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Miss Fond du Lac Scholarship Program Pageant

FDL Reporter — Fri, 23 Mar 2018 17:06:51 +0000

Local girls compete for Miss Fond du Lac, Miss Wisconsin Central and Miss Fond du Lac’s Outstanding Teen Saturday, March 10, 2018 at the Goodrich Little Theater in Fond du Lac. Doug Raflik/USA TODAY NETWORK-Wisconsin

Free SPIRIT Riders celebrated their 30th year in 2017

FDL Reporter — Fri, 23 Mar 2018 17:04:18 +0000

Beaver Dam apartment building burns to ground after explosion deems it unsafe

FDL Reporter — Fri, 23 Mar 2018 17:00:46 +0000

Apartment building 109 of the Village Glen Apartments in Beaver Dam was set ablaze under a watchful eye from area fire departments because dangerous chemicals were still present after explosions on March 5, 7 and 8 made it unsafe to try to salvage the building, officials said, citing the risk of another explosion or chemical exposure to workers. Doug Raflik/USA TODAY NETWORK-Wisconsin USA TODAY NETWORK-Wisconsin

Cat rescued in Fond du Lac house fire Monday

FDL Reporter — Tue, 20 Mar 2018 17:06:48 +0000

Doug Raflik, USA TODAY NETWORK-Wisconsin

FOND DU LAC – Firefighters and police responded to a report of a house fire at 30 E. 10th St. Monday afternoon.

At 4:47 p.m., Fond du Lac Fire/Rescue responded to a call for a fire in one of four units in a house.

Fire crews found a fire in the kitchen area and quickly contained and extinguished it, but not before the heat and smoke caused enough damage to render the house uninhabitable for the one adult and three children that lived in the unit, according to the fire department.

No one was home at the time of the fire, but a cat was rescued and given oxygen by members of the Fond du Lac Fire/Rescue department who utilized a special oxygen mask made for small animals.

The cause of the fire is currently under investigation.

Fond du Lac Fire/Rescue was assisted by the Fond du Lac Police Department as well as Alliant Energy.

Man who died in Beaver Dam Lake identified

FDL Reporter — Tue, 20 Mar 2018 11:25:00 +0000

BEAVER DAM – Gary T. Ballweg, 52, of Fox Lake, has been identified as the man who died when a pickup truck ended up in Beaver Dam Lake Monday morning.

The Dodge County Sheriff’s Office responded at 6:45 a.m. to the Hickory Point boat launch ramp in the town of Westford for a report of a Dodge pick-up truck in the lake, about 20 yards from shore, according to the sheriff’s office.

Ballweg was located near his vehicle and pronounced dead at the scene, according to the office, and the Fond du lac County Sheriff’s Office Dive Team searched the surrounding waters but found no other victims.

As of Tuesday morning, the Dodge County Sheriff’s Office has not made a statement as to how Ballweg’s truck came to be in the lake. The incident remains under investigation.