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The Department of Criminal Investigations is investigating two residential fires in North Fond du lac on Friday.  Fire destroyed a home at 17 Meadowlark Court in the town of Friendship.   The house was fully engulfed when firefighters arrived.   While crews were investigating the fire firefighters were called to another report of a house on fire on Meadowlark Court and quickly extinguished a small fire on the back entryway of the residence.   Nobody was injured in […]

The co-chairs for this year’s  Walleye Weekend festival have been announced.   Fond du Lac Festivals has announced that Kelly Norton and Dave Hopper will serve as the co-chairs for this year’s event, to be held June 12-14 at Fond du Lac’s Lakeside Park.  Norton is the Senior Director of Enterprise Culture & Communications at Grande Cheese, and Hopper is  Vice President of Hopper’s Silk Screening and All-Star Trophy.    “Kelly is […]

The Fond du Lac police chief is expressing concern about an increase in domestic violence arrests in the city.   Fond du Lac police chief Bill Lamb says there were 308 domestic violence arrests in Fond du Lac last year, up from 286 in 2018…a seven and a half percent increase.  "I was disappointed to see that increase,"  Lamb told WFDL news.  "It was disappointing in particular from the standpoint of since 2015 […]

The Fond du Lac County Sheriff’s Office says a Malone man who was seriously injured in an all-terrain vehicle crash over the weekend is expected to survive.  Thirty nine year old Jeremy Groeschel was flown by helicopter to the hospital following the crash Sunday evening at the intersection of Highway 151 and County Highway HHH.  Sheriff’s captain Bill Tadych says the crash is a reminder about the importance of wearing a helmet.  […]

MILWAUKEE (AP) — Neighbors of a Milwaukee electrician who fatally shot five people at one of the nation's largest breweries before killing himself say he enjoyed building guns. Police said Thursday that 51-year-old Anthony Ferrill was the gunman in Wednesday's shooting. He was a 15-year employee at the Molson Coors brewery complex. Ferrill's 82-year-old neighbor Erna Roenspies says he often talked about how he enjoyed assembling guns from parts he […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin wants to roll out the barrel into the early morning hours for people coming for the Democratic National Convention this summer. Bars across the state will be able to stay open until 4 a.m. for the four nights of the convention under a bipartisan bill approved unanimously by a state Assembly committee on Thursday. Expanding the hours had support from groups representing the state's bars, […]

Prosecutors have charged a 28-year-old man in the fatal stabbing of a retired Oshkosh police captain. Ian Suzuki of Oshkosh was charged Thursday with first-degree intentional homicide in the death of 67-year-old Jay Puestohl. Puestohl was stabbed with a knife Sunday afternoon and died later at a hospital. According to the complaint, a police officer arrived at the home and found Suzuki standing next to a couch where Puestohl was lying about a […]

Regent Gerald Whitburn has resigned from the University of Wisconsin System Board of Regents. Whitburn notified Gov. Tony Evers and the UW System he is resigning from the board effective immediately. In a statement, Evers thanked Whitburn for his service and said he “will be missed on the Board of Regents.” UW System President Ray Cross says Whitburn's dedication “has made the UW a better place for students to succeed […]

Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers is urging the Republican-controlled Legislature in his State of the State speech to keep working on a host of issues, including many with bipartisan support, before they adjourn for the year and begin to focus on elections in the fall.   The Democrat Evers is calling for enacting nonpartisan redistricting reform, clamping down on vaping among young people, capping the cost of insulin and getting the chemical […]