The Winnebago Lutheran Academy executive board will be making a recommendation to the school’s governing board next week on the future of developing a portion of McDermott Park for softball diamonds and a parking lot. A proposed 50 year lease between WLA and the City of Fond du Lac has been met with opposition from the public and suffered a major setback recently when the city learned a portion of […]
The Department of Public Works would like to notify the motoring public of westbound lane closure on Forest Avenue between Main Street and Macy Street. The closure will begin Thursday, August 20th and remain closed approximately one week. Driveway access to the parking lot on Forest Avenue will not be affected. The public is asked to find an alternative route during this time as the will not be a posted […]
The Dodge County Sheriff says he’s pleased that two dangerous child sex offenders have been removed from a town of Leroy residence. In separate rulings recently judges rescinded orders placing Jonathon Miller and Robert Larson at the Brownsville area residence. Sheriff Dale Schmidt says when the placement orders were issued law enforcement was unaware that young children were living next door. Schmidt says the situation raises the question of communication […]
Police say a Fond du Lac woman was sexually assaulted by a man in New York state she met online. Fond du lac police contacted Endicott New York police about a possible missing and endangered woman who traveled there to visit a man she had met online. Using cell phone tower and other information Endicott police found the 52 year old woman at the man’s home. She told investigators the […]
LAKE GENEVA, Wis. (AP) — The National Weather Service confirms a tornado caused damage in the Lake Geneva area. Weather service staff surveyed the damage caused by Tuesday night's severe weather in Walworth County and determined a EF1 twister touched down. The severe weather damaged a number of buildings in a small industrial park in the Town of Lyons. The tornado left a trail of tree damage north of Lake […]
GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — A plan to return excess revenue from a 15-year sales tax to renovate and maintain Lambeau Field could be a windfall for Brown County's cities, villages and towns. An estimated $17.6 million could be left over after the county's half-percent stadium sales tax ends on Sept. 30. Republican state Rep. David Steffen of Howard wants to return most of that money to individual municipalities and […]
Wisconsin Republican congressman Glenn Grothman is one of more than 20 Republicans on a powerful House committee calling for the ouster of the IRS commissioner. The letter asks president Obama to remove IRS commissioner John Koskinen, saying he’s obstructed congressional invstigations into the treatment of conservative groups. "It seems fairly obvious that he is hiding things, he has not been entirely honest with the committee," Grothman said. The chairman of […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Wisconsin Department of Justice has moved to dismiss a lawsuit filed over a state legislative district map, claiming the 2011 lines were drawn to the advantage of Republicans. The lawsuit filed by a group of Democrats asks that the map's boundaries be thrown out, calling it "one of the worst gerrymanders in modern American history." DOJ attorneys moved Tuesday to dismiss the lawsuit, arguing […]
The Upward Bound Math and Science (UBMS) program at Marian University recently hosted its third summer college prep session for local high school students. “The UBMS program really helped me to get ahead in my high school classes,” said Bailey Darling, a third year participant of UBMS and senior at Fond du Lac high school. “I’m passionate about science, and this program has helped me find out what college I’d […]