Month: September 2024

The Dodge County Sheriff says the arrest of a scammer from India is a first since he's been in law enforcement.   The 18 year old man faces charges of conspiracy to commit money laundering and theft by false representation.  Sheriff Dale Schmidt says the man is accused of trying to steal more than $80,000 from a town of Lowell resident by posing as a Federal Trade Commission agent.  Schmidt says the victim contacted […]

MILWAUKEE (AP) — Milwaukee Brewers rookie Jackson Chourio is looking forward to more champagne-soaked clubhouse celebrations, even if he still isn’t old enough to partake fully.  When the Brewers sealed the NL Central title, the 20-year-old Chourio found a collection of non-alcoholic drinks inside a stroller in front of his locker. The Baltimore Orioles provided a similar setup for their own 20-year-old rookie — Jackson Holliday — for their playoff-clinching celebration by giving him […]

Fire damaged a silo and destroyed  the feed at a Fond du Lac County farm.  Shortly after 6:30am Monday firefighters from several departments were called to the scene on Lost Arrow Road to find smoke visible from the silo.  Approximately $20,000 worth of feed was destroyed.  Firefighters were able to contain the fire to the silo and prevent it from spreading to any nearby structures.  The fire is not considered suspicious.  Nine area fire departments helped […]

MADISON, Wis. – The Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection (DATCP) has announced that U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack will speak at the Global Dairy Summit at World Dairy Expo in Madison, WI on Friday, October 4, 2024 at 9:00 a.m. The Global Dairy Summit will be hosted by DATCP.   Secretary Vilsack will share opening remarks at the Global Dairy Summit. In addition to Secretary Vilsack, the Global […]

Hello Waupun, It's been a busy week. First, I took a complaint that there's a truck beached in the Wells Fargo parking lot. It has flat tires and no plates. I have passed the information along to the Police Department. The truck is on private property, so the bank will be ticketed and responsible for getting the truck removed.   Second, on East Franklin Street, there's a house feeding stray cats. […]

SSM Health St. Agnes Hospital is hosting a community blood drive from 11 am - 4 pm on Tuesday, October 15 in the Plaza Level Conference Center, 430 E. Division Street, Fond du Lac. Appointments are encouraged.  Donors will get a choice of a gift card, a donation to area food banks, or bonus points to the ImpactLife store.  Donors should eat before donating and bring a photo ID. The last date […]

All are invited to the 79th annual Cambria Welsh Hymn Sing on Sunday, October 13, at the historic 1st Presbyterian Church, 121 West Florence St in Cambria. There will be two sessions, one at 2:30pm and one at 5:30pm. Along with other special numbers, the special guest is: award winning soloist and director Katherine Crusi from Philadelphia. The Hymn Sing will be sung in mostly English in rich 4 part […]

A Fond du Lac man was seriously injured and a Fond du Lac man is in custody following  a shooting incident over the weekend.  Shortly after 8pm Saturday police officers responded to the area of First and Adams Streets for reports of gunshots and found a 48 year old Fond du Lac man with multiple gunshot wounds to his left leg and arm a few blocks away on South Portland Street between Sheboygan […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The University of Wisconsin Board of Regents has voted unanimously to fire a communications professor who was seeking to retain tenure after his dismissal as chancellor of one of the system’s campuses for making pornographic films. The board on Friday rejected his wish to remain a professor. Joe Gow had served as chancellor of UW-La Crosse for nearly 17 years. He argued last week that he […]