GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — The president of the Green Bay Packers says the team won't sell the naming rights to Lambeau Field under his watch. Mark Murphy says it doesn't make sense to put a corporate tag to the name of the historic stadium. Murphy made his remarks during the franchise's annual shareholders meeting on Tuesday at Lambeau. Stadium naming rights have become a lucrative revenue stream for professional […]
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The governor of the nation's top cheese-producing state has finished up a presidential campaign stop in the capital of cheesesteaks without committing any dietary gaffes. Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker got his sandwich orders right as he made a swing through Philadelphia on Tuesday. Walker is seeking the Republican presidential nomination. He stopped at rival landmark cheesesteak joints Pat's King of Steaks and Geno's, ordering a sandwich from […]
Attendance at this year’s EAA AirVenture was up slightly from last year. Approximately 550,000, people attended this year’s event at Wittman Regional Airport in Oshkosh an increase of approximately two percent from last year. More than 10,000 aircraft arrived in Oshkosh and other airports in east-central Wisconsin including Fond du lac.
BRISTOL, Wis. (AP) — Authorities have identified the two Kentucky men found dead in a plane crash in southeast Wisconsin over the weekend. The Kenosha County sheriff's office says 69-year-old William Lester Lanman of Louisville, Kentucky, was the pilot. Lanman was a U.S. Army veteran and a longtime pilot. The passenger was 43-year-old James Dan Arnold of Crestwood, Kentucky. Authorities say Arnold was a friend of Lanman and was studying […]
Department of Workforce Development Assistant Deputy Secretary Dave Anderson will meet with registered employers and job seekers at the Fox Valley Career Expo on Wednesday, July 29, 2015 at 10:30 a.m. The Career Expo will be at the Fond du Lac County Fairgrounds. Unlike most traditional job fairs, Career Expos are open only to employers with current job openings and job seekers who are pre-screened for work readiness in advance. […]
Opposition from neighbors to a proposed lease agreement between the city of Fond du lac and Winnebago Lutheran Academy to develop a portion of McDermott Park remains strong as WLA considers its next move. The Fond du lac Advisory Park Board listened to nearly a half hour of public testimony at their meeting Monday night with all but one speaker voicing opposition to the proposal. WLA wants to enter into […]
A Republican lawmaker from Beaver Dam says he plans to introduce legislation regarding the placement of dangerous child sex offenders. Representative Mark Born says he wants to make sure a situation that happened in the town of Leroy doesn’t happen again. "We think its a situation that things didn't go the way they should and we have concerns about their policies and procedures," Born told WFDL news. The Department of […]
The Dodge County Sheriff says he’s pleased a judge rescinded an order to place a convicted child sex offender in a home next to a residence where two young children live. Sheriff Dale Schmidt says Judge Joseph Sciasia wasn’t aware of that when he initially placed Robert Larson at the town of Leroy residence. Schmidt says its important that the Department of Health Services knows who lives in the neighborhood, […]
The National Weather Service says its been a relatively mild summer in Wisconsin so far, for the second year in a row. Meteorologist Paul Collar says on average temperatures and precipitation have been below normal with less than a week left in July. "The heat has been absent by and large. We've had some bouts of thunderstorms and some humid days. That's typical for summer," Collar told WFDL news. "We […]