The Fond du lac County Sheriff says it’s fortunate that nobody was hurt when stray bullets from hunting parties struck buildings on the same property twice over the Thanksgiving holiday. One bullet struck the side of a house and the next day a bullet struck a detached garage and car parked inside. Waldschmidt says the property on Pommering Road in the town of Springvale is bordered on three sides by public land. Waldschmidt […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — More Wisconsin hunters took to the field this fall, and they brought home more deer during the just-completed gun season. The state Department of Natural Resources said Tuesday that deer licenses of all kinds were up 3.5% from the same time last year. Female hunters remaining the fastest-growing demographic — up 12% from last year. The state said hunters registered 188,712 deer during the nine-day gun […]
APPLETON, Wis. (AP) — Christmas tree lots report that business is already brisk in Wisconsin this holiday season and owners attribute that in part to the coronavirus pandemic. Wisconsin Christmas Tree Producers Association spokesman Greg Hann says many families want a fresh tree because they won’t be traveling this year and will be home to care for it. He says the growing season was strong, so there are enough trees […]
Three more COVID-19 deaths were reported in Fond du Lac County over the Thanksgiving holiday weekend. There are now 45 coronavirus deaths in the county since the start of the pandemic. There were 333 COVID-19 cases confirmed over the weekend, bringing to 8,436 the total number of cases in the county.
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Joe Biden’s victory in Wisconsin has been certified following a partial recount that added slightly to his 20,600-vote margin over President Donald Trump. Certification of the results on Monday starts a five-day window for Trump to file a lawsuit. Trump on Saturday promised to file a lawsuit seeking to overturn the results of the election by disqualifying tens of thousands of ballots. He alleges without evidence […]
With the results of the November election certified the Fond du Lac County Clerk says she is not surprised that a presidential recount in Milwaukee and Dane counties did not change who won the election. The recount ended up netting president-elect Joe Biden nearly 90 votes. He won the state by almost 21,000 votes. "It was pretty much what I figured," Clerk Lisa Freiberg told WFDL news. "It's a recount. It's not to […]
The president of Envision Greater Fond du Lac says she doesn’t know if a feasibility report’s recommendations to move the locations of a proposed restaurant and amphitheater at Fond du Lac’s Lakeside Park would be a deal-breaker for a business group that has pledged more than $5 million toward the project. Up to this point the Lakeside Forward group has been adamant about locating a restaurant on the lighthouse peninsula and amphitheater on Oven Island. The […]
The Fond du Lac city council president says he supports the recommendations in a market feasibility study report for an alternative Lakeside Park master plan. The recommendations call for moving a restaurant further west off the lighthouse peninsula and moving an amphitheater off Oven Island to the Saputo Cheese property. "In my opinion I always thought that would have made a better location for something like that going forward," Council president Brian Kolstad told […]
A retired Ripon College economist says president-elect Biden’s choice to lead The Treasury Department is ideally suited for the role. Biden says he will nominate Janet Yellen for Treasury secretary. Economist Paul Schoofs says Yellen was president Clinton’s top economic advisor and became Fed chair in 2014 when the economy was still recovering from the Great Recession. Schoofs says Yellen’s experience, contacts and federal reserve background will help guide the country […]