MILWAUKEE (AP) — Pabst Brewing Company. is returning home to Milwaukee. The Los Angeles-based beer company said Wednesday it will open a new brewery on the site of its original Pabst Brewery. Pabst was founded in 1844 in Milwaukee.
The Fond du Lac County Fair gets underway Wednesday. The big name music entertainment this year include Grand Funk Railroad Thursday night, Great White and Slaughter on Friday and Montgomery Gentry on Saturday. One hundred 75 tractors from east central Wisconsin will participate in the Tractor Pull starting at 7pm Wednesday night. A horse pull will be held Sunday. St. Cloud native Valerie Kramer is the 2015 Fond du Lac […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Wisconsin Supreme Court is set to rule Thursday on whether a secret probe can continue into whether Gov. Scott Walker's 2012 recall campaign illegally coordinated with conservative groups. Unnamed petitioners have filed two lawsuits seeking to halt the John Doe proceeding, Wisconsin's version of a grand jury investigation where information is tightly controlled. Prosecutors have filed their own action seeking to reinstate quashed subpoenas in […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The University of Wisconsin Extension is making plans to reduce staff and leave vacancies open amid the largest cut in state support it's ever faced. The $5.2 million reduction is part of the state budget signed by Gov. Scott Walker. It represents an 8 percent cut in state funding for UW Extension, a university system whose mission includes educating communities that lack a four-year campus. Under […]
The Fond du Lac School superintendent says a budget signed into law this week will result in a loss of about $1.4 million in state aid for the Fond du Lac School District. Superintendent Dr. jim Sebert reported the latest figures at this week’s school board meeting. Sebert says the district will not have to cut any positions or programs in the next budget. He says the district has been […]
Bail has been set at $50,000 cash for a Fond du Lac man accused of possessing child pornography. Thirty seven year old Keith Stinemates made his initial Fond du Lac court appearance on two counts of possession of child pornography. A preliminary hearing is scheduled for September 3rd. According to a criminal complaint Stinemates is accused of sending two child porn images to an undercover investigator with the Wisconsin […]
Fond du Lac Fire Fighters, the Green Bay Packers and the Professional Fire Fighters of Wisconsin are joining forces to raise money to provide child ID kits to all K-12 children across the state. Green Bay Packer wide receiver, Jordy Nelson, was in Fond du Lac Wednesday afternoon to kick off the Fill the Helmet campaign. Fond du Lac will join Milwaukee in kicking off the program this month […]
The Fond du Lac Historic Preservation Commission is expected to seek local historic designation for a deteriorating bridge at Lakeside Park. Community Development director Diane Benson says the plan right now would be to preserve and relocate the historic bow string trusses and build a new structure in its place…rather than restoring the Fountain Island Bridge. "In order to designate we do hold a public hearing once the Historic Preservation […]
Fond du Lac police are investigating a report of a suspicious incident involving a man who reportedly grabbed a young girl by the arm. Assistant police chief Steve Klein says the incident occurred around 5:20 PM Monday on Marquette St. just North of East Merrill Ave. in the City of Fond du Lac. Klein says an eight year old girl told police a man grabbed her as she was riding […]