Nobody was injured in a fire that damaged apartments above a popular Van Dyne banquet hall. Firefighters were called Tuesday afternoon to a report of a fire at Marghaels Banquet Hall on Van Dyne Road. Van Dyne Fire Chief Mike Becker told WFDL news the fire was in the ceiling between floors and was contained to the residential portion of the building. The bar area of the banquet hall sustained […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Gov. Scott Walker thinks the push to replace "America's Dairyland" on Wisconsin's license plates is udderly ridiculous. So he's putting the idea out to pasture. Walker told farm reporter Pam Jahnke in an interview Tuesday that there was "no way" Wisconsin would change the license plate. The head of the state chamber of commerce has floated the possibility of changing the plates to reflect a more […]
A spokesman for Mercury Marine says the company doesn’t plan on having further talks at this time after union workers rejected a new contract. The union voted down the offer after the company and union representatives reached a tentative agreement last week. Merc spokesman Lee Gordon told WFDL news the contract would have been good for employees and help the company attract new workers to fill jobs. Gordon says Merc has […]
Grab your hats, gloves, coats, and boots as the winter weather season is fast approaching! Winter parking restrictions go into effect in Fond du Lac on November 15th. On even numbered days starting at 8pm parking is restricted to the even side of the street and restricted to the odd side of the street on odd number days. The restrictions are in effective from November 15 to March 15. Any […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Three workers at Wisconsin juvenile prisons were hurt following two separate weekend assaults by inmates. Department of Corrections spokesman Tristan Cook says one employee was hurt in an assault that happened Saturday morning. He says two other workers were hurt in a separate assault on Saturday afternoon. Cook says all three were treated and released. The attacks remain under investigation by both the Corrections Department and […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin Republicans are trying again to exempt rent-to-own businesses from the state's consumer protection act. Rep. Warren Petryk and Sen. Terry Moulton began circulating a bill for co-sponsors Tuesday that would create a new section of statutes that apply specifically to the rent-to-own industry. Rental-purchase agreements would have to include the price of the property and the total amount of payments to acquire ownership but not […]
The Fond du Lac School Board is committing up to $750,000 for a new career construction academy at Fond du lac High school. At their meeting Monday night the school board agreed to fund an additional $250,000 to the $500,000 already earmarked so construction can start next spring. Local businesses asked the board for more money after a fundraising effort fell $300,000 short of its goal. The total project […]
The Fond du Lac County executive says he was saddened to hear the news that Saputo Cheese was closings its Fond du Lac manufacturing plant. The company announced last week the East Scott Street plant would be closing by next May leaving 126 employees out of work. County executive Al Buechel worked at the plant more than 50 years ago when it was Tolibia Cheese. "Its one of our community […]
The assistant Fond du Lac police chief says preliminary autopsy results show no indication of foul play in connection with the death of an infant. Rescue personnel were called to an East Second Street residence last Wednesday for an unresponsive baby. The three month old girl was pronounced dead at St. Agnes Hospital. "There's no obvious signs of foul play or suspicious circumstances," assistant police chief Steve Klein, told WFDL […]