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Fond du Lac County area emergency crews have busy Sunday
Emergency departments had a busy night in the Fond du Lac County area. Just before 8 PM, the Fond du Lac County Sheriff’s Office Communications Center received several 911 calls reporting a motorcycle crash on State Highway 45 near Gatzke Lane, southeast of Campbellsport. Upon arrival, crews found two motorcycles had been involved. One had struck a deer and the other crashed while attempting to avoid the first collision. Fond du Lac County Sheriff’s Deputies along with Campbellsport Ambulance, Campbellsport Fire Department and Eden Fire Department all responded to the scene and found 3 injuries related to the crash with one being serious. The most serious injury, A 23-year-old Adell man, was med flighted to ThedaCare Medical complex in Neenah. The other two were treated and released at the scene.
6/26/24 Hometown Broadcasting News Wednesday
ATTEMPTED MURDER TRIAL PROCEEDING IN FDL COUNTY COURT. A 30-year-old Milwaukee man is standing trial this week in Fond du Lac County court on seven felony charges including attempted first degree intentional homicide charges. Two warrants were issued for witnesses who failed to appear for the jury trial for Devonta Tate. Twenty-six-year-old Tommy Maclin of Malone and 47-year-old Leveta Jones of Fond du Lac are now in custody. Tate is suspected in a shooting that occurred on March 28th, 2021 at the Kings and Queens Lounge in Fond du Lac. According to the criminal complaint there was a fight at the bar and Tate allegedly brought a handgun into the tavern and fired off six shots. Three went into the ceiling and one into a door, but Tate allegedly pointed the gun into the face of a Fond du Lac man who knocked the gun down. The victim was shot twice, once in the chest and once in the leg or thigh. The jury trial began Monday and is scheduled for five days.
6-28-24 fdl weekly construction schedule
Description: The WI Dept of Transportation, along with Fond du Lac County, and the City of Fond du Lac awarded this project to Vinton Construction. Construction includes common excavation, sanitary sewer, watermain, storm sewer, concrete sidewalk and curb & gutter, an asphalt pedestrian path and roadway, traffic signals & roadway lighting, permanent signing, and other incidentals.
6-27-24 local unemployment rate up slightly
The local unemployment rate inched up slightly last month. The unemployment rate was up a tenth of a percent to 2.6 percent in May in Dodge County. The Fond du Lac County rate rose two-tenths of a percent to 2.7 percent. In the city of Fond du Lac the jobless rate in May was 3.2 percent, up from 3 percent in April.
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