Month: January 2020

The Fond du Lac County Dairy and Livestock extension agent says news that Borden is filing for bankruptcy unfortunately doesn’t come as a surprise.     Extension agent Tina Kohlman says traditional milk producers like Borden have been hammered by American refrigerators stocked with milk substitutes, and a drop in milk consumption.  Kohlman says pressure from big competitors like Walmart doesn’t help.  Walmart opened its own milk processing plant in Indiana in 2018.  Borden tried to […]

Destination Lake Winnebago Region and Fond du Lac Festivals are teaming up for the fifth annual Sturgeon Spectacular.  The event will be held February 7 through the ninth  in downtown Fond du Lac and on the shores of Lake Winnebago at Lakeside Park.  Fond du Lac Festivals director Pete Wilke says the event runs in conjunction with the annual sturgeon spearing season on Lake Winnebago.  A number of activities are planned […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The legal maneuvering over a court-ordered purge of up to 209,000 registered voters in Wisconsin is taking another twist. The Wisconsin Department of Justice on Wednesday asked the state Supreme Court to put the original ruling on hold by Friday or direct a lower appeals court to consider doing so. The increasingly convoluted legal battle is being closely watched because of Wisconsin's position as a battleground […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A bipartisan water pollution task force has released its recommendations to reduce contamination after a year's worth of work. The task force released 13 bills Wednesday that call for creating a new water policy office, increasing state funding for county conservation workers and increasing grants for well reconstruction or replacements. The bills also would create grants for farmers who implement projects to reduce nitrate pollution and […]

TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) — A former Wisconsin official has been appointed to lead a U.S. Environmental Protection Agency regional office covering six Midwestern states. Kurt Thiede will become chief of EPA's Region 5, which is based in Chicago and oversees operations in Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio and Wisconsin. Thiede succeeds Cathy Stepp, who is resigning for a professional opportunity in Missouri. Previously, she was secretary of the Wisconsin Department […]

SUSSEX, Wis. (AP) — A Wisconsin family is mourning their 11-year-old son who died on a Make-A-Wish trip to the Mall of America in Minnesota over New Year's. Sixth-grader Mikey Choroszy of Sussex had brain cancer. Mikey experienced the FlyOver America ride, shopped at The LEGO Store and rode the Ferris wheel at the megamall in Bloomington, Minnesota. But the boy became unresponsive at dinner and died on New Year's […]

MILWAUKEE (AP) — One of two Milwaukee children shot by a man because they threw a snowball at his car says he didn't expect the driver to retaliate. Thirteen-year-old Nicholas Johnson told “CBS This Morning” on Wednesday that the man in the car just got out “and started shooting” Saturday night. Johnson was shot in the arm and a 12-year-old girl was also wounded. Both are expected to survive. They were […]

The Fond du Lac County executive says construction is wrapping up on a new highway department garage.   The new garage is located on Hickory Road near the 151 Bypass.  County executive Al Buechel says a grand opening celebration is expected later this month.    "It's essentially done,"  Buechel told WFDL news.  "The Highway Department has been moving into the outbuildings and the main garage.  Slow but sure its happening as […]

Two major projects highlight an ambitious street reconstruction schedule in Fond du Lac this year.  Public Works director Jordan Skiff says reconstruction of a portion of North Main Street between Merrill Avenue and Johnson Street will begin this spring.  Skiff says work will continue on the third and final phase of the Fond du Lac Avenue reconstruction project with a new roundabout near the Knights of Columbus Hall.