Month: September 2020

U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson, who four years ago called Supreme Court nominations in an election year “problematic,” said today he favors filling the vacancy left by the death of liberal Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.  Meanwhile, U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin, who pushed for a vote on Merrick Garland’s nomination to the court in 2016, says the Senate should follow the standard Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., imposed four years ago of […]

2020 Bridge Maintenance Project Schedule: September 2020 through October 2021 Description: The project includes maintance work on various bridges throughout the City. Some of the work items will require a full bridge/road closures while other items of work will only have limited lane closures or restrictions. Project Scope: Work items include polymer/epoxy overlay, concrete overlay, concrete surface repairs, riprap and slope protection, bridge railing anchor replacement, replace missing railing caps, […]

LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. (AP) — Giannis Antetokounmpo’s historic year earned him a historic awards sweep. He's the NBA’s Most Valuable Player for the second consecutive season, adding that award to the Defensive Player of the Year trophy he picked up earlier in these playoffs. The 25-year-old Antetokounmpo becomes just the third player in league history to win MVP and Defensive Player of the Year in the same season, joining […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The state Department of Natural Resources is asking thousands of deer hunters to record what they see in the woods this fall as part of the department's largest-ever hunter survey to better understand why they're passing up shots. The DNR plans to contact more than 130,000 hunters by email and ask them to keep an online diary for three days to record their experiences, including how […]

The Fond du Lac city council this week will consider a binding agreement for an alternate Lakeside Park master plan that includes a restaurant and amphitheater at the park.  City manager Joe Moore says the agreement would bind the city of Fond du Lac and the business group Lakeside Forward by contract if a feasibility study gives a favorable recommendation to the plan.    Moore says his recommendation would be for the city […]