Month: June 2019

Waupun city officials are reaching out to local and state economic development officials in the wake of news that a Waupun company is closing.   Waupun city administrator Kathy Schlieve says employees at  Silgan Containers told her the company informed workers Monday the plant would be closing this fall leaving 60 employees without work.  "We've certainly been in contact with some of our state and local contacts, talking with WEDC and working […]

A local group is forming  to work on sustainability issues in Fond du Lac.   Fond du Lac city councilmember Donna Richards says the public is invited to the group’s first meeting at 3pm Wednesday at the Fond du Lac Public Library.  "Each one of us has activities we can do and some of us need to learn more about so that we can gather together to do a better job […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — University of Wisconsin officials are imploring Republicans to spend more than a billion dollars on building projects across the UW System.  Democratic Gov. Tony Evers' capital budget calls for about $1.1 billion for system projects, including upgrading classrooms and renovating buildings, including Camp Randall Stadium.  Republicans on the state Building Commission rejected the entire capital budget in March. The spending plan now sits before the Legislature's finance […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Police and fire fighters from across Wisconsin say public safety is being put at risk because of poor road conditions.  Representatives from organizations representing state troopers, fire fighters, sheriffs and police officers on Tuesday called on the Legislature to pass a sustainable road funding plan.  They did not advocate for any particular proposal.  Gov. Tony Evers has put forward an 8-cent per-gallon gas tax as part of his plan […]

A Republican state senator on the Joint Finance committee says now is not the time to increase hunting and fishing license fees.   Senator Tom Tiffany was responding to recent comments by Conservation Congress Chairman Larry Bonde in support of fee hikes.   "The governor did not include it in his budget.  Obviously he did not think it was necessary,"  Tiffany told AM 1170 WFDL's Between the Lines program.  Tiffany says the DNR secretary […]

The 31st   season of the Buttermilk Festival concert series has been announced by the Fond du Lac Symphonic Band. In addition to serving as resident ensemble, the Symphonic Band hosts and produces the free, summer-long Festival, held every summer since 1989 at the Wifler Performance Center in Buttermilk Creek Park, 801 S. Park Avenue, Fond du Lac.   The Symphonic Band will open the season on June 12 with A Tribute […]

Waupun city officials are scrambling after hearing news that a longtime Waupun industry is closing.  Waupun mayor Julie Nickel tells WFDL news she has been told that Silgan Containers in Waupun is closing.  Nickel says she has not received formal confirmation from Silgan corporate officials, but says she was told Silgan informed employees Monday the Waupun facility would close this fall.  Nickel says the plant has been in Waupun since the 1940s […]

Nobody was injured in an armed stand-off in Fond du Lac.  Shortly after 9am Tuesday the Police SWAT team entered a home in the 100 block of East Johnson Street and took a 27 year old male suspect into custody.   One child had earlier escaped and two children in the home were found unharmed.   Police had earlier responded to the home for  a welfare check after the man was reported to […]

The Fond du Lac County Sheriff’s Office says a series of motorcycle crashes over the weekend is a reminder of the importance of wearing motorcycle helmets.   Five people were injured, three seriously, in four motorcycle crashes in Fond du Lac County Saturday and  Sunday.    In all of the crashes only one person, a nine year  old girl, was wearing a helmet,  in the very first crash Saturday afternoon.  Sherifff’s captain Bill Tadych says two […]