Month: March 2016

The city of Fond du Lac is on record in support of modifications to the intersection of Highway 23 and K.  The city council  this week approved a resolution supporting changes to the intersection with an anticipated traffic increase due to the expansion at St. Mary’s Springs Academy.  City engineer, Paul DeVries, says it’s the best option that was available.  The DOT will hold a public information meeting on the project April 14th at UW-Fond du […]

Fond du Lac police are investigating a bank robbery.  Police were called to the Associated Bank on South Main Street shortly after 3:30pm Thursday after receiving a report of  a robbery.  Assistant police chief Steve Thiry says the suspect gave the teller a note demanding money.   No weapon was displayed.  Thiry says police are still looking for a suspect.  The suspect is described as a white male in his early to mid 40s, […]

A Lomira woman has been convicted in connection with a fatal traffic crash in Fond du lac County last summer.  A Fond du lac jury found 26 year old Heather Cleveland guilty of homicide by negligient operation of a motor vehicle.  The jury returned the verdict Thursday morning.  A pre-sentence investigation was ordered.  Investigators say last June 25th  Cleveland was texting on her cellphone minutes before her SUV slammed into the back of a […]

A Ripon man is in custody and nobody was injured in a shooting incident in Ripon Wednesday evening.  Shortly after 6pm Wednesday police received a call of shots fired in the vicinity of the Horicon Bank.  A female witness said she heard three shots fired and saw a man with what appeared to be a gun on the south side of the 100 block of Thorne Street.  When police arrived, officers say the […]

FOND DU LAC-SHEBOYGAN COUNTIES 601 AM CDT THU MAR 24 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON... .TODAY...BREEZY. LIGHT RAIN IN THE MORNING. LIGHT SLEET... POSSIBLY MIXED WITH SNOW AND FREEZING RAIN IN THE MORNING...THEN SNOW SHOWERS IN THE AFTERNOON. OF 2 TO 3 INCHES. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATION 3 TO 5 INCHES. ICE ACCUMULATION OF LESS THAN ONE QUARTER OF AN INCH. NEAR STEADY TEMPERATURE IN THE LOWER 30S. […]

Governor Scott Walker has declared a State of Emergency in response to the severe winter storm and blizzard conditions that is moving across the state. The declaration is a precautionary measure to ensure state resources are available and ready to respond if needed.  A major winter storm is hitting most of Wisconsin. The National Weather Service has issued a Blizzard Warning for Brown, Calumet, Door, Kewaunee, Manitowoc, Outagamie and Winnebago […]

(L-R  Elizabeth Hayes, Mark Jurglla, Peggy Breister) Three candidates are running uncontested for three open seats on the Fond du lac school board.  Incumbents Elizabeth Hayes and Mark Jurgella and newcomer Peggy Breister will be on the April 5th ballot.   Hayes was first elected to the board in 1986.  "I want to continue to serve on the school board because I enjoy doing it and also have become more involved with the […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker says it wouldn't be a bad thing for Republicans if the party's presidential nominee is decided at the convention this summer.  Walker said Wednesday that if no one gets the majority of delegates before the convention, he has a "hard time imagining" they would materialize there.  Walker has not endorsed anyone in the race, but when he dropped his presidential bid in […]