A new combined Fond du Lac Area Association of Commerce and the Fond du Lac County Economic Development Corporation has a new CEO. Envision Greater Fond du Lac, Inc. has named Cecilia Harry to the post. “Cecilia’s energy and passion for economic and workforce development align extremely well with the needs of this new organization and the people we serve,” AC Board chairman Tom Schneider said. “ Her proven […]
Nobody was injured when a pole smashed the windshield of a car at a Fond du Lac car wash. Fond du Lac Fire and Rescue was called to the Buggy Bath car wash on West Scott Street Thursday for a reported pole through a windshield of a car. Upon arrival the person was out of the vehicle. Part of the car wash spraying mechanism had come in contact with […]
The cause of a fire that destroyed a barn in Fond du Lac County Thursday remains under investigation. Firefighters were called to the Lawrence and Doro Kutz farm on Woodland Dr. in the Town of Osceola to find the barn engulfed in flames. The barn and its contents are considered a total loss. It is believed that between 12 and 15 cows perished in the fire. The cause […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A Republican co-chair of the Legislature's budget-writing committee says there is no consensus among GOP senators about whether to push for tolls on Wisconsin's interstates. Sen. Alberta Darling said Thursday that senators talked about tolling during a closed-door meeting, but did not accept it as a strategy for solving Wisconsin's budget. She says senators are working to roll back the personal property tax. Republicans in the […]
Governor Scott Walker is making a stop in Fond du Lac next week. The governor will visit Thelma Sadoff Center for the Arts and Mercury Marine Monday afternoon as part of what the governor’s office is calling the Creative Economy Tour. Thelma executive director Kevin Miller says Thelma represents the community’s investment in the creative economy.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Vice President Mike Pence is traveling to Milwaukee on Saturday for a listening session and speech on former President Barack Obama's health care law. The vice president's office says Pence will meet with business leaders and families in Wisconsin to discuss the "adverse effects" of the law. Pence will be joined by Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker. Pence has been holding Obamacare events as the Senate works on […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — New data shows Wisconsin's wolf population has grown to around 950 animals. The figures from Department of Natural Resources monitoring show between 925 and 952 wolves roam the state. That's up about 6 percent from the then-record count of 866 to 897 wolves last winter. The currently population could be higher. Volunteer trackers counted wolves during the winter, when the population reaches its lowest point before […]
MILWAUKEE (AP) — The Medical College of Wisconsin has received a nearly $38 million gift to create an institute to develop new models for training medical students. The gift announced Thursday comes from the family of Robert D. and Patricia E. Kern and the Kern Family Foundation. It is the largest philanthropic gift in the school's history. The gift will establish the Robert D. and Patricia E. Kern Institute for […]
NEW YORK (AP) — Thursday marks 150 years since the birth of America's best-known architect, Frank Lloyd Wright. But his innovative designs continue to fascinate the public, from New York's circular, sculptural Guggenheim museum, to the famous Fallingwater house over a waterfall in the Pennsylvania woods, to his modernist Wisconsin home, Taliesin, which served as a laboratory for his ideas. Events marking the anniversary include an exhibit opening Monday at […]