Month: January 2019

Nobody was injured in a collision between a train and tractor in Dodge County.  It happened shortly after 10am Friday near County Highway KW and Hogsback Road in the town of Lowell.   The Sheriff’s Office says a tractor was southbound on a farm field drive when the tractor operator attempted to stop for the train, but slid due to slippery conditions, striking the front of the train.   The only damage  […]

A new president and a new effort by supporters to recognize the heroism of  Fond du Lac native James Megellas.  Republican congressman Glenn Grothman has introduced legislation to award Megellas the Medal of Honor.  The bill authorizes and requests President Donald Trump to award Megellas with the United  States’ highest military honor for the courage he showed during World War Two.   Megellas’ heroics came during the Battle of the Bulge […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Two Republican legislators are continuing their quest to crack down on drunken driving, reintroducing bills Thursday that would make a first offense a crime and impose stiffer penalties on repeat offenders.   Rep. Jim Ott and Sen. Alberta Darling have been working for nearly a decade to create stiffer drunken driving penalties in Wisconsin, the only state that treats a first offense as a civil violation rather […]

A Fond du lac man convicted in a fatal pickup versus pedestrian crash has been placed on probation.  At a sentencing hearing Thursday afternoon Fond du lac Judge Richard Nuss withheld sentence and placed Peter Anderson  on probation for three years with four months in the county jail.  Last month Anderson pleaded no contest to operating a motor vehicle without a license causing death.   Anderson struck and killed 54 year […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Gov.-elect Tony Evers says he has no plans to break laws limiting his power that the Republican-controlled Legislature recently passed.  Evers on Thursday said at a news conference that he anticipates being a defendant in lawsuits challenging the laws, but "I have no intent of breaking the law."   On Wednesday he told the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel that he would not follow some of the provisions without […]

Fond du Lac residents are invited to gather in a near downtown neighborhood park  this weekend for a winter celebration.    It’s the first Fond du Lac Winterfest at Hamilton Park.   Fond du Lac Community Development  Director, Dyann Benson,  says several  family-oriented activities are planned including a fruitcake toss.  "January 3 was fruitcake day and so we wanted to celebrate all the joys of fruitcake!" Benson says she hopes Winterfest […]

A Fond du Lac automobile dealership has purchased a dealership in Dodge County. Summit Automotive owners Mike Berg and Joel  Zerbel  have announced the opening of Summit Ford in Beaver Dam.   Berg and Zerbel purchased the dealership from the Home Run Auto Group.   According to a press release Summit Ford will serve Dodge County and the local area and continue to ship new and pre-owned vehicles sold to customers nationally.   […]

A renovation project is expected to start next month at Holiday Budget Center with a nostalgic 1950s theme.  Holiday Automotive CEO Mike Shannon says the design has been approved by Fond du Lac city officials and the project is expected to start in late February on Rolling Meadows Drive.  Shannon says the new look  is reminiscent of iconic ‘50’s and ‘60’s era diners and the  interior is already accented with […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Assembly Speaker Robin Vos says he will form a water-quality task force following reports of contaminated wells across southwestern Wisconsin.    Forty two percent of 301 randomly selected wells tested in Iowa, Grant and Lafayette counties exceed federal standards for bacteria that can come from animal or human waste or for a toxic fertilizer residue. The survey was conducted in November by the Wisconsin Geological and […]