Month: April 2019

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Gov. Tony Evers' budget proposal would restore local governments' power to seize private property for bike and recreational trails.  Republican lawmakers added to the budget a prohibition on local government and state agencies using eminent domain powers to establish or extend bike trails, recreational trails and sidewalks into the last state budget.  That came at the request of state Rep. Rob Stafsholt. He says he was […]

The Experimental Aircraft Association is hosting walk-in hiring events for EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2019 jobs beginning on April 9.   EAA is looking to hire individuals to fill as many as 600 temporary positions in various areas. EAA AirVenture will be held July 22-28, and is the world’s largest annual gathering of aviation fans, with  people visiting from more than 70 countries. These temporary positions are opportunities for many people, including […]

The Fond du Lac Dock Spiders are looking for you to become a part of their game-day staff for the 2019 season.  The Dock Spiders will host a Job Fair for prospective employees on Thursday, April 11th from  4:00 pm until 6:30 pm at their front office (980 E Division St.).  Anyone interested can park along Division St. and walk down the driveway toward Dock Spiders front office located along […]

After a little over seven months,  AM 1170 radio is back on the air.  AM 1170 signed back on at full power earlier this week after a tornado tore through the Waupun area last August  toppling the station’s tower.  You can hear “The Source” on 93.7 FM in Fond du Lac, 103.3 FM in Waupun and once again at full power on AM 1170.

OSHKOSH, Wis. (AP) — The man convicted along with his uncle in a Wisconsin slaying that was featured in the Netflix series "Making a Murderer" has been moved to a less secure prison.  State Department of Correction records show Brendan Dassey was moved this week from the maximum-security Columbia Correctional Institution in Portage to the Oshkosh Correctional Institution, a medium security prison.  Dassey is serving a life sentence for helping […]

There is no change in who was elected to the North Fond du lac village board following a recount.     John Duffy requested the recount after losing to Ann Price by three votes in Tuesday’s election.  Following the  recount Friday Price is still the winner.  The hand recount did find one undervote where someone made a mark outside the circle next to one of the candidates.   Former village administrator Chuck Hornung […]

The Fond du Lac School superintendent says  school officials will now begin the process of prioritizing projects following passage this week of a nearly $100 million building referendum.    Superintendent Dr. Jim Sebert says  the goal will be to  phase in the projects over the next three to five years.  "Its going to take us a significant amount of time because we're doing a significant amount of work,"  Sebert told WFDL […]

The Fond du Lac School Board president says open communication was a key in passing a successful multi-million dollar building referendum.  Fond du Lac School District voters this week overwhelmingly approved two referendum questions to maintain and upgrade school buildings and to make sure that all building are air conditioned.  School Board president Linda Uselmann says its great to see that both referendum questions were approved  in a resounding fashion.  […]

Republican lawmakers say Democratic Gov. Tony Evers is ignoring Wisconsin's worker shortage problem and will actually make it worse in his budget that calls for increasing the minimum wage and repealing the right-to-work law. The Legislature's budget-writing Joint Finance Committee was dissecting Evers' workforce development proposals Thursday.  Republican state senator Dan Feyen and state representative Jeremy Thiesfeldt, both of Fond du lac hosted a budget listening session Thursday night at […]