Agnesian HealthCare’s Journeys: a health resource center is welcoming Laura Kurki, Fond du Lac artist, at a reception to showcase her inspiration in children’s art, florals and abstract art. Kurki will share her talent with the Fond du Lac community from 6 to 7 p.m. on Wednesday, March 2 in Journeys: a health resource center, 430 E. Division Street, Fond du Lac. Journeys: a health resource center provides a […]
A Fond du Lac County Board supervisor who was not seeking re-election this spring has died. Supervisor Tom Schumacher died Tuesday at his home near Campbellsport following an illness. He was 70. Board chairman Marty Farrell made the announcement prior to this week’s county board meeting. Schumacher served only one term on the board and could not run for another term because he had moved out of the district.
Nobody was injured in a fire that was contained to the kitchen of a home in Fond du lac. Firefighters were called to a duplex at 1149 Primrose Lane this morning. Fire Chief Pete O’Leary says there was smoke visible when he got on the scene. He says the fire started when hot oil on the stove ignited.
The city of Fond du Lac will be accepting applications from people interested in serving on a committee to outline a vision for the future of Fond du Lac’s downtown. The city council approved formation of the downtown vision team at a meeting last month and discussed the formation of the committee at their meeting Wednesday night. City manager Joe Moore says he hopes the city council can approve committee appointments in about a month. Moore […]
MILWAUKEE (AP) — The University of Wisconsin System-Extension plans to eliminate about 80 positions as part of a reorganization plan drafted to absorb a budget hit. Chancellor Cathy Sandeen said Wednesday that the job reductions will come from a branch that works with people at a local level on agricultural, parenting and economic development issues through offices in each of the state's 72 counties.
The state Senate has voted for a bill that would give libraries more power to collect overdue fines. The measure would create exceptions to privacy laws protecting borrowers' identities so libraries could report them to collection agencies and police. Fond du Lac Library director Jon Mark Bolthouse says the bill would provide libraries with clarification on what steps can be taken to reclaim overdue materials. Waupun library director Bret Jaeger says it’s a common sense […]
The state Assembly has approved a bill creating uniform restrictions on where violent sex offenders can live. The bill’s author, state Representative Mark Born of Beaver Dam, says the measure would bar violent sex offenders from living within 1,500 feet of any school, day care, youth center, church or public park anywhere in the state. If the sec offender committed a crime against a child, he couldn’t live next door to a child. The bill […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Some Republican lawmakers want to create a law enforcement oversight committee with the power to review new surveillance technologies, use of military weapons and John Doe investigations. The legislative committee would have subpoena power and access to closed John Doe proceedings. Bill author Representative David Craig, a Republican from Big Bend, said in a public hearing Wednesday that police are dealing with a rapid progression of […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Legislature's budget committee has approved a bill that would relax Wisconsin's sulfur dioxide regulations. The Republican bill would eliminate requirements that major utilities submit annual plans for complying with sulfur dioxide emission requirements to the state.