Month: September 2015

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9-30-15 dundee car show

Get ready to “Fall into Fun” when the 3rd Dundee Annual Fall Color Car and Craft Show kicks off at the Dundee Sportsman’s Park on Saturday October 10th, 9:00 am to 4:00 pm. Automotive enthusiasts of all kinds are invited to come out and enjoy a day. The family-friendly event features something for everyone – including great craft, gift and goody vendors inside for the ladies.  All makes and models of […]

todaySeptember 29, 2015

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9-29-15 slain trooper honored

Gov. Scott Walker and State Patrol officials are honoring a rookie trooper killed in a shootout with a bank robber.  Trevor Casper was on his first solo patrol in March when he began tailing suspect Steven Timothy Snyder. Snyder suddenly stopped his vehicle in Fond du Lac and opened fire on Casper. The 21-year-old trooper and Snyder killed each other in the ensuing gunfight.  Snyder had robbed a Wausaukee bank […]

todaySeptember 29, 2015

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9-29-15 dodge county traffic crashes

A Milwaukee man faces charges following a rollover crash in Dodge County that sent three young children to the hospital.  Dodge County Sheriff Dale Schmidt says the crash happened Sunday on Highway 41 in the town of Lomira.  Schmidt says the young kids were not properly restrained in the vehicle.  The driver, 30 year old Tory Agnew,  of Milwaukee was arrested for operating while intoxicated and the crash remains under […]

todaySeptember 28, 2015

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9-29-15 fdl middle school students can earn high school credits

Fond du Lac middle school students who are taking certain advanced courses may soon get high school credit for that.  Superintendent Dr. Jim Sebert says Act 138 allows 7th and 8th graders to receive high school credit for certain courses.  "Its a state provision that allows kids if the courses are taught by high school certified people and if the courses are aligned so the expectations are similar.  At the […]

todaySeptember 28, 2015

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9-29-15 fdl-cost of living

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 […]

todaySeptember 28, 2015

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9-29-15 hunting points

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A Republican legislator is circulating a bill that would allow hunting applicants to retain preference points for more than three years.  Right now, the Department of Natural Resources issues licenses for a number of species, including bear and turkey, to hunters who have accumulated preference points. Every year a hunter applies for a license but doesn't get one earns one preference point. If a hunter doesn't […]

todaySeptember 28, 2015

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9-29-15 wisconsin supreme court-walker

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Four advocacy groups are urging Gov. Scott Walker not to name one of the three candidates for the Wisconsin Supreme Court to fill out the term of Justice Patrick Crooks who died last week.  The groups on Monday sent Walker a letter asking him to name an interim justice to fill out Crooks' term which runs through July 31. Three judges had already announced their plans […]

todaySeptember 28, 2015

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9-29-15 walker campaign travel

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — If it felt like Gov. Scott Walker didn't spend much time in Wisconsin after announcing his run for president, it's because he didn't.  Walker's official calendar for July released to The Associated Press under the state's open records law shows Walker spent one day in July in Wisconsin on official business after launching his presidential run July 13.  That was to attend a Wisconsin Economic Development […]

todaySeptember 28, 2015

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9-29-15 st. mary’s springs academy beam signing ceremony

With construction in full swing  hundreds of students, past and present, gathered at St. Mary’s Springs Academy Monday to say they were there before the tallest beam is erected as part of a major expansion, remodeling project.    Parents, students and alumni signed the beam before it is hoisted into place this week.  Director of Advancement Julie Moyer says its wonderful to see the new addition take shape.  "I've had people […]

todaySeptember 28, 2015