The Merc National Walleye Fishing tournament on Lake Winnebago has been cancelled. Tournament organizers say the cancellation is due to the COVID-19 pandemic and conforms with the state’s Safer at Home prohibition of certain activities and public gatherings. The event was scheduled to take place June 12-14. Meanwhile, the Walleye Weekend Festival at Fond du Lac's Lakeside Park has been postponed until late August.
Fire significantly damaged the old Eden Town Hall in Fond du Lac County. Firefighters were called Wednesday afternoon to the scene on Sheridan Street in the village of Eden to a report of the building on fire. The building was having construction work done at the time of the fire and it is believed that a piece of equipment being used for the construction caused the fire. The building sustained significant damage. Nobody […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A Republican endorsed by President Donald Trump has easily won a special congressional election in a heavily conservative rural Wisconsin district. Tom Tiffany’s win Tuesday over Democrat Tricia Zunker comes in the second election held in Wisconsin amid the coronavirus the past five weeks. Tiffany will replace former reality TV star Sean Duffy, who retired in September. The district has been vacant since Duffy’s retirement. Trump […]
Area community representatives are pleased with the governor’s latest order allowing nearly all nonessential retail stores to reopen with limits. Under the order most nonessential retail stores can reopen as long as they serve no more than five customers at a time. Downtown Fond du Lac Partnership director Amy Hansen says it’s really good news for downtown Fond du Lac businesses. "It's really good news coming out of the governor's office," Hansen […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Nearly seven out of 10 Wisconsin residents still support the “safer at home” order issued by Gov. Tony Evers in response to the coronavirus pandemic, but that support is down from where it was six weeks ago. That's what the latest Marquette University Law School poll released Tuesday found. In March, 86% of respondents said the order that closed nonessential businesses, shut down schools and encouraged […]
The president of the Wisconsin Restaurant Association says it’s been brutal for restaurants in Wisconsin during the more than month-long shutdown during the coronavirus pandemic. "Over 136,000 restaurant employees in this state alone have been laid off or furloughed," Association president Kristine Hillmer told WFDL news. "...nationwide it's two out of every three restaurant employees lost their jobs. To put that into perspective, the restaurant industry as a whole is the […]
Public health experts say a vaccine may be the best chance of stopping the coronavirus. Yet even though it could be months or more than a year before a working vaccine is ready, groups that have spread misinformation about immunizations in the past are raising doubts, and that has health officials concerned. Some claim vaccine trials will be dangerously rushed; others say better treatments are being ignored to enrich vaccine makers. Then there are more […]
For the first time all Fond du Lac School District students grades 4K through eighth grade will advance to the next grade level for next school year. In a letter to parents superintendent Dr. Jim Sebert says during this unprecedented time of virtual learning, 4K through eighth grade teachers have focused on providing feedback, not grades. As a result Sebert says there will not be a final report card for students grades K-5. "Grading […]
Democrats are making new moves toward a virtual presidential nominating convention this August. Party officials are preparing to grant convention organizers in Milwaukee the authority to design a convention that won’t require delegates to attend in person. The influential Rules & Bylaws panel will start the process Tuesday with a resolution that grants “maximum flexibility” to the convention organizing committee to set up a gathering that “guarantees every delegate can […]