Month: October 2020

The executive director of the League of Women Voters of Wisconsin is strongly advising residents who have not returned their mailed absentee ballots to hand deliver them or vote in person.   Following a U.S. Supreme Court ruling this week,  League director Debra Cronmiller says you’re taking a risk that the ballot will arrive by election day if you put it in the mail.  Cronmiller says the League was disappointed with the Supreme Court […]

OMRO, Wis. (AP) — An Omro man accused of killing his wife and a man who was visiting and then trying to set the home on fire with help from another man has been charged in Winnebago County Court. Andrew Clark is charged with two counts of first-degree intentional homicide and one count of attempted mutilation of a corpse. Authorities say Clark shot and killed his wife, 36-year-old Melissa Matz, […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — President Donald Trump plans to campaign in Green Bay on Friday, marking his third stop to the battleground state of Wisconsin in a week. Democrat Joe Biden is also scheduled to campaign in Wisconsin on Friday, but he has not said where. Vice President Mike Pence held a rally in central Wisconsin on Wednesday, saying “the road to victory goes straight through Wisconsin.” Trump held a […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin environmental regulators have approved an emergency rule restricting the use of firefighting foam in an effort to control pollution from PFAS chemicals. The Department of Natural Resources' policy board approved the rules on a 5-2 vote Wednesday. The rule requires foam testing facilities to treat foam with incineration, standard carbon filtration or a custom system approved by the DNR. If the treated water still contains […]

Construction is underway on the renovation of the Fond du Lac Lakeside Park pavilion and already some structural problems with the building have been discovered.  Public Works director Jordan Skiff told WFDL news demolition work in the kitchen area found that some of the studs were rotten and will need to be replaced, as well as problems under the floor tile.   Skiff says it's uncertain how much the problems will add to the […]

Advocate Aurora Health has announced plans to build a new hospital in Fond du Lac.  Aurora has announced it plans to expand the existing health center in Fond du Lac to include a 91,000 square foot hospital.  The expansion will include an emergency department and 10 inpatient beds with capacity for future growth.   The new medical center in Fond du Lac will be part of Aurora Medical Center in Oshkosh,  designed to […]

Fond du Lac Noon Kiwanis, chartered in 1917, installed its officers and board members for 2020-21. Noon Kiwanis supports the children of Fond du Lac including the YMCA Learn to Swim Program, Parenting Newsletters, and SleepSacks for newborns at all area hospitals. Pictured from left to right: Peter Grimm, Past President; JJ Raflik, President; Tim Lubinsky, Lt. Gov.; Kelly Koenigs; Dick Taddey; Tiffany Heim; Kathy Strong-Langolf, Secretary; Louise Gudex; and Todd […]