Month: December 2017

Commonwealth Companies has announced they are moving their corporate offices to a new location in Fond du Lac.  Commonwealth is relocating  its offices to 42 South Brooke Street, adjacent to the Garten Factory landscape and garden center.  A grand opening is planned for next summer.  The announcement comes after Commonwealth sold its building at Sheboygan and South Main Streets to Envision Fond du lac.   Envision and the Fond du Lac […]

A Waupun business is a recipient of  a $2000 Fond du lac County IGNITE  Entrepreneur grant.   Reiki Essentials and Wellness is the city’s first business to receive the grant.  The grant is open to businesses less than two-years-old and to business owners and entrepreneurs who complete the IGNITE! Certification Program.   Owner Tyra Walters says she applied for the grant because her business was at the crucial point of either closing […]

Pictured: Jet Stream Car Wash presents the Children’s Museum of Fond du Lac with a $500 donation as a result of their charitable car wash in October. From left to right: Walt Tack of Jet Stream, Andrea Welsch, Museum Executive Director, and Andrea Nuss, Museum Teacher, with her students in the Museum’s Passport to the Holidays class. Visit cmfdl.org for more information.

Fond du Lac County has hired a firm for architectural and engineering services for construction of a new highway garage.    At their meeting Tuesday night the county board approved a resolution to hire Excel Engineering.   County executive Al Buechel says construction on the new garage is expected to begin sometime after Labor Day next fall.  The new garage will be located on property off Highway 151 near Hickory Street.   Buechel […]

The Fond du Lac County Emergency Management director says a nationwide public safety broadband network will help improve how first responders communicate locally and across the state.  On Friday Governor Scott Walker agreed for the state to joint the First Respondere Network Authority or FirstNet.  Fond du lac County Emergency Management director Bobbie Hicken says the new partnership provides secure and robust broadband access for first responders and public safety […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Republican U.S. Senate candidate Leah Vukmir says people should be fired and go to jail over their roles in the now-closed secret investigation into Gov. Scott Walker that resulted in her personal emails being seized by investigators.  Vukmir said Tuesday at a luncheon hosted by wispolitics.com that she is looking into her own legal options but wouldn't say what those were.  A report by Attorney General […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Former state Department of Natural Resources Secretary Cathy Stepp has been appointed to be regional administrator for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency office that includes Wisconsin.  The appointment announced Tuesday comes at the same time that Taiwanese company Foxconn Technology Group is beginning work on building a $10 billion flat-screen production plant in southeast Wisconsin that has raised concerns among environmentalists.  Stepp will oversee environmental protection […]

Green Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers is done for the season.  Rodgers, who played Sunday against the Carolina Panthers after missing seven games with a broken collarbone, was placed on injured reserve Tuesday.  The move comes a day after the Packers’ elimination from  postseason contention.  Brett Hundley will start Sunday against the NFC North champion Minnesota Vikings.  

Bail was set at $1 million cash for a Fond du Lac man arrested following a shooting  incident last month.   Antino Jones made his initial Fond du Lac court appearance Tuesday on charges of attempted first degree intentional homicide.   Jones  is accused of shooting a 31 year old Fond du Lac man in the stomach at a residence on the corner of  Western Avenue and Oak Street…across the street from […]