Five new COVID-19 cases have been reported in Fond du Lac County. Public Health Officer Kim Mueller says that brings to 230 the total number of positive cases in the county. Mueller says there are 85 active cases in the county, although she says that number can fluctuate frequently during the day. There are more than 20,000 positive cases in Wisconsin.
Marchers and a caravan of cars moved slowly into a western Milwaukee suburb Thursday night, but stopped short of a major mall where police were waiting. Several hundred people turned back from Mayfair Mall in Wauwatosa and headed back into Milwaukee. Few police were present along the route. The Journal Sentinel reports it was the eight straight day of marches led by community activists Frank Nitty and Khalil Coleman. Another […]
Two leaders in the Fond du lac African American community say the conversations have to continue locally following protests across the country in the wake of the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis. Maurice Craine helped organize a Peace Walk in Fond du Lac last weekend. Craine says there has to be a true, unfiltered, sitdown conversation between law enforcement and the black community. "I don't want to lose my […]
MADISON — Gov. Tony Evers released a video statement following the death of George Floyd and the ongoing unrest, urging Wisconsinites to offer their compassion, support, and action to the Black community. This includes calling on the Legislature to pass Assembly Bill 1012, relating to use of force practices. The video message is available here. Over the past few days, we have been grieving as another Black life was extinguished before our eyes. His […]
The Dodge County Sheriff says while he doesn’t condone the actions by a Minneapolis police officer charged with murder in the death of George Floyd he wouldn’t go so far as to call it a racist incident. Sheriff Dale Schmidt says he doesn’t know what the mindset of officer Derek Chauvin was as he was placing his knee on Floyd’s neck. "I know a lot of people like to throw out there […]
The executive director of the downtown Fond du Lac Partnership is encouraging small businesses to apply for a new statewide grant to help them reopen during the COVID-19 pandemic. Amy Hansen says small businesses can apply for the grant through the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation beginning Monday June 15. Hansen says the grant money can be used for health and safety improvements, wages and salaries, rent, mortgages and inventory. A business may apply […]
A financial institution is stepping up to help local COVID-19 relief efforts. Verve, a Credit Union, is pledging a $50,000 to match local fundraising through June 30. The matching donations will be split between the communities Verve serves. In Fond du Lac the money will go toward the Together Fond du Lac fundraising effort to help area nonprofits.
Main Street from Merrill Ave. to Johnson Street and Merrill Ave. from Portland to Macy Street Schedule: March 2020 through July 2020 Description: The project includes reconstruction of the storm force main, sanitary laterals, water main and laterals, storm sewer, roadway, sidewalk and approaches, restoration/landscaping, signals and lighting. June 8 to June12: The paving crew completed paving the southbound lane of N. Main Street from Johnson Street to Merrill Avenue […]
The Fond du Lac High School production of the musical "Curtains" was recognized by the Fox Communities Performing Arts Center during their Center Stage Awards Showcase on May 24, 2020. The school’s production of "Curtains" won two awards – Outstanding Overall Production and FHS student Jaeden Schmidt received a Rising Star Award for his role as Christopher Belling in the musical. “Our entire cast, crew and orchestra are thrilled […]