Month: September 2020

The Fond du Lac Area United Way kicks off the 2020 fundraising campaign this week.   Executive director Amber Kilawee says during the coronavirus pandemic much of this year’s campaign will be done virtually.  Kilawee says during the pandemic the need for member agencies is greater than ever.  Kilawee says since the start of the pandemic in March the United Way’s 2-1-1 information referral hotline has been flooded with calls.  "Since March over […]

The president of a consulting firm hired to conduct a market feasibility study for an alternate Fond du Lac Lakeside Park master plan says he anticipates completing the study by the end of October.   Charles Johnson IV says the study is focusing on the market, strategy and what makes most sense from a park trend standpoint.   Johnson says he wants Fond du Lac to be as successful as possible.   He says even though […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Wisconsin Supreme Court has rejected a request by the Green Party presidential candidate to be added to the state's November ballot. The ruling Monday clears the way for local clerks to resume mailing absentee ballots to more than 1 million voters who have requested one. The 4-3 order comes just seven weeks before the Nov. 3 presidential election in this narrowly divided state. Democrats had […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Vice President Mike Pence is emphasizing President Donald Trump’s commitment to “law and order” during a campaign stop in swing state Wisconsin on Monday. Pence spoke Monday at a hotel in Janesville, about 70 miles from Kenosha where sometimes violent protests erupted following the police shooting of Jacob Blake, a Black man. Pence credited Trump with stopping the violence in Kenosha after he sent about 200 […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Republican U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson says that President Donald Trump deserves to win more than one Nobel Peace Prize for his “leadership” and “brilliant negotiating strategy” in foreign diplomacy and reaching peace agreements. Johnson told Republicans on a video conference call Monday that Trump “should win at least one” Nobel Peace Prize. Johnson noted Trump’s signing of an economic normalization deal with Serbia and Kosovo earlier […]