Month: May 2020

Hundreds of Fond du Lac residents gathered in solidarity Sunday to march for peace and change in the wake of the death of a black man at the hands of white Minneapolis police officer.   The residents gathered at the intersection of Johnson and Main Streets, marching  west to the parking lot of the Forest Plaza Mall.   The Together We Stand Peace Walk was organized by the Fondy United for Diversity group.

Fond du Lac police are investigating a train-pedestrian fatality.  The incident happened early Sunday morning on the railroad tracks south of Scott Street.   A caller reported that a train struck a person who was laying on the tracks.

Fond du Lac police say a report of a woman threatening to shoot people in the street is apparently a swatting incident.  Swatting is a prank call designed to dispatch a large number of armed police officers and first responders to a residence.  Assistant Police Chief Steve Klein told WFDL news shortly before 8pm Saturday police were called to a residence on Mequon Avenue for a report that a woman […]

MILWAUKEE (AP) — Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers is calling on the state National Guard to help support law enforcement in Milwaukee following protests over the deaths of George Floyd and a local man that turned violent overnight. Evers says he authorized 125 Guard members to assist after receiving a request from Milwaukee city and county officials. They are worried about a repeat of the demonstration over Floyd and Joel Acevedo, […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A new University of Wisconsin study shows that its graduates earn a median salary of about $49,000 one year after earning a bachelor's degree and those from Wisconsin are about six-times more likely to remain in the state than those who come to the school from elsewhere. The analysis released Sunday was the first of its kind done by the University of Wisconsin System’s Office of […]

RACINE, Wis. (AP) — Authorities say a tow truck driver attempting to rescue a turtle on an interstate highway in southeastern Wisconsin Friday was struck and killed by a semi-trailer driver who then fled the scene. The Wisconsin State Patrol says the driver of the tow truck stopped with its lights on Friday morning to remove the turtle from northbound Interstate 94 near Seven Mile Road in Racine County. The […]

Main Street from Merrill Ave. to Johnson Street and Merrill Ave. from Portland to Macy Street Schedule: March 2020 through July 2020 Description: The project includes reconstruction of the storm force main, sanitary laterals, water main and laterals, storm sewer, roadway, sidewalk and approaches, restoration/landscaping, signals and lighting. June 1 to June 5: The paving crew completed paving the northbound lane of N. Main Street from Johnson Street to Merrill […]