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As wildfires continue to ravage western states, that haze that you may have noticed in the sky over the last couple of days is smoke particles from the fires.  National Weather Service meteorologist, Chris Stumpf, says it’s not your imagination.  Satellite images show smoke from the fires has drifted across the country, including over Wisconsin.  Stumpf says winds in the upper levels of the atmosphere have shifted to the west, bringing a lot […]

One person was killed and one person received life-threatening injuries in a crash Tuesday morning involving a car and an ambulance.  The State Patrol says a passenger in the car, a 21 year old Fond du Lac man, was killed in the crash.  The driver, a 28 year old Theresa man, received life-threatening injuries.   The patient being transported to the hospital and  two firefighter/paramedics in the ambulance received minor injuries.  […]

Republican U.S. senator Ron Johnson says he takes the president at his word when he denies making disparaging remarks about fallen American soldiers.  Johnson says he was in the White House Oval Office when the story broke and heard the president deny it.  Johnson says he believes if there were any words spoken like that they were probably taken out of context.   Johnson says he knows Trump values veterans and our war dead.   […]

The new SSM Health Clinic in Beaver Dam is on schedule to open in February of next year.  Construction crews have begun roofing work to enclose the 40,000 square foot clinic for interior work over the winter.  Masonry and stone work have begun on the facility’s north side and will proceed around the facility exterior. This work will continue through September and into October.   The interior of the building is also taking shape. Framing […]

The Fond du Lac County Sheriff’s Office is asking for the public’s help in tracking down the driver of a car involved in a high speed chase over the Labor Day holiday weekend.   It happened Saturday evening when a sheriff’s deputy attempted to stop a car on Rolling Meadows Drive and Rogersville Road when the deputy noticed the license plates did not match the vehicle.  The chase covered 22 miles on Highway 23, town and […]

KENOSHA, Wis. (AP) — The family attorney for a Black man shot by police in Kenosha, Wisconsin, says his client is paralyzed and it would “take a miracle” for him to walk again. Attorney Ben Crump spoke Tuesday alongside family members of Jacob Blake. He said the 29-year-old was in surgery after being shot on Sunday night multiple times. Another family attorney said they would be filing a civil lawsuit […]

A  71 year old Campbellsport man was seriously injured in a motorcycle versus car crash in Fond du Lac County Saturday.  According to the Sheriff’s Office  the motorcycle was attempting to pass a car on Highway B as the car was turning south onto Highway K.   The motorcycle operator was flown  by helicopter to Froedert Hospital in Milwaukee with serious injuries.  He was wearing a helmet.

The intersection of Rees Street and Macy Street in Fond  du Lac will be closed Wednesday August  26th through Friday August 28th for grading and paving of the intersection.  Access will  be allowed from Johnson Street to the alley between Kwik Trip and the Fond du Lac Police Dept. only.  Merrill Street right turn lane north onto Macy Street will be closed as well.   However, access from Doty Street to Rees Street and then south […]

Nobody was injured in a fire that destroyed a mobile home in Beaver Dam.  Firefighters from several departments battled the blaze on Forest Road.  Two residents who were inside when the fire started were able to escape through a bedroom window.  There was minor damage to the adjacent mobile home and to 3 vehicles parked nearby.    Two firefighters received minor injuries. One was treated on the scene by EMS, and the […]