Month: September 2020

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Democratic vice presidential candidate Kamala Harris is scheduled to make her first campaign appearance in battleground Wisconsin on Labor Day in Milwaukee, while Vice President Mike Pence was headed to western Wisconsin. The dual appearances by Pence and Harris come just days after President Donald Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden were in Kenosha two days apart. Wisconsin is one of a few swing states […]

Nobody was injured in a fire at a Fond du Lac residence.   Late Friday afternoon Firefighters were called to a report of a kitchen fire at 315 Linden Street.   The fire was quickly extinguished, contained to the kitchen area and caused moderate smoke damage throughout the residence.  The occupant was not home at the time.   The cause of the fire is under investigation.

A group opposed to commercial development at Fond du Lac’s Lakeside Park is gathering signatures to place direct legislation on next April’s ballot that would force a referendum for any development on the lighthouse peninsula or Oven Island.   The group is opposed to an alternate park master plan that calls for a restaurant on the lighthouse peninsula and amphitheater on Oven Island.  Petition organizer John Papenheim says he’s confident the […]

While Wisconsin’s top election official says the state is ready for the November election, the Fond du Lac County Clerk says she’s not ready to say that just yet.  Wisconsin Elections Commission administrator Meagan Wolfe said this week that the state is prepared for the November election, despite fears over security,  the pandemic and an expected record-high number of mailed-in absentee ballots.  But Fond du Lac County Clerk, Lisa Freiberg, says separate lawsuits […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — There’s a new tip line in Wisconsin for anyone who wants to report a school safety concern. The “Speak Up, Speak Out Resource Center” created by the Wisconsin Department of Justice is available around the clock to serve as a resource for helping to prevent school violence. Attorney General Josh Kaul said Thursday that the new tool launched as the new school year begins is a […]