Month: August 2021

A retired Ripon College economist says he agrees with the Federal Reserve chairman that the U.S. economy has been permanently changed by the COVID pandemic.  Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell says the U.S. economy hs been permanently changed and it’s important the central bank adapt to those changes.  Economist Paul Schoof says the pandemic has led to a reassessment of the value of jobs, and a way for people to grow personally.  Powell […]

The Fond du lac County Sheriff says a sheriff’s deputy was able to terminate a high speed chase with a suspected drunken driver because the driver had already identified himself when he was initially pulled over.   The 49 year old Green Lake County man was pulled over early Friday morning on Highway 45 in the town of Auburn, but fled the scene at a high rate of speed.  Because of foggy conditions, the deputy […]

RACINE, Wis. (AP) — Authorities say a man died after saving two children who were in distress in the waters of Lake Michigan in Racine. Racine County Sheriff Christopher Schmaling said  that the 40-year-old Missouri man was a hero. The sheriff said the man entered the water to save the children, who were related to him, Sunday afternoon. The children got out thanks to his efforts, but he could not. […]

PRAIRIE DU CHIEN, Wis. (AP) — A staffer at a southwestern Wisconsin library says a Republican congressional candidate threatened and intimidated her over a gay pride display. Prairie du Chien Memorial Library page Kerrigan Trautsch said that Derrick Van Orden came into the library on June 17 and complained loudly about a display of books in the children's section that address homosexuality in honor of Pride Month. Trautsch says Van […]

Nobody was injured in a fire that destroyed a house in Fond  du Lac County.   Firefighters were called to the scene at N5827 Ritger Drive west of the city of Fond du Lac about 10pm Sunday to find the house engulfed in flames.   Firefighters were on the scene until about 2am Monday.   A 98 year old woman who lived at the residence was not injured.  The cause of the fire is under […]

One person was killed and two people were injured in a two vehicle crash near Waupun in Dodge County.   The crash happened shortly after 7:30pm Sunday  on County Highway C at the intersection with Jersey Road.   A preliminary investigation shows  a car failed to stop for a stop sign at the intersection and was struck by an SUV.  The car driver was pronounced dead at the scene and a passenger  was flown by […]

Nobody was seriously injured in a two vehicle crash at a busy Fond du Lac intersection Sunday afternoon.  Rescue personnel were called to the scene at Johnson  and North Main Streets shortly after 1:30pm.  At least two people were transported to the hospital.    Traffic was blocked on North Main Street, and limited to one lane on Johnson as crews worked to clear the scene.

A Fond du Lac apartment project is one of three projects in Wisconsin that have been awarded a total of $1.3 million in National Housing Trust Fund financing by the Wisconsin Housing and Economic Development Authority.   The projects provide housing to extremely low-income elderly and disabled residents.  The projects previously received state and federal 4% housing tax credits administered by WHEDA.   The housing trust fund awards expand the number of units available to vulnerable […]