With less than a week to go before the annual sturgeon spearing opener, authorities in Fond du Lac County say they are keeping an eye on the ice conditions of Lake Winnebago.

The Fond du Lac County Sheriff’s Office has chimed in with their concern over the dangerous ice conditions on Lake Winnebago this year, just days before the 2025 sturgeon spearing […]

The Fond du Lac County Sheriff’s Office says it’s keeping a close eye on conditions and says you should do the same, whether you plan to go out onto Lake Winnebago or any body

Unfamiliarity with where the active crack was, which was marked with downed Christmas trees, appears to be a factor in the crash.

A 67-year-old Tycheedah man died Saturday afternoon after a UTV he was riding in fell through the ice on Lake Winnebago. The Fond du Lac County dispatch received a gall at 12:30 p.m. about someone who helped pull two people out of the water less than a mile north of Lakeside Park in Fond

A 57-year-old man from Fond du Lac was driving the UTV with a 67-year-old man from Taycheedah when the ice gave way, sending them and the vehicle into the water.

Authorities in Fond du Lac County provided an update on the incident where a man died after going into Lake Winnebago on a UTV. According to the Fond du Lac County Sheriff’s Office, the 67-year-old man from Taycheedah who died on February 1 was Clay Creighton.