The Fond du Lac city council this week will consider a resolution to delay design work on a new Lakeside Park pavilion. The resolution directs city staff to delay design work until February 15 to allow the council to evaluate alternate proposals from potential community partners related to the Lakeside Park Master Plan. Council president Brian Kolstad says if there is a new and better idea he is willing to listen. Councilmember Ben […]
Winter-like weather is continuing early this week but there is a light at the end of the tunnel. National Weather Service meteorologist, Taylor Patterson tells WFDL news the snow events over the last couple of weeks is unusual and more snow is in the forecast for Wednesday night. Patterson says high temps and overnight lows over the next couple of days are well below normal for this time of year. Patterson […]
PORTAGE, Wis. (AP) — State officials say the maximum-security Columbia Correctional Institution remains locked down following another assault on a staff member. The Department of Corrections says the lockdown, which restricts prisoners' movement, began after the latest assault Friday. Corrections spokeswoman Clare Hendricks says there were also two additional and separate staff assaults at the Portage prision in the past weeks. Hendricks says DOC is working with law enforcement to investigate the […]
SHEBOYGAN, Wis. (AP) — One person is dead after a farming accident in eastern Wisconsin. Sheboygan County authorities say the accident was reported late Monday morning. According to the sheriff's office, one person is dead. No other information was released.
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin's Democratic U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin says her Republican colleague Sen. Ron Johnson needs to decide for himself whether it's appropriate for him to recuse himself if there is a Senate impeachment trial against President Donald Trump. Johnson has said he will not recuse himself despite his close involvement in Ukraine issues at the center of the investigation. Baldwin told reporters Monday that Johnson will have to decide […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Wisconsin agriculture secretary fired by the Republican-controlled state Senate has a new job, still within Gov. Tony Evers' administration. Brad Pfaff has been hired as the director of business and rural development for the state Department of Administration. The announcement Monday comes less than a week after his confirmation as agriculture secretary was rejected. Republicans were upset with comments he made critical of them not quickly […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A Republican legislator is resurrecting a resolution that would officially declare the evergreen the state Department of Administration places in the state Capitol every year a Christmas tree. Democratic Gov. Tony Evers called the tree a holiday tree Friday, a departure from his predecessor, Republican Scott Walker, who called it a Christmas tree. Republican Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald called Evers' decision to rename the tree […]
The Envision Greater Fond du Lac Board has named an interim CEO. Director of Outreach and Client Services Jim Cleveland will assume the interim role when president and CEO Cecilia Harry steps down next month. Envision board member Tom Schneider says the board made the announcement to the organization’s staff Monday morning. "Jim Cleveland has been with the AC, with the FCEDC and with the merger, so he's been with both […]
Nobody was injured in a fire that destroyed a grain dryer at a Fond du Lac County farm. Shortly after 11pm Sunday firefighters from several departments were called to the scene on Rose-Eld Road in the town of Rosendale. The Sheriff’s Office says firefighters’ quick response prevented the fire from spreading to a nearby office building and residence. The fire does not appear to be suspicious in nature.