Month: March 2021

Investigators have developed a person of interest in connection with a weekend shooting incident in a Fond du Lac tavern that seriously injured a Fond du Lac man.  Assistant Fond du lac police chief Aaron Goldstein  tells WFDL news the person of interest is not from Fond du Lac.  Goldstein says detectives have determined that the shooting at Kings and Queens Tavern early Sunday morning followed a physical altercation.  Goldstein told WFDL news […]

The city of Fond du Lac’s deputy procurement director says any construction on infrastructure at a restaurant and other facilities at Lakeside Park wouldn’t happen until summer.   The Fond du Lac city council last week approved a borrowing resolution clearing the way for spending up to $2.5 million on the city’s portion of the alternate master plan projects.  Musack says an engineer is designing the infrastructure that should be completed by the end of April […]

The president of Envision Greater Fond du Lac says she is pleased the Fond du Lac city council has approved a borrowing resolution for spending on Lakeside Park alternate master plan projects.  The resolution approved by the council last week clears the way for spending on the city’s portion of the projects including infrastructure for a new restaurant and ice skating rink and boat docks.  "We're really pleased to see it continue,"  […]

The February unemployment rate is up slightly in Dodge and Fond du Lac counties.  The Dodge County jobless rate increased four tenths of a percent to 4.4 percent.  In Fond du Lac County the February unemployment rate stands at 4.1 percent,  up from 3.8 percent in January.    The jobless rate in the city of Fond du Lac increased from four percent to 4.4 percent in February.

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — A Bismarck man has been charged with manslaughter after a fatal interstate crash that prosecutors have attributed to distracted driving. A North Dakota Highway Patrol affidavit says 24-year-old Timothy McLaughlin was driving a commercial truck on Interstate 94 last July when he struck two other vehicles that slowed due to another crash near Sterling. The affidavit alleges McLaughlin had not braked before the crash and that […]

The Fond du Lac Municipal Service Center is announcing new new hours of operation for the city’s Bulky Waste Drop-Off Site.   Effective  Thursday April 1,  the Department of Public Works  Bulky Waste Drop Off Site on Doty Street  begins  Summer operating hours.  The site will be open from 9am to 3:15pm Monday, Thursday and Friday, 10am to 6pm on Wednesday and 8am to noon on Saturday.  The drop off site is closed on […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — New reports show Wisconsin schools superintendent candidate Jill Underly has the money edge over opponent Jill Kerr. Campaign finance reports filed Monday show Underly generated $1.3 million in contributions between Feb. 2 and Saturday, including $775,000 from the state Democratic Party. Kerr raised only $90,465 between Feb. 2 and Friday. The two will face off in an election Tuesday to replace incumbent Carolyn Stanford Taylor, who […]