Month: November 2017

Fond du Lac police are investigating the death of a Fond du Lac man found in the Fond du Lac River early Wednesday morning.  Shortly before 3am Wednesday police and rescue personnel were called to the area of the Fond du Lac River at the dead end of John St, for a report of an intoxicated male subject who was in the river.   Upon the Officers arrival, they found a […]

Authorities have identified the victim of a fatal two vehicle crash in Winnebago County.   The Sheriff’s Office says 29 year old Paul Biolo was killed in the crash Tuesday evening on Interstate 41 southbound, about three miles south of Oshkosh.  The Sheriff’s Office says there were two separate crashes within a half hour of each other.  In the first crash a woman was hurt when her SUV rolled into a […]

Book World announced Tuesday it will close all its stores.  The company will begin liquidation sales Nov. 2 at each of its 45 stores in seven states.    Book World has 20 stores in Wisconsin including Fond du Lac and Oshkosh and its corporate office in Appleton.  The sale will run until all of the inventory is sold, probably in January.    The first Book World opened in 1976 in […]

A Fond du Lac judge is asking the county board to reconsider a staffed security checkpoint  be installed at the Fond du Lac City-County Government Center.     Fond du Lac County Circuit Judge Dale English,  spoke at a public hearing Tuesday night on the proposed county budget.   English is asking the city and county to jointly fund a staffed security checkpoint with metal detector at the north entrance to the building.  […]

An elderly Ripon woman has been charged with improper animal  shelter sanitation after she was found living in a van with ten dogs and a cat.  Seventy year old Marion Kaiser was released on a signature bond  after making her initial Fond du lac court appearance Tuesday.  According to a criminal complaint an officer responded to an apartment complex on Metomen Street after receiving a report that a van had been […]

A North Fond du Lac man is accused of setting fire to a house in North Fond du Lac last summer.  Thirty seven year old Josesph Paolasini made his initial court appearance Friday.   Bail was set at $2500 cash.  He is accused of setting fire to a house on Wisconsin Avenue July 18.  According to  a criminal complaint, Paolasini sent a text message to his ex-girlfriend the day of the […]

Fond du Lac County Highway projects are wrapping up for this season, and planning is underway for next year.    Fond du lac County Highway commissioner Tom Janke says work should be done in a couple of weeks on Pioneer Road  between Hickory Street and Military Road.  Janke says there are a couple of other projects that  should be done this month.  "We're finishing up a right turn lane on Highway […]

The Fond du Lac County executive says the opioid epidemic is having a significant impact on the county budget.  Al Buechel says the county social services department is being impacted by opioid addiction.  "Just a couple weekends ago they had to remove 13 kids who were all from different homes where there was opioid abuse."  Buechel told WFDL news.  "That is our low light in this budget in that we […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Democratic leaders have selected one of their gubernatorial candidates to serve on the board of Gov. Scott Walker's troubled job creation agency.  Rep. Dana Wachs announced Tuesday that Assembly Minority Leader Gordon Hintz has named him to the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation Board. Wachs is one of more than a dozen Democrats running or considering running against Walker next year.  Wachs replaces Rep. Peter Barca on […]