The Fond du Lac County Economic Development Corporation president says a new economic forecast shows area business leaders are cautiously optimistic for economic growth in 2016. The forecast was developed with input from 40 private business leaders across the county. FCEDC president Steve Jenkins says among the findings, 42 percent expect the economy to remain stable, but 54 percent felt the economy would be better. Fifty eight percent expected stable […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Gov. Scott Walker's job creation agency is looking for companies willing to travel to a technology trade show in Germany this spring. The Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation is extending invitations to join the Wisconsin delegation at the Hanover Messe trade event for industrial technology in Hanover in late April. The event is expected to draw more than 200,000 attendees and will feature more than 6,600 exhibitors […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Part of the University of Wisconsin-Madison band will be left behind when members make the trip to San Diego in a few weeks for the Holiday Bowl. All freshmen in the band won't be going on the bowl trip for the first time because of budgetary concerns. Band director Mike Leckrone says he was told by the university that he could send about 200 members on […]
A 47-year-old man was found dead after a residential fire in New Holstein. Firefighters were called to the scene at 1713 Monroe St. at around 9:30 p.m. Tuesday. Firefighters attempted to enter the house but were turned back because of the extreme heat. After several hours the fire was knocked down, and the victim was found dead in the home. The cause of the fire remains under investigation. The Red Cross and the Salvation […]
After two failed restaurant attempts, a former Fond du Lac church building is going back to being a church. Essential Rock Church has signed a five year lease with The Commonwealth Companies to convert the former Trinity Lutheran Church building back into a church. "That's incredible, God has really been good to us, he opened up a great, wonderful opportunity for us to move into the old Trinity building,' Pastor […]
Town of Eldorado residents will be traveling by school bus to Milwaukee next week to show their opposition to the proposed placement of a Milwaukee sex offender in a Fond du Lac County home. A supervised release placement hearing for Clint Rhymes will be held next Wednesday in Milwaukee County Circuit Court. Earl Degner lives on Nitschke Road…just a few houses away from where Rhymes would be placed. Rhymes spent […]
An Oshkosh state representative says he will be introducing legislation that would require convicted sex offenders who are released from prison to be placed in the county where they committed the crime. State representative Michael Schraa says he is working with Republican state senator Rick Gudex on the bill in response to a supervised release plan that would place a violent sex offender from Milwaukee at a residence near Van […]
A Waupun man has been charged with a Child Sex Offender Working With Children. Fifty year old David Edwards made his initial Fond du Lac court appearance this week. Waupun police chief Dale Heeringa says Edwards was arrested following a trucker’s parade last August. Edwards is accused of working on a float in the parade with children and giving a young girl a ride in his vehicle after the parade. […]
The Ripon Fire chief says his thoughts are with the owners and employees of a popular restaurant heavily damaged by fire. The fire early yesterday morning caused significant damage to the Ripon Family restaurant on the city’s west side. Fire chief Tim Saul says the restaurant has been around for years and is a Ripon institution. "Its been around for years, these owners have had it for quite some […]