There's a changing of the guard on the Fond du Lac School Board. The board has elected Mark Henschel as School Board president and Todd Schreiter Board vice president. Henschel replaced Mark Jurgella who did not run for reelection this year. The board held it's reorganization meeting Monday night.
The Federal Reserve Chair is signaling that sharp interest rate increases are likely in the coming months and that doesn't come as a surprise to retired Ripon College economist Paul Schoofs. "The way things have been going, the inflation rate being high and the realization we're going to need the stronger policy, it'll be almost surely an increase of one half of a percentage point," Schoofs said. Fed Chair Jerome Powell […]
BROWNSVILLE, Wis. (AP) — Republican Tim Michels, a multimillionaire construction company co-owner who last ran for office nearly two decades ago, has launched his campaign for governor in Wisconsin. Michels cast himself as an outsider and promised Monday to run an aggressive campaign free of special interest money to take out Democratic Gov. Tony Evers. Michels joins an already crowded field of candidates, including former Lt. Gov. Rebecca Kleefisch, business […]
An All or Nothing lotto ticket worth $100,000 was sold in Fond du Lac. The winning ticket for the Saturday, April 23 evening drawing, was sold at Philly's on 4th Grocery & Deli. It is the sixth, top prize-winning $100,000 All or Nothing ticket sold in 2022. The numbers drawn from the Saturday All or Nothing Evening draw were 1-2-5-6-11-12-13-17-19-21-22. The winning ticket matched 0 out of 11 numbers. Winning Lottery tickets are a big […]
The Fond du Lac County Sheriff's Office says foul play is not suspected in the death of a Fond du Lac man found near the western shore of Lake Winnebago over the weekend. A citizen reported finding the body partially submerged in the water along the shoreline on Lakeshore Drive Sunday afternoon. Fond du Lac County Sheriff Ryan Waldschmidt says preliminary autopsy findings show no signs of injury or trauma. Waldschmidt […]
Improperly discarded smoking materials are being blamed for starting a fire that damage the porch of a Fond du Lac residence. Shortly before 3pm Sunday firefighters were called to 201 East First Street and quickly extinguished the fire, which caused minor damage. Nobody was injured in the fire.
One person was transported to the hospital for smoke inhalation and two firefighters were treated for minor injuries following a fire that destroyed a Fond du Lac residence and damaged two neighboring homes. Shortly after 2am Sunday firefighters were called to a report of a house on fire at 23 West Bank Street where they encountered heavy fire conditions showing from the two and a half story home. Interim Fire […]
Nobody was injured in a garage fire in Waupun. Firefighters were called to the John and Janice DeVries home at 520 Bly Street Friday and discovered a fire burning in a rear corner extending to the roof. Crews quickly knocked down the fire before it extended to the nearby house and another garage. Damage was contained to the garage. Investigators say debris from welding started the fire. The fire investigation determined that […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Gov. Tony Evers has signed an executive order creating a new office of environmental justice, announcing the move on Earth Day. Republicans last year removed the office from Evers’ proposed budget. But the Democrat up for reelection this November got around them by creating it through an executive order on Friday. The new office will work with the existing Office of Sustainability and Clean Energy. The […]