A longtime popular Fond du Lac grocery store is under new ownership. Ribbon cutting ceremonies were held this week for Klutz’s Piggly Wiggly. Jeff Klutz is the new owner. "We're very happy and excited to be in the Fond du lac community," Klutz told WFDL news. "This is our third store venture. We own two other stores in West Bend and Campbellsport."
As the 2016-17 Cardinal's Nest team is preparing Fruth Field for the upcoming football season, it is enlisting the help of the community. The retail store space in the entrance at Fruth Field is operated by Fond du Lac High School's school based enterprise, the Cardinal's Nest. Team members Aleigha Mitchell and Sophia Schneider are currently working on designing a mural to be painted on the south wall of the […]
This year is the 150th anniversary of Memorial Day. The 2016 Rosendale Memorial Day commemoration will include the dedication of a new stone at the Rosendale Veterans Memorial. The ceremony begins at 10 a.m. in the Rosendale Intermediate School south gymnasium. The 2016 Poppy Princess and the Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) Merit Citation winner will be announced. Also, winners of the Memorial Day Essay Contest and Poster Contest will […]
The 2016 Memorial Day Parade and Ceremony will be held in Fond du Lac on Monday, May 30, 2016. The parade will start at 10am at the corner of Guindon Blvd and S. Main Street. The American Legion Post 75 is host unit, and this year we will have co-parade marshalls, James and Peggy Guell, both Army veterans. As of the date of this release, the keynote speaker for the […]
Marian University will hold its 75th spring commencement Saturday, May 14. Activities will begin with a Graduation Liturgy in Dorcas Chapel at 10:30 a.m. The graduation ceremony will begin at 12:30 p.m. and is held outdoor on the Marian University quad. Author Candice Millard will serve as commencement speaker and will receive an honorary Doctor of Letters degree. Millard is a former writer and editor for National Geographic magazine.
The University of Wisconsin Oshkosh will host its 142nd spring commencement ceremony on Saturday, May 14. More than 1,300 undergraduate and more than 190 graduate students will be recognized as UW Oshkosh’s newest graduates—bringing UW Oshkosh’s alumni base to nearly 90,000. The ceremonies begin at 9 a.m. and 2 p.m. at Kolf Sports Center, 738 High Ave., on the UW Oshkosh campus. The ceremonies will last about two hours.
A phone scam that surfaces from time to time is hitting the Fond du Lac-Dodge county area again. A Fond du Lac woman says she received two recorded calls this week from someone claiming to be from the IRS stating that the IRS had filed a lawsuit had been filed against her. WFDL news called the number to see what this was all about. After a short converstation the person on the […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin Republicans struggling with accepting Donald Trump as the party's presidential nominee gather this weekend for the annual state convention in Green Bay. The meeting will put on full display the disparate reactions to the billionaire businessman. Some influential Republicans in the state have yet to publicly warm to Trump. Others are strongly opposed to him, while still other office holders and activists are slowly coming around and say […]
The Fond du Lac County Clerk says she thinks retiring Government Accountability Board secretary Kevin Kennedy has been unfairly criticized over the years. Kennedy announced this week he will retire at the end of June, a day before the GAB is eliminated. Fond du lac County Clerk Lisa Freiberg has worked closely with Kennedy over the years and thinks he did a great job during his nearly four decades in state elections. "I feel its […]