Month: March 2018

Fond du Lac native and former Wisconsin Attorney General Peg Lautenschlager has died. Bill Rippl, her husband of 29 years, said she died shortly after midnight Saturday while surrounded by her family at the couple's home in Fond du Lac.  She had been diagnosed with cancer.   She was 62.   Lautenschlager was the first woman elected state Attorney General.  Before she was elected to the state Assembly in 1989 she was […]

Fond du Lac Avenue from Sixth Street to North of National Ave Schedule: April 2018 thru October 2018 Description of work: The project work consists of placing new sanitary sewer, water main, storm sewer, excavation, grading, stone base, asphalt pavement, concrete pavement, curb and gutter, concrete sidewalk, asphalt pedestrian trail, traffic signals, lighting, pavement marking, signing, and landscaping. March 26th to March 30: Portable Changeable Message Boards have been placed […]

Four area high school athletes are among dozens of athletes that will be recognized at the upcoming Wisconsin High School Sports Awards show at Lambeau Field.   The show will recognize standout athletes, coaches and teams from high schools in the Appleton, Fond du Lac, Green Bay, Manitowoc, Marshfield, Oshkosh, Sheboygan, Stevens Point, Wausau and Wisconsin Rapids markets for their achievements during the 2017-18 school year.   Area athletes that have been […]

Fond du Lac police are investigating two abandoned homeless camps discovered  this week.  Police officers found  materials used to make shelters and old mattresses in a wooded area at the dead ends of Monmouth and Vermont streets in Fond du Lac.   Last October, a homeless camp was found in a wooded area on Alliant Energy property.  Police say there are homeless shelters available in Fond du Lac through the Solutions […]

A captain at the Waupun Correctional Institution has been arrested following a domestic incident at his Campbellsport area residence.   Robert Rymarkiewicz  is charged with misdemeanor battery and disorderly conduct with a domestic  abuse enhancer.   He is scheduled to make an initial Fond du Lac Court appearance April 10.  A state Department of Corrections spokesman told WFDL news the incident is under investigation.

MILWAUKEE (AP) — Gov. Scott Walker has signed legislation to close a troubled youth prison in Wisconsin and authorize funding for new facilities across the state.  Walker signed the bill in Milwaukee on Friday. The legislation allow the state to borrow $80 million for building facilities to house juvenile offenders when the Lincoln Hills prison shuts down by 2021. Counties willing to accommodate the less serious offenders will receive some […]

The  BloodCenter of Wisconsin is holding a pair of blood donation clinics in Fond du lac in April.  The BloodCenter donors of all blood types are needed, but especially O negative blood donors who carry the universal blood type given to patients in emergency situations.  In Fond du Lac blood drives will be held Wednesday, April 18 from noon. to 5 p.m. at Holy Family Catholic Church,  and  Tuesday, April […]

A Menasha man has been convicted of charges stemming from a  high speed chase in Fond du Lac County.  A Fond du lac jury has found Anthony Rivera guilty of eluding, recklessly endangering safety, and possession of cocaine.    According to a criminal complaint Rivera led sheriff’s deputies on a 13 mile long chase on Highway 151  south of Fond du Lac last October that reached  speeds of 100 miles […]

Town of Friendship residents are expressing concern about the expansion of a large farm near Lake Winnebago without first obtaining the proper permits.  The town of Friendship Board held a special meeting this week  after  neighbors complained about the expansion of the Kevin Kaiser farm located on Kinker Road, less than a thousand feet from the lake.  Fond du Lac County conservationist Paul Tollard says Kaiser is working to obtain […]