The Fond du Lac police chief says he support the first police reform bills that have past the Wisconsin Senate. Police Chief Bill Lamb says several of the measures are already policy in the Fond du Lac police department. The measures include a $600,000 grant program for police, require police to post use of force policies online, require the state Justice Department to gather more data on use of force incidents and produce […]
Carpenter Street from Greenwood Street to Main Street Schedule: April 2021 through June 2021 Description: The project includes gas main and service relocations, reconstruction of sanitary sewer and laterals, storm sewer and laterals, water main and laterals, roadway, sidewalk and approaches, street lighting and restoration/landscaping. May 17 to May 21: Concrete contractor will continue with sidewalk and driveways. Traffic Impacts: Carpenter Street is closed to through traffic. Residents, business owners, […]
The Department of Public Works would like to inform motorists of upcoming railroad crossing repairs. Canadian National will be completing various railroad-crossing repairs the weeks of May 17 th and 24 th . The railroad crossings included are Military Road and Satterlee Street, and the City will be working with CN for storm sewer work at the Western Avenue crossing. CN will complete work at each crossing before they move […]
Between June 27th through July 3rd, 2021, a team of four college students from UW Green Bay and St. Norbert College will be conducting the 6th annual 140-mile ruck march to raise money and awareness for American veterans. The ruck march will consist of seven days of continuous rucking down the coast of Lake Michigan. The ruck march will begin at the Veteran’s Memorial outside of Lambeau Field and will […]
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Target has suspended in-store sales of sports and Pokemon trading cards, citing safety concerns. While the Minneapolis-based retailer didn’t give a direct reason for the change in its Friday announcement, it came after police in Brookfield, Wisconsin, reported that four men had attacked another man over cards on May 7. The value of some trading cards has soared, driven in part by people rushing to buy up […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The state Supreme Court has rejected a Republican request to develop rules to fast-track redistricting lawsuits. The conservative law firm Wisconsin Institute for Law and Liberty and Republican leaders proposed rules last year that would require any state lawsuits filed over new boundaries to start in the state Supreme Court rather than lower courts. Conservatives hold a 4-3 edge on the court. But the court denied […]
The Fond du Lac County Public Health Officer and her Department are being recognized for their response to the coronavirus pandemic. Agnesian HealthCare/SSM Health has presented Public Health Officer Kim Mueller and the Health Department with a community partner Heath Care Hero Award. Agnesian HealthCare, a member of SSM Health, and the Fond du Lac County Health Department have collaborated to help individuals and families navigate through various health issues, […]
A Fond du Lac man convicted in a gun crime is going to prison. Fond du Lac judge Peter Grimm sentenced Marques Foster to three years in prison and five years extended supervision after Foster was convicted of felon in possession of a firearm and carrying a concealed weapon. Foster was arrested following a traffic stop in the city of Fond du Lac in November, 2018.
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Republican legislative leaders are taking a vote on whether to join a federal lawsuit seeking a ruling that federal coronavirus relief money can be used to cover tax cuts. A group of attorneys general led by Republican Patrick Morrissey in West Virginia filed the lawsuit in March. Republicans who control the Wisconsin Assembly passed a resolution last month directing Democratic Attorney General Josh Kaul to join […]