Month: January 2016

You wouldn’t know it the way the winter started…but snowfall totals in parts of  Wisconsin ended the year pretty close to normal.  National Weather Service meteorologist Justin Schultz  told WFDL news that ten inches of snow and even more than a foot  in some places last week helped bring totals closer to average. Schultz says when It comes to temperatures in December its another story.  Schutlz  says prior to the cold snap heading […]

Local law enforcement says last week’s snowstorm is another example of  motorists not use to driving during the first snowfall of the season.  Sheriff’s deputies responded to dozens of mostly minor fender benders on area roads including drivers who sheriff’s sergeant Jeff Bonack likes to call snow storm tourists.  "Really, we run into that,"  Bonack told WFDL news.  "We again ran into it the other day where people were out and about because […]

The Fond du Lac School District will again be offering a half-day, 4-year-old-kindergarten (4K) experience for Fall 2016. Children who will be 4 years old on or by September 1, 2016, are eligible to attend.  Currently there are classrooms at the following District elementary schools: Chegwin, Pier, Riverside, Rosenow, and Waters. Programs will also be offered at the following community partner sites: Camelot Children’s Center, Christian Parents for Kids, ADVOCAP […]

Area law enforcement is out in force for the long New Year’s holiday weekend including the Packer-Viking game Sunday night.  Fond du Lac County Sheriff’s Captain Rick Olig says  the message all weekend long is don’t drink and drive.  "We have extra deputies working. The OWI Task Force is out there,"  Olig told WFDL news. There were 12 traffic fatalities on Fond du Lac County roads in 2015.

The American Red Cross is helping two Oshkosh residents with emergency financial assistance after a fire Thursday.  Nobody was injured in the fire in the 1700 block of Beech Street.  Red Cross Disaster Action Team volunteers met with the occupants to assess their needs after the fire.  Financial assistance will be provided to meet basic emergency needs at this time.   Alternative housing arrangement have already been made. The Red Cross is also providing comfort kits […]

The Fond du Lac Humane Society has reached its capital campaign goal that will allow for an expansion of the animal shelter.   Shelter manager Renee Webb says $600,000 has been raised to more than double the size of the facility.  Webb says the expansion will provide much needed room for an increasing number of cats and dogs and to be able to isolate animals that are sick.

SUPERIOR, Wis. (AP) — The mayor of a northern Wisconsin city is apologizing for his Facebook comments calling President Barack Obama a Muslim.  A letter from Superior Mayor Bruce Hagen appears in the Superior Telegram on Friday. In his letter, Hagen says his calling Obama a Muslim was "a poor choice of words in a moment of anger."   Hagen also apologized to the Muslim community for "being insensitive."  But the […]

BURLINGTON, Wis. (AP) — This year's winner in a Wisconsin liars' club contest has won for a fib that's half true.  Gene O'Brien of Rural — a small, unincorporated village near Waupaca — took first place in the Burlington Liars Club's World Champion Lie Contest.  O'Brien's winning submission was: "I grew up in a family with 16 children. I never got to sleep alone until I got married!"   The 72-year-old […]

A Waupun correctional officer suffered bruises after he was attacked by an inmate at the Waupun prison.  Sources told WFDL news the inmate struck the correctional sergeant in the face as the officer was attempting to restrain the inmate.  The officer was treated at the scene.  The incident happened Wednesday night.  The inmate, Paul Hendler, is serving a 50 year prison sentence for a reckless homicide conviction out of Marathon County.