5-5-15 fdl street closure

Starting Friday the intersection of West Division Street and Brooke Street in  Fond du Lac will be closed for utility repair work.  The road closure is expected to last about a week.  Businesses on Division Street within

5-5-15 grass fire danger still high in fdl county

Fond du Lac fire officials say an outdoor burning ban remains in place  even with much needed rainfall in the forecast this week.  Fond du Lac Fire department division chief of fire prevention Troy Haase says the

5-5-15 fdl attic fire

On May 4, 2015 at 3:36 p.m. City of Fond du Lac Fire/Rescue was called for a house on fire at 37 South Reserve Avenue.  Upon arrival fire crews reported light smoke coming from the attic.  Fire crews

5-5-15 tourism spending-fdl county

The director of the Fond du Lac convention and visitors bureau says he’s pleased to see tourism spending is up locally and statewide.  The state department of tourism says for the first time in four years tourism

5-5-15 hobbs woods vandals

The Fond du Lac County Parks director says recent  acts of vandalism at the Hobbs Woods recreation trail  are disturbing.  Sam Tobias says vandals have been breaking ash tree saplings to make forts and also building what

5-5-15 menasha shooting-motive

MENASHA, Wis. (AP) — Police have revealed more about what may have motivated a gunman to shoot four strangers before killing himself on a recreational bridge in Menasha.  The city’s police chief, Tim Styka identified the dead

5-5-15 fatal shooting-menasha

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A relative of the man and girl who died when a university student opened fire along a biking trail in Menasha says the family loved the outdoors.  Jonathan Stoffel, his 11-year-old daughter Olivia,

5-5-15 civics test

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A Republican lawmaker has introduced a bill that would require students to pass the civics test prospective U.S. citizens face to graduate from high school or earn an equivalency diploma. Rep. James Edming’s

5-5-15 speed limit

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The state Senate is poised to vote on a bill that would clear the way for a 70 mph speed limit on at least some Wisconsin roads.  The bill would allow the state

5-5-15 remains found in winnebago county

TOWN OF VINLAND, Wis. (AP) — Authorities are asking the public for help after human remains were found in east-central Wisconsin last week.  The Winnebago County sheriff’s office says the remains were found near railroad tracks in