The latest of cost of living data shows Fond du Lac is an affordable place to live work and raise a family. That according to Jo Ann Giese-Kent, Director of Entrepreneurship and Business Intelligence with the Fond du Lac County Economic Development Corporation. “We are actually 3.4 percent below the national average. The national average is 100 and we are 96.6 in the second quarter,” Giese-Kent told WFDL news. “If we compare it to the other communities that are collecting cost of living pricing we are ranked third lowest.” Giese Kent says the composite index is based on six different categories including housing, groceries and healthcare.
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photo: waupun mayor rohn bishop The Waupun Common Council has postponed action on wage increases for paid on call firefighters and elected officials to get more public input. The council discussed the matter, sometimes heated, at their meeting this week and will take up the issue again at their April 8th meeting. If […]
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A house fire near New Holstein claimed the life of a child. Shortly after 2am Wednesday firefighters were called to the scene on Honeymoon Hill Road near County Road T. A child in the home was pronounced dead at a hospital. The cause of the fire remains under investigation.
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