JUNE 1, 2023 (Fond du Lac, Wisconsin) – Fond du Lac Festivals, Inc. (FFI) is excited for another year of the long-running festival in Fond du Lac. Walleye Weekend will return to Lakeside Park on June 9 th –11 th . 100% of the money raised over the weekend goes to area nonprofit partners. In 2022, the festival raised over $230,000 through various fundraising efforts. Walleye Weekend hosts many returning […]
MADISON, Wis. – June Dairy Month is a special time in Wisconsin. As summer starts, we celebrate the many hardworking Wisconsin farmers and processors who make our state a leading source for quality dairy products across the U.S. and worldwide. Wisconsin’s dairy industry gives us much to be proud of and to be grateful for, both during June Dairy Month and all year long. Rooted in a history older than the […]
Advisory for Ozone (Orange) Start Date/Time: Thursday, June 1 - 12:30 pm CDT End Date/Time: Thursday, June 1 - 11:00 pm CDT Counties: Adams, Brown, Calumet, Columbia, Dane, Dodge, Door, Douglas, Florence, Fond du Lac, Forest, Green Lake, Jefferson, Juneau, Kenosha, Kewaunee, Langlade, Lincoln, Manitowoc, Marathon, Marinette, Marquette, Menominee, Milwaukee, Oconto, Oneida, Outagamie, Ozaukee, Portage, Racine, Rock, Sauk, Shawano, Sheboygan, Vilas, Walworth, Washington, Waukesha, Waupaca, Waushara, Winnebago, Wood. Comments: The […]
Fond du Lac police have released the identity of a body found in a wooded area behind a Fond du Lac residence. Police Chief Aaron Goldstein says the deceased individual has been identified as 41 year old Tristan Phillips. Goldstein told WFDL news that Phillips had ties to the Fond du Lac area. Phillips' body was discovered May 23rd in the 500 block of West Scott Street by a Fond du Lac […]
Periods of heavy rain prompted the National Weather Service to issue a flood advisory for Fond du Lac County Wednesday afternoon. The advisory was issued following heavy rain due to thunderstorms that resulted in minor flooding and ponding of water in low-lying and poor drainage areas in the Fond du Lac area.
A high speed chase suspect was captured in Fond du Lac County with the help of a drone. Fond du Lac County Sheriff's captain, Bill Tadych, says the chase started shortly after 9:30pm Tuesday in Winnebago County. Tadych says the suspect fled the vehicle in the area between Interstate 41 and Highway 151 and Lost Arrow Road. Tadych says the Sheriff's Office drone spotted the suspect running in a field and the suspect […]
GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — A Green Bay man has been sentenced to life in prison for a drug-related killing in which prosecutors said the victim’s body was later burned at his order. Thirty-four-year-old Pedro Santiago-Marquez was sentenced Tuesday in Brown County Circuit Court to life in prison with the possibility of release on extended supervision in July 2064. The Green Bay Press-Gazette reports a jury convicted Santiago-Marquez in March […]
This summer is expected to be a scorcher for millions of Americans in the West, South and East, according to a long-range outlook issued by NOAA's Climate Prediction Center. The forecast covers the three month period of June, July and August. National Weather Service meteorologist, Denny Van Cleve says Wisconsin and the Midwest is predicted to see temperatures relatively close to average. While the the long-range forecast calls for a wet summer […]
The Fond du Lac Department of Public Works would like to inform the motoring public the closure of East First Street from Park Avenue to Everett Street. The closure will begin Thursday, June 1 and will reopen end of day Friday, June 2. The closure will be in place to allow the water utility to replace and restore a lead service on South Park Avenue.