lake State Park’s West […]

A fifth defendant arrested for election fraud in Fond du Lac County is going to jail.   Edward Malnar has pleaded guilty to felony Election Fraud, voting in Michigan and Wisconsin in the November 2020 election and obstructing an officer.   Fond du Lac judge Laura Lavey sentenced Malnar to 15 days in jail and a $3500 fine.   Before handing down the  sentence Judge Lavey credited the defendant’s military service in Vietnam but said […]

Every summer Fond du Lac families participate in a back to school supply give away.  Event organizer Jason Porter says more than two thousand kids  signed up for this year's event.  Fond du Lac School District Equity Coordinator Terrance Lofton says with the start of school right around the corner the program is greatly needed and appreciated.  Distribution Day was held Saturday at the Fond du Lac Boys and Girls […]

Several Fond du Lac County Highway reconstruction projects are ongoing heading into the final weeks of August.   Fond du Lac County Highway commissioner Tom Janke says projects on state Highways 45 and 26 are underway.  Janke says work is also continuing on County Highways SS, B, Y, E and East Pioneer Road between Highway V to Martin Avenue.   Meanwhile, Janke says some residents who live in the area are asking the county to […]

Wisconsin's unemployment rate is up slightly in July.   The state Department of Workforce Development say the state's seasonally adjusted unemployment rate was 2.6 percent in July, up from a record low of 2.4 percent in April and May.  Wisconsin's total nonfarm jobs hit a new high of three million, seven-thousand-200, an increase of 4,700 over the previous month.  The national unemployment rate was 3.5 percent last month.

SSM Health Waupun Memorial Hospital, through its Mission Action Team, is sponsoring a free community rummage for individuals and families within the Waupun community.  The sale is scheduled from 8 am - 4 pm on Wednesday, August 23, and from 8 am – 2 pm on Thursday, August 24 in the hospital’s Marsh Conference Room (lower level), 620 W. Brown Street in Waupun.  It will feature gently-used clothing for all […]

E Johnson Street Bridge – Over DeNeveu Creek Description: The project includes bridge restoration. Work includes repainting the bridge railing, staining the concrete parapets, curb and gutter, clearing trees and slope restoration. Crews will also install an epoxy overlay on the deck and sidewalk. August 21 to August 25: Contractor completed the concrete staining and restoration work. Weather pending the epoxy overlay crew will be installing the overlay on Mon. […]

A Fond du Lac jury has found a man considered to be the ringleader in a  drug conspiracy guilty.  Lateef Strong was convicted of conspiracy to deliver cocaine, punishable by up to 65 years in prison.  Strong was the last of over 15 defendants charged to have their case resolved.  The conspiracy spanned from Fond du Lac County to Milwaukee and Chicago. District Attorney Eric Toney says the cocaine distributgion ring was responsible for delivering more […]