Month: July 2020

The Fond du Lac Public Works director says he hopes a lot of questions and concerns will be answered when a feasibility study is completed on a new Lakeside Park master plan.  The plan includes a restaurant on the lighthouse peninsula and amphitheater and parking lot on Oven Island.    Jordan Skiff says it’s clear that in recent weeks public opposition toward the plan is growing.   "In answer to your […]

The Fond  du Lac city council president says he’s not surprised at a growing opposition to develop a portion of Lakeside Park.  Efforts are underway on several fronts by residents who are opposed to building a restaurant  near the lighthouse and an amphitheater and parking lot on Oven Island.  Council president Brian Kolstad says he thinks there were always people concerned about the plan.  ""I think there was always a concern about this,"  […]

A Fond  du Lac city councilmember says she is surprised at the recent opposition to an alternative Lakeside Park master plan.   More than 2,000 people signed an online petition in opposition to the plan that  calls for a  restaurant and history museum on the lighthouse peninsula and amphitheater on Oven Island.    Councilmember Donna Richards says her initial reaction is that it’s unfortunate.   "Discussion to the point of adopting this alternative plan occurred many months […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A small Wisconsin liberal arts college hosting a campaign visit by Vice President Mike Pence has told Pence that he and everyone attending his speech inside a campus building must wear a mask and maintain a 6-foot distance between one another. The president of Ripon College also distanced the private school from the closed-door event on Friday, saying in an email to the campus community that […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Gov. Tony Evers has pardoned 18 more people. The pardons announced Thursday are the most he’s made at one time since reviving the issuing of pardons last year following an eight year hiatus under former Gov. Scott Walker. Evers has now pardoned 47 people. A pardon doesn’t erase or seal a conviction, but it does restore a variety of rights, including being able to own a […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A federal appeals court panel has refused to reinstate Wisconsin Democrats' lawsuit challenging Republican-authored lame-duck laws weakening Gov. Tony Evers and Attorney General Josh Kaul. The state Democratic Party sued in February 2019, arguing the laws were meant to retaliate against people who voted for Evers. U.S. District Judge James Peterson dismissed the lawsuit in October, ruling Democrats lacked standing to sue. A three-judge panel from […]

The League of Women Voters of Wisconsin has filed a brief in the voter purge case before the Wisconsin Supreme Court.  The case, brought by the conservative Wisconsin Institute for Law and Liberty argues state law requires the Wisconsin Elections Commission to remove individuals if they don’t respond to a postcard verifying their address within 30 days.  Commission policy allows voters to stay on the voter rolls for up to two years after […]

Fond du Lac’s Marian University says it has entered into an agreement that will make it easier for students seeking to transfer credits from any of Wisconsin’s  16 technical colleges to Marian University.  Marian University is one of the private, nonprofit colleges and universities participating in the Credit Transfer Agreement signed last week.  President of the Wisconsin Association of Independent Colleges and Universities, Dr. Rolf Wegenke says streamlining the credit transfer process opens doors for more students […]

A second Fond du Lac man has been charged  in connection with a shooting incident.   Twenty one year old Dammahum Gibson made his initial court appearance this week on multiple charges including attempted first degree intentional homicide.  Bail was set at $250,000 cash.  A preliminary hearing is scheduled for July 24.   Last month, 28 year old Vincent Riddle of Fond du Lac,  was charged with multiple counts including endangering safety/reckless use of a firearm.   According to […]