The Fond du Lac Dock Spiders are seeking host families to welcome players into their homes for the 2018 Northwoods League season. Host families house, feed, and provide support to players from all over the United States for the upcoming season. Interested families should have a separate bedroom for the player and be able to host a player from late-May through mid-August. Benefits include complimentary tickets for the family, a […]
Moraine Park Technical College is accepting applications from Feb. 16 to March 2 for four positions on the Moraine Park District Board. Open positions with three-year terms, expiring June 30, 2021, exist for the following three positions: one employer member, one employee member and one school district administrator member. An elected official member position is also open due to a vacancy, with the vacancy term ending June 30, 2020. Applicants […]
The children’s room at the Fond du Lac Public Library will be closed for several days starting Monday so new carpeting can be installed. It is expected to reopen by Sunday, February 25. During the closure, staff will be on hand to search for and retrieve anything the public needs. Programs for children, such as Storytimes, will continue as planned. The project includes new carpet on the first and second […]
A Waupun business is changing its business model thanks to a grant from Fond du Lac County’s IGNITE! Business Resource Network. For years Rock River Eyewear, formerly Jans Optical, has offered eye exams or contact lens refills, but city administrator Kathy Schlieve says when the optometrist moved out of state, the business turned to the city for advice. Schlieve says instead of recruiting a new optometrist, Rock River decided instead […]
The Wisconsin Ag secretary is reminding farmers to return their Ag Census if they haven’t already done so. The Census is a complete count of America’s farms and ranches and the people who operate them. While the initial deadline passed earlier this month, the U.S. National Agricultural Statistics Service is still accepting questionnaires. State statistician Greg Bussler says its important for farmers to fill out the form. Bussler says the […]
A Wisconsin company is organizing a gathering in Milwaukee next month on industrial hemp. CDP Therapeutics is hosting the first Wisconsin Hemp Expo March 9 at Serb Hall. For the first time since the late 1950s Wisconsin farmers are able to grow industrial hemp under legislation signed by governor Scott Walker last fall. Fond du Lac native, Derek Cross, is the director of the Hemp Farm USA in Texas. Cross […]
Prosecutors say a 31-year-old Milwaukee woman who was working at a Fond du Lac strip club is facing charges for the death of her 1-year-old daughter in a Milwaukee house fire. The Milwaukee District Attorney's Office says in charging documents Thursday that Quintella Owens left her three children alone while she went to her job in Fond Du Lac. The two other children were 10 and 4 years old. Owens […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin breweries are fighting against a bill that would create a powerful new "alcohol czar" position to enforce liquor laws in the state. The Wisconsin Brewers Guild, the Wisconsin Winery Association and MillerCoors are among those opposing the measure that got a public hearing before a Senate committee Thursday. The new "alcohol czar" position would have broad powers to enforce Wisconsin laws and regulations governing the […]
Juilliard Jazz Director Jerome Jennings works with students in Fond du Lac High School’s Jazz One as a part of the Fond du Lac Jazz Clinic. Eight high school jazz bands from around the area participated in the day-long educational and performance workshop held on Saturday, February 10, 2018. The event, coordinated by FHS band directors Matt McVeigh and Chris Barnes, culminated in an evening performance with seven guest artists.