Longtime Fond du lac pizza joint, Bob’s Pizza, has closed. The business had operated in Fond du Lac since 1969. Longtime owner Bob Gerbing sold the business to a former employee a year ago. The Downtown Fond du Lac Partnership confirmed the closure on its Facebook page and says the business and property will be available for new ownership.
MADISON – The entire state of Wisconsin will be placed under quarantine for emerald ash borer, the Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection announced today. The quarantine will be effective Friday, March 30. Until now, quarantines have been imposed county by county, but now that EAB is in 48 of the state’s 72 counties, officials have decided a statewide quarantine is warranted. However, they still discourage moving firewood […]
A review of the records show most of the fatal traffic crashes on Fond du Lac County roads last year involved elderly drivers. Sheriff’s captain Ryan Waldschmidt says the average age of the driver in seven of the ten fatal crashes in Fond du Lac County last year was 78. "Five of those crashes were failure to yield at a stop sign or failure to yield right of way," Waldschmidt […]
Fond du Lac County has hired an interim medical examiner as a search for a fullt-time replacement continues. The county board this week voted to appoint the office operations manager Daniel Krieser to the post. County executive Al Buechel says while Krieser is not a doctor and cannot do autopsies he is trained in the field of death investigations. Buechel says the search for a chief medical examiner continues after […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Wisconsin Assembly plans to give final approval to bills creating a $100 million school safety grant program, a $100 per-child tax rebate and an $80 million juvenile justice overhaul. The Assembly on Wednesday approved the bills to be taken up on Thursday. The Senate passed all of them during its last session day on Tuesday, setting up the last Assembly vote before the proposals are […]
Two Fond du Lac men face multiple drug charges. Ulysses Brown made his initial Fond du Lac Court appearance Wednesday on two counts of delivery of cocaine and felon in possession of a firearm. Bail was set at $125,000 cash. Marvin Miller is charged with possession of over 40 grams of methamphetamine. He is in jail on $50,000 cash bond. Preliminary hearings for both men are scheduled for March 29.
The Wisconsin state director of the Humane Society of the United States is expressing disappointment over the state senate’s failure to act on a bill that would criminalize sexual contact with animals. Melissa Tedrowe says senate majority leader Scott Fitzgerald objected to the idea of press coverage on the last day of the session including talk of sex with animals. The Assembly bill was in direct response toa Brown County […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Gov. Scott Walker wants to create 120 "Economic Opportunity Zones" in Wisconsin, a designation allowed under the new federal tax law designed to spur development. Walker on Tuesday released the recommended list he is sending to the U.S. Department of Treasury which will make the final designation. The zones are in 44 counties across the state, including one in Fond du Lac and Beaver Dam.
The home of one of the largest truck shows in the country now has a major truck stop. The Heritage Ridge Travel Plaza opened this week along the Highway 151 corridor at the state Highway 26 interchange in Waupun. Assistant manager Renee Bratz says the plaza includes a gas station and convenience store, truckers lounge with washers, dryers and shower, CAT scale and trendar services. The Wild Goose Café is […]