The issue of allowing Winnebago Lutheran Academy to build new ball diamonds and expand a parking lot in McDermott Park comes back to the Advisory Park board next week for consideration. The city has proposed entering into a 50 year lease agreement with WLA. Responding to concerns raised by neighbors WLA has proposed relocating a proposed parking lot expansion. City manager Joe Moore says that may satisfy some, but probably […]
Moraine Park Technical College has been awarded a five-year, $1.1 million grant from the U.S. Department of Education to continue its Student Support Services (SSS) program, which provides assistance for students who are low-income, first in their family to attend college or have a learning disability. Moraine Park’s SSS program, referred to as its EDGE program, is in place to help students meet their goals and graduate from college. Each […]
U.S. Senator Ron Johnson has introduced a bill to name the Fond du lac Post Office after World War Two hero and Fond du lac native James Megellas. Colonel Megellas served with the Army’s 82nd Airborne Division during the war and to date is the most decorated officer in the history of the 82nd Airbone Division. Senator Johnson says “it is a privilege to recognize a Fond du lac native […]
An Illinois woman has been charged in connection with the death of her infant son and police are looking for the woman’s boyfriend. Twenty four year old Airealle Smart made her initial Fond du lac court appearance Wednesday on a charges of neglecting a child causing death. Judge Robert Wirtz set bail at $150,000 cash. A preliminary hearing is scheduled for July 31st. Meanwhile assistant police chief Steve Klein […]
The local unemployment rate is up slight in the latest reporting period. The state Department of Workforce Development says the city of Fond du Lac’s jobless rate in June stands at 4.9 percent…up one tenth of a percent from May. The Fond du Lac County rate inched up from 4.2 percent in May to 4.4 percent in June. In Dodge County the June unemployment rate stands at 4.7 percent up […]
The UW Fond du Lac Dean says a decision will be made in the months ahead who will become the executive dean of the UW FDL, Manitowac and Fox Valley campuses. The consolidation and administrative staff cuts were announced this week in response to the state budget that slashes a quarter of a billion dollars from the UW system. UW FDL dean John Short says is a plan that punishes […]
The Fond du Lac County Board is on record in support of a Highway 23 expansion project. The board approved a resolution at their meeting this week supporting the expansion of 23 to four lanes between Fond du lac and Plymouth. The project has been held up by a lawsuit filed by an environmental and land-use group and now because of transportation cuts in the state budget:. "Obviously because of […]
The investigation continues into the death of a Green Lake area man in Illinois. Green Lake County Sheriff’s chief deputy Mark Putzke says 60 year old William Carlson was killed in a domestic related incident Sunday in River Forest, Illinois. "It was a weapons-related incident involving a younger male party that he knew in a domestic situation," Putzke told AM 1170 WFDL's Between the Lines program. Putzke says nearly a […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — An employee of the Tomah Veterans Affairs Medical Center and two others have been arrested on charges of selling or attempting to sell illegal drugs at the facility. The Tomah Police Department and the veterans hospital announced the arrests on Wednesday. The Tomah VA has been the center of state and federal investigations for the over-prescription of narcotics, retaliatory behavior and other problems. Wednesday's release says […]