Month: September 2019

The Vice President of  Chamber Services and Strategic Advancement at Envision Greater Fond du Lac has announced she is resigning from her position effective September 13.  Melissa Worthington has accepted a position as the Brand and Digital Strategy Architect for the YMCA of Greater Houston.    Worthington joined the Association of Commerce in July 2014 to lead the organization’s workforce development and educational attainment efforts.  Cecilia Harry, President and CEO of Envision Greater Fond du […]

Students are heading back to school this week full of anticipation and the excitement of a new school year, eager  to reunite with friends they haven’t seen since last school year.   But it’s a different story in the Oakfield School District where students are returning to class with heavy hearts after learning of the sudden, unexpected death of a classmate.    Fifteen year old Brianna Totz died from an apparent asthma attack after playing a volleyball […]

Nobody was injured in a fire that destroyed a detatched garage in Fond du Lac.   Shortly after 8pm Monday firefighters were called to 27 North Lincoln Avenue  for a report of a shed on fire.  According to the police log the property was vacant and a man who had been living in or around the garage for the past couple of years likely started the fire accidentally with a cigarette or cigar.   Meanwhile, […]

KAUKAUNA, Wis. (AP) — Police say an officer shot and wounded a suspect after a pursuit ended with a crash in Kaukauna.   Fox Valley Metro Police say the chase ended early Tuesday when the suspect crashed near county Highway OO and state Highway 55. Authorities say the suspect was shot in the upper body and taken to the hospital. There no immediate word on what prompted police to shoot or […]

Nobody was injured in a fire that destroyed a storage shed and it’s contents in Fond du Lac County.   Shortly before 9:30pm Sunday  the Fond du Lac County Communications  Center received a call of a shed fire located at W2097 CTH HHH in the town of Calumet.    Fond du Lac  County Sheriff’s deputies were first on the scene and found a  10’x 14’ cinder block constructed shed was fully engulfed in flames.  Fire departments […]

The Fond du Lac Police Department has released  the name of the Fond du Lac man who was killed in a motorcycle crash in the city of Fond du Lac over the weekend.  The police department says the victim has been identified as 22 year old Joseph Borst of Fond du Lac.  Police say a preliminary investigation indicates that Borst was traveling north bound on Wisconsin American Drive at a high rate of speed […]