Month: April 2021

MILWAUKEE (AP) — A group of small Wisconsin newspapers have filed a federal lawsuit claiming Google and Facebook's control of digital advertising threatens the publications' existence and violates antitrust law. The lawsuit claims the monopoly will have a profoundly negative effect on American democracy. One of the attorneys representing the Wisconsin publications says newspaper publishers have filed about a dozen similar complaints in other states. Google and Facebook have previously […]

A recount has been completed  in the race for a third seat on the Fond du Lac School Board and there was no change in the outcome.     Joe Guyette requested the recount after losing to incumbent Susan Jones in the spring election by 17 votes.  The taxpayer funded recount was conducted by hand starting Monday, concluding Tuesday afternoon,  and there were no changes in the vote totals.

An Oshkosh man is in custody following a suspicious incident outside a Fond du Lac County residence and subsequent scuffle with law enforcement that landed a sheriff's deputy in the hospital.   The incident happened  Monday when the Sheriff’s Office received calls  of a suspicious person walking around a residence on Highway 26 in the town of Eldorado and looking in the windows of the home.   Deputies  located the suspect on […]

A Kingston man  is in custody following a high speed chase involving a stolen vehicle that ended with a high risk stop in Waupun.  Waupun deputy police chief Jeremy Rasch says the vehicle had been reported stolen in Green Lake County and was involved in a high speed chase.  The vehicle was located in a gas station parking lot and Rasch says officers  negotiated with the subject for about an hour before he voluntarily […]

Three newly elected Fond du Lac city councilmembers will be sworn into office Tuesday evening.   Challengers Keith Heisler, Tiffany Brault and Patrick Mullen were victorious in this month’s spring election, defeating an incumbent and two other challengers.   They will be sworn into office at Tuesday night’s council organizational meeting.  The council will also select a new president at the meeting.   Council  vice president Kay Miller says she would be "honored"  […]

The former Fond du Lac city council president says his final meeting last week was bittersweet.   Brian Kolstad was not able to run for re-election this year because of term limits, and last Wednesday’s council  meeting marked his final  meeting  after three terms.  "It's been a big part of my life for the last six years and it's something I'll carry with me for a long time, the rest of my life I […]

A recount continues by hand Tuesday in the race for a third seat on the Fond du Lac School Board.    Joe Guyette requested the recount after losing to incumbent Susan Jones by 17 votes.  Fond du Lac County Clerk Lisa Freiberg says she can’t remember the last time a candidate for local office requested a recount after losing a race by double digits.  She says in the last couple years there have been recounts in […]