Congressman Glenn Grothman (R-Glenbeulah) will be holding one town hall meeting on November 1, 2019. Friday, November 1, 2019 10:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. Legislative Chambers City/County Government Center 160 South Macy Street Fond du Lac, WI 54935
State Senator Dan Feyen (R-Fond du Lac) will be hosting a Town Hall meeting in the Town of Eldorado Monday Oct. 28th. The Senator will be available to talk with constituents from the 18th Senate District about issues that are important to them and to field requests for assistance on state issues. “This is a great opportunity for those that I serve to discuss issues that are important to them. […]
In observance of Breast Cancer Awareness Month, the team members of Holiday Automotive raised over $1,800 for donation to the Cancer Center at Agnesian Health Care in Fond du Lac. “Team Holiday stepped up,” said Holiday President, Thor Gilbertson, “banding together to give where we live and to help those right here in our community who are fighting breast cancer.” As part of the movement, Holiday hosted a Pink-Out […]
After years of debate a Fond du Lac Lakeside Park pavilion project is on hold again. Fond du Lac city councilmember Ben Giles wants the council to pause and re-evaluate plans to build a new pavilion on the site of the existing pavilion. Giles says there are unnamed investors in the community who have approached him stating they want the council to instead build what he described as a destination pavilion […]
The Dodge County Sheriff’s Office is joining the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency this week celebrating RED RIBBON WEEK in support of a drug-free community. Dodge County Sheriff Dale Schmidt says the week is set aside to raise awareness of drug use and problems related to drugs facing a community. Schmidt says residents can show their support by placing a red ribbon on their property and taking time to talk with their […]
The local unemployment rate is down in the latest reporting period. The state Department of Workforce Development says the September unemployment rate in the city of Fond du Lac is 2.9 percent. That’s down from 3.8 percent in August. The Fond du Lac County jobless rate fell six tenths of a percent to 2.7 percent. In Dodge County the unemployment rate last month was 2.6 percent, down three tenths of a percent from August.
MILWAUKEE (AP) — Foxconn Technology Group promised to make a splash in Wisconsin beyond a massive manufacturing facility in the southeast part of the state, but there's little evidence that plans to build the so-called "innovation centers" are moving forward. The Taiwan-based electronics giant announced in 2017 that it planned to invest $10 billion in Wisconsin and hire 13,000 people to build an LCD factory that could make display screens for […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A new poll shows most Wisconsin voters think chronic wasting disease isn't spreading. The Marquette University Law School Poll shows 46% believe CWD has stayed the same, 27% believe it's increasing and 7% believe it's decreasing. According to state wildlife officials, the number of counties with at least one positive test has increased from five in 2002, the year the disease was discovered in Wisconsin, to 21 last […]
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — A Missouri cattle farmer has been charged with first-degree murder in the deaths of two missing brothers from Wisconsin. Court documents filed Wednesday in Caldwell County, Missouri, show Garland Nelson of Braymer is also charged with two counts of abandonment of a corpse, evidence tampering and other counts. Nick and Justin Diemel of Shawano County, Wisconsin, were reported missing July 21 . They had been visiting Nelson's […]