Fond du Lac High School will be pre-selling playoff tickets for Friday night's 7:00 p.m. WIAA round one playoff game between Janesville Craig and Fond du Lac. Tickets can be purchased at Fond du Lac High School Wednesday (7:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.), Thursday (7:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.), and Friday (7:30 a.m. to Noon). If you are unable to purchase your tickets ahead of time, you can also buy […]
The Fond du lac city council is being asked to assist with the redevelopment of property in downtown Fond du lac to help Marian University relocate its nursing school downtown. The council will consider a resolution authorizing up to $255,000 to cover a potential funding gap for the project. Marian has an option to purchase the property at 30 South Main Street. Community Development Director Diane Benson says AC Nielson […]
The Fond du Lac city council is scheduled to adopt the 2015 budget at their meeting Wednesday night. The proposed budget includes a property tax rate increase of 5.4 percent or 45 cents per thousand dollars of equalized value. The owner of a $150,000 home would see an increase of about $68. The proposed property tax levy of $22.8 million is up from $21.5 million a year ago. Director of […]
Fond du Lac County Circuit Court judge Richard Nuss has announced that he is running for another term. Nuss will be seeking a third term as Circuit Court judge of Fond du lac County Branch 3 in the April election. Nuss was appointed judge by Governor Scott McCallum in March of 2002 to succeed retiring judge Henry Buslee. He was elected the following year and re-elected in 2009. A native […]
The Fond du Lac police chief says while the numbers have fluctuated…overall violent crime is up in Fond du lac. Several high profile cases recently involving shootings have Fond du lac residents on edge. Police chief Bill Lamb says uniform crime reporting data shows that between 2008 and 2013 the violent crime rate fluctuated… with an overall increase of more than 30 percent. "There was a decrease between 08 and […]
First degree intentional homicide charges have been referred to the Dodge County DA’s Office against a Milwaukee woman in connection with a town of Fox Lake murder. Thirty year old Kriscilla McHenry was arrested last month and is being held in the Dodge County Jail on $50,000 cash bond. Mchenry faces charges of first degree intentional homicide and auto theft. Dodge County sheriff Pat Ninmann says McHenry turned herself in […]
Its that time of year again…the annual open enrollment period. Fond du lac County Senior Services Benefits Specialist Julie Hilbert says if you would like to make a change to your Medicare Part D prescription drug plan or your Medicare Advantage plan you can do so between now and December 7th: Hilbert says it can be confusing and anyone with questions can call her office to set up an appointment. […]
Agnesian HealthCare will soon begin construction of a new facility to replace its existing clinic on Margaret Street in Markesan and its retail pharmacy on Bridge Street. Construction work will begin in October on 1.3 acres of land on Highway 44/Margaret Street in vacant land across from the post office. The new facility, just over 6,000 square feet, will house Punit Kumar, MD, internal medicine physician, and Amanda Dickerson, APNP, […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Republicans are accusing Democratic attorney general hopeful Susan Happ of letting a pipe bomb builder get off scot-free. Happ currently serves as the Jefferson County district attorney. The GOP and allies have been digging through her records looking for cases that they say show she's lenient on criminals. On Friday the party questioned why Happ's office charged Christopher Hamlin with possessing a pipe bomb in 2009 […]