MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Election clerks in northeastern Wisconsin have asked the state Supreme Court to issue an order allowing them to fill in a ballot misprint so that as many as 13,500 ballots can be processed more quickly through counting machines on Election Day. Clerks in Outagamie and Calumet counties said in a filing Monday that using a pen or marker to fill in the misprinted “timing mark” would […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The organizer of an effort to recall Wisconsin Democratic Gov. Tony Evers over his response to racial injustice protests and the coronavirus says it has failed. Misty Polewczynski posted on the “Recall Evers Petition” Facebook page on Monday that not enough signatures were collected. She didn't say how close they came to meeting the nearly 670,000 signatures needed to force an election. But she says the […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — President Donald Trump and his Democratic challenger Joe Biden both plan to make a final push in Wisconsin with campaign stops in the final week leading up to Election Day. Trump was scheduled to hold a rally in West Salem, just outside of La Crosse, on Tuesday, one week before the Nov. 3 election. That comes after Trump held a rally Saturday in Waukesha, a conservative […]
Preliminary findings from a market feasibility study indicate there appears to be a market for a restaurant and amphitheater at Fond du Lac’s Lakeside Park. Public Works director Jordan Skiff told WFDL news the consultant has been pretty encouraging that there seems to be a market for those items. Skiff says the consultant also cautions that how a restaurant agreement is structured, and how an amphitheater is managed makes all the difference. […]
One person was treated for smoke inhalation in a fire that damaged a Fond du Lac home Monday morning. Fire chief Pete O’Leary says firefighters were called to the scene at 11 East Tenth Street shortly before 9:30am Monday to find a man on his front porch screaming that his house was on fire. O’Leary says the fire caused significant heat and smoke damage inside the house, and melted the vinyl […]
Nobody was injured in a domestic violence incident involving a weapon in Fond du Lac. The Police SWAT and Crisis Negotiation teams were activated after police received a call shortly before 10:30pm Sunday about a a domestic violence incident involving a weapon in the 200 block of Morris Street. Contact was made with the male at the residence. A short time later the male exited the residence and was taken into custody without further […]
Fond du Lac County is currently experiencing very high levels of COVID-19 and significant spread in our community. Friday alone we have received notification of approximately 240 cases. We have seen a rapid increase in the number of daily new cases in past weeks, and the number of cases continue to accelerate upwards. Due to the escalation in cases, case investigation and contact tracing efforts to effectively identify and control […]
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, […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A Black man whose arrest triggered a violent protest in Madison will plead guilty to extorting a local business. Devonere Johnson has agreed to plead guilty to one of two extortion charges in exchange for federal prosecutors dropping the other charge. Investigators allege he threatened the owners of two Madison businesses in June, demanding money from one, and free food and beer from the other. He […]