Month: February 2016

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Assembly Republicans have asked Wisconsin's attorney general for an opinion on state environmental officials' authority to regulate high-capacity wells.  The Assembly Organization Committee voted 5-3 Tuesday to ask Brad Schimel for his thoughts on conflicting court opinions on the Department of Natural Resources' authority.  A state appeals court ruled in 2010 that the DNR has broad authority to consider how high-capacity wells might harm state waters. […]

After a year of planning and extensive outreach, key findings from Envision Fond du Lac activity are ready to be shared. Information will be shared through various outlets including the Fond du Lac Area Association of Commerce’s (AC) annual meeting on February 11.  Envision Fond du Lac, a community wide visioning and strategic planning process, first started as an AC Leadership Fond du Lac team project and is currently led […]

SUN PRAIRIE, Wis. (AP) — Jimmy the Groundhog's handlers say the celebrity rodent did not see his shadow in Sun Prairie. So, according to a German legend, spring will come early instead of another six more weeks of winter.  The latest groundhog to play Jimmy stayed in his cage this year as officials in top hats announced the prediction Tuesday morning. Handlers didn't want a repeat of last year when […]

The City of Fond du Lac asks the community to be especially diligent in following the Winter Parking Restrictions over the next several days. By alternating the sides of the street you park on each night, it allows our snow plow crews to more efficiently and effectively clear the roadways. When plow drivers are unable to fully clear each side, it creates a narrower path for all drivers and parked […]

The Fond du Lac County Sheriff’s Office has been busy responding to numerous vehicle run offs as a winter storm moves north through Wisconsin.  Sheriff’s captain Rick Olig says motorists need to slow down.  Olig says in a one hour stretch between 1pm and 2pm Tuesday there were at least nine runoffs on Highway 41 north of Fond du Lac.  

Nobody was injured in a fire that damaged a NFDL business.  Firefighters from NFDL and FDL were called to the Dollar General store on Prospect Avenue around 8am Tuesday.  Fond du Lac Fire Chief Pete O'Leary says the fire was reported by an employee after he showed up for work.  The fire was extinguished in less than a hour.  The cause of the fire remains under investigation.

The Fond du Lac Area Convention & Visitors Bureau presented a tourism fund check to members of the Local Council 664 Knights of Columbus for the 100th anniversary of the Knights of Columbus State Bowling Tournament which will begin February 6, 2016 in Fond du Lac at Ledgeview Lanes.  From left to right – Tom Schmitz – Knights of Columbus, Craig Molitor - President of Fond du Lac Visitors Bureau […]

A Fond du Lac man says he is alive today thanks to quick thinking YMCA members and an employee at the Fond du Lac Y.  Sixty eight year old Gary Gerner says he was on an elliptical machine earlier this month when he suddenly collapsed.  When Gerner didn’t respond two women who were nearby started CPR and a few seconds later Y Aquatics and Family Coordinator Jennie Mildebrandt administered the automated external defibrillator.  "What […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald has introduced a bill that would bar county executives from serving simultaneously in the Legislature. The bill comes as Winnebago County Executive Mark Harris, a Democrat, is gearing up to run for Republican Sen. Rick Gudex's open Senate seat. Gudex isn't seeking re-election.  Fitzgerald said in a telephone interview that it's not right for someone to make six figures as county executive […]