Month: January 2017

A Lomira woman convicted in connection with a fatal traffic crash in Fond du lac County has been ordered to pay restitution.  Fond du lac judge Dale English ordered Heather Cleveland pay $10,000 in restitution to the family of the victim and the insurance company.  The 28 year old Cleveland was sentenced last June to three years in prison and two years of extended supervision after she was convicted of […]

Nobody was injured in a fire at a vacant Van Dyne home Monday afternoon.  Shortly before 1pm firefighters were called to the scene at W6855 Park St. in Van Dyne.  Fire departments from Van Dyne, North Fond du Lac, Brandon and Ripon, along with deputies from the Sheriff’s Office responded to the scene. The home owner, Kurt Gross, said he currently uses the building for storage.  The fire was contained […]

An Eden barn was destroyed by fire early Monday morning.  Firefighters were called to the scene on Maple Lane to find the barn engulfed in flames.  Nobody was injured and no animals were lost in the fire.

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Two Republican state lawmakers are introducing a bill that would allow terminally ill patients in Wisconsin to try potentially life-saving drug still under federal review.  Reps. Pat Snyder and Joel Kleefisch say 33 other states already have "Right to Try" laws that allows terminally ill patients to try drugs still under investigation by the Federal Drug Administration.  Kleefisch said in a news release Monday that a […]

The director of a Wisconsin immigrants rights group says undocumented immigrants in the state should be concerned about being deported.  Christine Neumann-Ortiz of Voces de la Frontera says it shouldn’t come as a surprise that president Donald Trump is following through on his campaign promise.  "We fully anticipated he (Trump) would follow through with the rhetoric of his campaign,"  Ortiz told AM 1170 WFDL's Between the Lines program.  "...and as […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Republican U.S. Rep. Mike Gallagher, of Wisconsin, is criticizing the roll out of President Donald Trump's travel ban affecting seven mostly Muslim countries.  The freshman lawmaker from northeast Wisconsin issued a statement Monday breaking with other Republicans in the state's congressional delegation who have praised Trump's order. But Gallagher says Trump's executive order released Friday could have been "better handled" and "should have been closely coordinated […]

The senate Republican leader says a DOT audit shows the Department needs an overhaul.  The legislative fiscal bureau report shows the DOT underestimated costs for major highway projects by more than $3.8 billion on projects completed over the past decade and the condition of state roads has deteriorated and slipped below the national average.  Senate majority leader Scott Fitzgerald says he’s confident DOT will take immediate steps to improve.  "It […]

A Super Bowl weekend tailgate party is being held in Fond du Lac Friday to promote 211.  Fond du Lac United Way director Amber Kilawee says dialing 211 connects you with quick and easy access to community-based health and human services information.  Kilawee says a tailgate party is being held from 11:30am to 1:30pm Friday at Society Insurance on Camelot Drive.

The Fond du Lac city council has approved an amendment to an ordinance that allows beekeeping in the city of Fond du lac.  The ordinance approved two years ago requires that all prospective beekeepers complete training at a technical college or university but no such course is available.  The amendment allows the training to be taken online or through other organizations.   City attorney Deb Hoffman says the East Central […]