Month: September 2024

Jacklyn Osborne, APNP, an SSM Health Fond du Lac Regional Clinic Orthopedic nurse practitioner, is being recognized as an SSM Health OAK (One of a Kind) Award winner. The OAK Award is specifically designed to recognize physicians and APPs from the Fond du Lac Regional Clinic, Ripon Community Hospital, St. Agnes Hospital, and Waupun Memorial Hospital who demonstrate great teamwork and communication skills, collaboration, professionalism, exemplary service, and a commitment […]

An elderly Campbellsport man died when his ultralight plane crashed in a cornfield in Fond du Lac County. Around 8:30pm Monday rescue personnel were called to the scene near Townhall Road and Highway 45. The 89 year old pilot was pronounced dead at the scene. The crash is under investigation.

Nobody was injured in a fire that damaged the bedroom of a Fond du Lac home. A resident had extinguished the fire at 156 South Hickory Street by the time firefighters arrived shortly after 11pm Monday. The cause of the fire remains under investigation.

Residents in the village of St. Cloud are under a boil water advisory. The advisory was issued after an equipment malfunction resulted in a loss of pressure in the water system. The issue has been corrected and there is no known water contamination but the advisory was issued as a precaution. Water used for drinking or cooking should be boiled before used. The village has contacted the DNR and will […]

Two people escaped injury after their car backed into Lake Winnebago. The incident happened shortly after 7:30pm Monday near the walking bridge over the river leading to the lake off Frazier Drive in Lakeside Park. When police officers arrived they found the driver and passenger who appeared they had been in the water.  They denied any treatment at the scene or transport to the hospital.  A local vehicle recovery company […]

Work is getting underway this week on improvements at a Fond du Lac Park.  Public Works director Paul DeVries says work is scheduled to begin the week of September 3rd at McDermott Park.   The project includes a pergola, convergence area,  benches, landscaping beds, and a native planting area.   During the project  trails at McDermott Park will be closed to pedestrian and bike travel.   The project is scheduled to be completed mid- October.

A couple of Fond du Lac streets will be closed for a period of time this week.  Howard Litscher Drive at Lakeside Park West  will be closed starting Tuesday for a repaving project.  Boaters are encouraged to use either the Harborview Drive boat launch or Lakeside Park Marina.   The paving project should be completed by Wednesday.  A portion of East Division Street, between Olcott Street and Park Avenue and between Park Avenue and Algoma Street will […]

Groundbreaking ceremonies will be held this week for a new music stage at the Fond du Lac County Fairgrounds.  The ceremony will be held at 5pm Wednesday.  The National Exchange Bank Foundation is donating $300,000 for naming rights for the  new stage.  The city of Fond du Lac is paying $375,000 for construction of the stage.  Construction is expected to be completed before the end of the year.

Feeding America Eastern Wisconsin in partnership with Alliant Energy will host a drive-thru mobile food pantry at the Fondy Food Pantry on Wednesday,  September 4 from 10 am to Noon. The mobile pantry will offer each household a box with prepacked nonperishable foods as well as dairy and other food items for up to about 300 households. There are no eligibility requirements to receive food, with one box per vehicle […]