A public open house and ribbon cutting will be held this month for the new Fond du Lac County Highway Department garage. The garage is located on South Hickory Street, Fond du Lac. Fond du Lac County executive Al Buechel says the $26 million project includes a 135,000 square foot highway garage complex, a large cold storage facility, a separate garage for Senior Services vehicles, and a Sheriff’s Office impound garage. Additional […]
As America’s dairly industry endures tough times, farmers who hope to hang on are turning to every bit of technology they can find, and afford. That means buying robots that can milk cows faster and better than humans or getting planting equipment that knows where the most fertile ground is to plant seeds for food. Fond du Lac County Dairy and Livestock extension agent Tina Kohlman says technology has played an important role in […]
The Fond du Lac County Clerk says she is relieved the Wisconsin Elections Commission has decided not to require local clerks to send two ballots to 81,000 people who wanted to vote absentee in the April 7 presidential primary. Lisa Freiberg says clerks had been told earlier this month they had to send two ballots in order to comply with different deadlines under state and federal law. "I made my concerns known to […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Income taxes would be cut an average of $106 for a majority of tax filers in Wisconsin under a Republican proposal that lawmakers plan to vote on next week and quickly send to Democratic Gov. Tony Evers. The nearly $250 million income tax cut is the largest part of the GOP plan announced Friday. It also would reduce personal property taxes paid by manufacturers by nearly […]
Beginning next month Agnesian HealthCare in Fond du Lac is converting its electronic health record systems to Epic Connection. Agnesian says it’s a single patient record for each patient accessible throughout the SSM system. The conversion will take place March 7. Agnesian says Epic provides immediate access for caregivers to real-time patient information and connects to your health through MyChart, which gives patients online access to their online medical record. With MyChart you […]
A Waupun man accused in the beating death of his grandmother has been bound over for trial. Gregory Spittel waived his preliminary hearing Friday on multiple charges including first degree intentional homicide in the death of 75 year old Carol Foreman. According to a criminal complaint on August 23 Spittel assaulted Foreman in the basement of his Waupun home, likely striking her in the head with his fist causing her to strike […]
A former Fond du Lac woman charged in the 2018 death of her infant daughter has been bound over for trial. Probable cause was found at a preliminary hearing Friday for 26 year old Shauntina Fuller-Panky on a charge of first degree reckless homicide in the death of 2-month old Rehloari Pankey-Brown. According to a criminal complaint an autopsy showed the baby died from a large skull fracture. Fuller-Panky […]
The owner of a vacant convention building in Fond du Lac has filed an appeal in an effort to prevent the city from razing the structure. The owner of the Sisters of the Holy Nativity Convent filed the appeal last month to overturn a decision to dismiss a restraining order against the city and transferred a $30,000 performance bond to the court. The appeal and money transfer comes a month after a Fond du lac […]
PLAINFIELD, Wis. (AP) — A small village in central Wisconsin is rallying to support the family of a kindergartener struck and killed just before boarding a school bus. Six-year-old Maryana Kranz died and her 4-year-old sister was injured Monday morning along Highway 73 in the town of Oasis near Plainfield. Waushara County sheriff's officials say a 76-year-old man drove his pickup around the stopped bus and struck the girls. Tri-County […]