Thelma Sadoff Center for the Arts (THELMA) announced the 17th annual Windy Dinner THELMA Style held earlier this month was the organization’s most successful event. The event included an incredible live auction provided by generous donors, and a donation of an $8,000 ring, designed by Ron Emanuel of The Goldsmith that was raffled for $50 per ticket. Mike and Rita Shannon received the 2017 James C. Hubbard Windy Award. The […]
Thelma Sadoff Center for the Arts (THELMA) announced today that the winner of the Golden Ticket raffle claimed her prize, an $8,000 ring custom-created by Ron Emanuel and donated by Ron and Terri Emanuel of The Goldsmith. Lindsey Pearson, of Neenah, is the holder of the winning Golden Ticket and chose the ring, 14k gold with 1 carat in diamonds set in 18k gold. The winner got to choose between […]
The City of Fond du Lac Police Department, Drug Free Communities (DFC) of Fond du Lac County and the City of Fond du Lac Senior Center are partnering to sponsor a drug take back event, Wednesday, October 18 at the Senior Center 115 E. 1st Street, Fond du Lac from 10:30 a.m. until 12:45 p.m. This event will kick off the fall Drug Drop Awareness campaign which runs until Saturday, […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — University of Wisconsin System President Ray Cross is proposing merging the state's two-year schools with its four-year campuses in effort to boost enrollment. System officials said in a news release Wednesday that Cross' plan calls for keeping the two-year schools open but making them essentially regional branches of the four-year schools. Students would still earn associate degrees but they would come from the four-year schools. They […]
The Wisconsin Department of Transportation (WisDOT) Northeast Region will host a public involvement meeting to discuss a study of WIS 23 from US 151 to County P in Fond du Lac and Sheboygan counties. The meeting will be held Thursday, October 12, 2017, from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. on the UW - Fond du Lac campus in the Large Group Instruction (LGI) Room, 400 University Drive, Fond du Lac. The LGI […]
The state’s largest environmental group says the Trump administration is turning a blind eye to climate change by repealing the Clean Power Plan. Clean Wisconsin Senior director of energy , air and science Tyson Cook says he is disappointed with the decision by abandon the plan. "This repeal is a signal of the Trump administration’s unwillingness to face the facts of global warming," Cook told AM 1170 WFDL's Between the […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin Veterans Affairs Secretary Dan Zimmerman says the department is working aggressively to deal with nursing shortages and worker dissatisfaction at the King veterans home. Zimmerman testified Tuesday before the Legislature's Audit Committee as it reviewed a report found King has not been able to keep additional nursing positions filled, leading to a dramatic increase in overtime and complaints. Zimmerman says the shortage of nursing staff, […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Gov. Scott Walker is voicing support for increasing state aid to rural schools, reviving an idea rejected from his state budget by the Legislature. Walker on Tuesday said he supports a bill circulated for co-sponsors in the Legislature to increase sparsity aid for low-population districts by nearly $10 million in the 2018 school year. The proposal from Republican Sen. Howard Marklein and Rep. Jeff Mursau would […]
This week has been designated OCD awareness week with a goal of raising awareness and understanding of OCD and related disorders and appropriate treatment. Fond du Lac County resident Christine Ewerdt’s 13 year old son has obsessive compulsive disorder. "Looking back on it all the signs were there since he started talking," Ewerdt told WFDL news. "When he was little he would repeat his words...it was almost like a compulsion." […]