Month: January 2019

The cold weather is blamed for causing a power outage in the village of Brandon this morning.  Fond du Lac County Emergency management director Bobbie Hicken says the outage was reported shortly before 6am and power was restored about an hour later.  Hicken says the Brandon  Fire Department has opened its Fire Department to the public today as a precaution.  Waupun city administrator Kathy Schlieve says the city of Waupun […]

A Dodge County  Huber  inmate  who failed to return to the jail after his preapproved shift at work is in custody.    Paul Digangi Jr. was taken into custody after information was received from a citizen regarding his whereabouts.  Digangi was arrested in the City of Mayville and was taken to the Dodge County Detention Facility.  Digangi was serving a 360 day Huber sentence at the Dodge County Jail for domestic […]

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Milwaukee/Sullivan WI ...DANGEROUSLY COLD... A surge of historically cold air will settle over southern Wisconsin and linger across the area into Thursday. Wind Chills could be as cold as 45 to 55 degrees below zero which will be close to all-time record cold.   Take the cold seriously. Frostbite can occur in as little as 5 minutes with wind chills expected tonight into […]

The Dodge County Sheriff’s Office is urging and respectfully requesting that all who are able stay off the roads and stay indoors starting this evening, Tuesday January 29, 2019 through Thursday, January 31, 2019 while we are under a Wind Chill Warning.  Sheriff Dale Schmidt has been in contact with Dodge County Highway Commissioner Brian Field regarding the deployment of highway trucks during these dangerous and potentially deadly conditions.  As […]

Schools are closed throughout Wisconsin Wednesday with record cold temperatures including all schools in Fond du Lac and Dodge counties.     National Weather Service meteorologist Tim Halbach says Wednesday's high temperature in Fond du Lac could set a record low.  "The general records for this time of year are in that negative teens below zero,"  Halbach told WFDL news.   "We'll be close on that record."  A wind chill warning is in […]

The Fond du lac County Public Health Department is reminding residents to take steps to be safe and stay warm with extreme cold temperatures.  Public Health Officer Kim Mueller says know the signs  and symptoms of hypothermia.  "Warning signs in adults and children are shivering, exhaustion, confusion, memory loss, slurred speech and drowsiness,"  Mueller told WFDL news. Mueller says the signs are similar to someone who is intoxicated.  Mueller says if […]

The Fond du Lac County Sheriff’s Office is warning motorists to slow down on area roads.  Sheriff Ryan Waldschmidt says the salt and brine solution is having little effect on melting the snow and ice because of the below zero temperatures.   "The highway crews have done a great job at clearing the snow and opening the roads up but the salt is completely ineffective,"  Waldschmidt told WFDL news.  Waldschmidt says […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers is closing state office buildings because of the brutal cold.  Evers on Tuesday directed state agencies to close state government officers for public business, with limited exceptions. The governor said in a statement "it's critically important" to ensure that Wisconsin residents and public employees are safe in "these dangerous weather conditions."  Ever says he urges people to prepare for the severe weather […]

Due to the extreme cold temperatures that are predicted for tomorrow, all county offices will be closed on Wednesday, January 30.  Everyone is encouraged to stay indoors and not travel, unless it is absolutely necessary.