Plans are in the works to convert a former iconic Fond du Lac restaurant building into a gas station/convenience store. Kwik Trip has purchased the former Schreiner’s Restaurant property near Interstate 41. Construction is expected to begin after improvements are completed on North Pioneer Road and County Highway VV. This would be the seventh Kwik Trip in FDL.
Nobody was seriously injured in a one vehicle rollover crash in Fond du lac. The crash happened shortly after 4:30pm Wednesday near the intersection of West Scott and Hickory Streets. The driver was cited for reckless driving, operating with a suspended license and driving without insurance.
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin public schools would receive $150 million more in funding over two years under the Republican budget approved by a legislative committee. That is less than 10% of the $1.6 billion that Democratic Gov. Tony Evers proposed. It was not immediately clear Thursday if the GOP plan would spend enough to ensure that Wisconsin wouldn't lose at least some of the $2.6 billion in federal coronavirus […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Black activists and Democratic lawmakers are blasting the first police reform bills to come out of a racial disparities task force that the Wisconsin Assembly's top Republican put together last year. Speaker Robin Vos formed the panel following several high-profiling killings or shootings by police last year. The panel's bills discussed Thursday during a committee hearing include proposals to gather data on no-knock entries, mandate training […]
Former House Speaker Paul Ryan is weighing in on the fight for the Republican Party’s future and he's urging conservatives to reject Donald Trump and “second-rate imitations.” Ryan is making the remarks in a speech Thursday night at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in California. The Associated Press has obtained the prepared remarks. The vast majority of Republicans in Washington and beyond remain loyal to Trump even while the former […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The number of COVID-19 deaths has now surpassed 7,000 in Wisconsin, but data that shows the number of coronavirus cases declining and more people being vaccinated offered some hope in the yearlong pandemic. The state Department of Health on Wednesday reported five new deaths and 330 new cases of COVID-19, which has now claimed the lives of 7,003 people in Wisconsin. The average number of cases […]
A new food pantry is being built in Marytown thanks to a grant and generous public donations. Lori Schmitz says the new Holyland Food Pantry will be built in Marytown. Schmitz says the new pantry is made possible thanks to a matching $250,000 Basic Needs Giving Partnership Fund grant, and local donations including a $70,000 donation from Baker Cheese. Schmitz says the new facility will have increased storage to buy […]
The Fond du Lac city manager is clarifying his remarks made at a city council meeting last month that exiting a contract with a business group that had pledged money to build a restaurant at Lakeside Park would have a "catastrophic" impact. "Anytime your have citizenry suing a municipality that's certainly not a good outcome," City Manager Joe Moore told WFDL news. "...so that's why I used that word catastrophic […]
The Fond du Lac city council president says the council is in a waiting pattern when it comes to further discussion about future development at Lakeside Park. The council voted at it’s May 12 meeting to exit a contract with a business group to build a restaurant on the Lighthouse Peninsula, and has not discussed the issue since. Council president Kay Miller says the council is waiting to see what happens with the […]