Month: May 2020

Fond du Lac Public Works says motorists should be aware of a railroad crossing and street closure starting Monday.  The Grove Street and Western Avenue railroad crossings will be closed beginning  Monday,  and remain closed through Saturday, June 6.   The railroad crossings will be closed to allow Canadian National to make repairs at the railroad crossings. The signed detour in place will follow Hickory Street north to Forest Avenue east and Brooke Street south.  Meanwhile […]

MADISON — Gov. Tony Evers Friday released the following statement on the death of George Floyd: “Earlier this week, another Black life was extinguished before our eyes. His name was George Floyd. He was 46. His life matters and his family deserves justice. There was no empathy or humanity in his death. This was not an anomaly. We hear the echo of the words of Eric Garner. We relive the […]

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The white Minneapolis police officer who knelt on George Floyd’s neck has been arrested on murder charges and accused in court papers of ignoring another officer’s concerns about him. Floyd was the handcuffed black man who died after pleading that he could not breathe. Officer Derek Chauvin was charged with third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter in the case. It has sparked protests across the United States and […]

Fond du Lac firefighters were called to a report a gas leak Friday afternoon.  Fire chief Pete O’Leary says construction crews hit a two inch natural gas line at Division Street and Hazotte Court.   Some residents in the immediate area were evacuated for a short period.   The leak was located and repaired.

Two West Bend teenagers were seriously injured in a head on collision between a pickup truck  and semi-tractor trailer in Dodge County.  The crash happened shortly before 8pm  Thursday on Highway 33 near Luedke Lane.   The Sheriff’s Office says the driver  and passenger in the pickup, ages 16 and 17,  were taken to Froedert Hospital in Milwaukee with serious injuries.   The semi driver, from Illinois,  received minor injuries.