Month: January 2018

The Fond du lac School board has updated its anti-harrassment policy to include transgender students.    At their meeting Monday night the board voted in favor of a policy that includes gender identity and transgender status.  Superintendent Dr. Jim Sebert says the changes were included after a group of high school students  approached the board last year asking for their support for transgender students.  "I don't want this to seem as […]

The public is invited to a listening session Tuesday night to discuss the future of Hobbs Woods.  County Parks director Sam Tobias says the meeting is designed to receive public feedback on the county’s most popular park and create a to do list for grounds and maintenance issues.  Tobias says work has already taken place to repair wooden bridges in the front and back of the park and installing water […]

The Fond du Lac County Medical Examiner has ruled a Fond du Lac woman died from a medical condition prior to a rollover crash last week.  Sixty four year old Dianne Majerus of Fond du Lac was pronounced dead at the scene on Highway K north of Highway 45 last Thursday morning. The medical examiner said there was no evidence of  trauma  to the body as a result of the […]

Dozens of motorists were arrested for drunken driving in Fond du Lac County during the recent Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over campaign.  Fond du Lac County Sheriff’s captain Ryan Waldschmidt says 31 people were arrested in Fond du Lac County  for OWI.  The two week campaign was conducted over the Christmas-New Year’s holiday.

Fond du Lac city crews responded to several  frozen water pipes and broken water mains during the recent  cold snap.    Public Works director Jordan Skiff says since December 19 there have been six water main breaks including four in one day.  Skiff says crews have also responded to five frozen water service lines to people's homes.  Skiff says the temperature moderation this week is welcome but won’t have any […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — While the number of dairy farms in Wisconsin is shrinking as small operations struggle to remain profitable, expanding commercial farms have continued to increase the state's milk production.  Numbers from the state Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection show the state lost 500 dairy farms last year.  Wisconsin's dairy numbers have fallen more than 20 percent over the last five years. Just over 8,800 dairy herds […]

Republican Senate candidate Kevin Nicholson raised twice as much as his GOP challenger, Leah Vukmir, in the final three months of last year, based on amounts both campaigns said Monday they would formally report later in the month.  Fundraising by the candidates is important, but is expected to be vastly overshadowed by the amounts spent by outside groups backing either Vukmir, a state senator, or Nicholson, a business consultant, in […]

Democrat Josh Kaul's campaign says he has raised about $429,000 since he entered the attorney general's race.  Kaul's campaign issued a news release Monday saying he raised slightly more than $429,000 since his campaign began in April. He raised more than half of his funds — $255,000 — during the second half of 2017.  He plans to report more than $280,000 on hand when campaign finance reports are due to […]

The Fond du Lac County Medical Examiner has ruled a Fond du Lac woman died from a medical condition prior to a rollover crash last week.  Sixty four year old Dianne Majerus of Fond du Lac was pronounced dead at the scene on Highway K north of Highway 45 last Thursday morning.  The medical examiner said there was no evidence of  trauma  to the body as a result of the […]