Month: May 2021

The Fond du Lac School Board president says the District’s next superintendent has specific plans for making improvements throughout the district.   Mark Jurgella says during the interview it became very clear that Dr. Jeff Fleig was prepared and had thoroughly researched the Fond du Lac School District.  Jurgella says Dr. Fleig’s expertise in the area of school equity also set him apart from the other candidates.  Dr. Fleig comes to Fond […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin wildlife officials are considering drafting new regulations that would prohibit hunting wolves at night and shorten the window for registering kills after hunters blew past their quota in February. The Trump administration removed wolves from the endangered species list in January. The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources was preparing to hold a hunt in November as per statutory requirements but a judge forced the department […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin veterans homes would have a $10 million emergency fund they could tap for future emergencies, like a pandemic or natural disaster, under a proposal approved by the Legislature’s budget committee. The Republican-authored plan approved unanimously Thursday will be included in the state budget the full Legislature will consider this summer. It must also be signed by Gov. Tony Evers before becoming law. Republicans say the […]

Fond du Lac residents joined law enforcement officers Thursday afternoon to honor four local law enforcement officers who died in the line of duty.   Fond du Lac  police officers William Prinslow, Nick Klaske and  Craig Birkholz and State Patrol trooper Trevor Casper were honored during a Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Ceremony at the Fond du lac Police/Fire Memorial in Hamilton Park.  Police Chief  Bill Lamb says nationwide, more than 22,000 law […]

An Eden man was seriously injured in a motorcycle crash in Fond du Lac County.  It happened shortly after 6pm Wednesday at Vista Drive near Lakeview Road in the town of Osceola.   The Fond du Lac County Sheriff’s Office says the motorcycle was north on Vista Drive when it failed to negotiate a curve and traveled off the roadway. The operator was ejected off the motorcycle during the crash. He was not wearing a […]

A restaurant will not be built near the Fond du Lac Lakeside Park Lighthouse.  The Fond du Lac city council voted Wednesday night to terminate a contract with a business group that had pledged millions of dollars to build the restaurant but was unwilling to compromise on moving the location of the building off the Lighthouse Point.  City manager Joe Moore says he’s not sure what the potential financial implications are […]