The Fond du Lac county board and Fond du Lac city council are holding their organizational meetings Tuesday night following the spring election. The county board will elect a new county board chairman. Marty Farrell will hand over the gavel to the new chairman at Tuesday night's meeting. Farrell did not seek reelection this year. Four new members on the Fond du lac city council will be sworn into office, […]
CAMBRIDGE, Wis. (AP) — A crowded field of Democrats is trying to figure out a winning strategy to unseat Republican Sen. Ron Johnson in Wisconsin in November. It's one of a handful of competitive Senate races this election year and could help decide Senate control. Johnson was elected as a fiscal conservative, but in the past two years he has staked out some anti-science positions in the pandemic. And he's […]
Inflation soared over the past year at its fastest pace in more than 40 years, with costs for food, gasoline, housing and other necessities squeezing American consumers and wiping out any pay raises many people have received. The Labor Department's consumer price index jumped 8.5 percent in March from 12 months earlier, the sharpest year over year increase since 1981. Retired Ripon College economist Paul Schoofs says prices have been driven up […]
Pfizer wants to expand its COVID-19 booster shots to healthy five to 11 year olds. U.S. health authorities already urge everyone 12 and older to get one booster dose for the best protection. And those 50 and older have the option of a second booster. Fond du Lac County Public Health Officer Kim Mueller says she expects authorization soon. "We do know the vaccine wanes after a period of time and so providing […]
JUNEAU, Wis. (AP) — A Milwaukee woman has pleaded guilty to concealing the death of her newborn baby almost 13 years ago. Forty five-year-old Karin Luttinen pleaded guilty Monday to a felony count of concealing the death of a child in Dodge County Circuit Court. According to a criminal complaint, Luttinen gave birth to the baby girl in a bath tub in April 2009. She told investigators she put the […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Republican former Wisconsin Gov. Tommy Thompson announced Monday that he won't run again in a bid to take on the Democratic incumbent in the battleground state. A campaign by the 80-year-old Thompson would have put him on the ballot for the first time in a decade and 24 years after his last win. The winner of the Aug. 9 primary will advance to face Gov. Tony […]
An electric heater is being blamed for starting a fire that destroyed an empty chicken coop in Fond du Lac County. Shortly after 8:30pm Sunday Oakfield firefighters were called to the Benjamin Sales farm on Highway F in the town of Byron. The fire was contained to the chicken coop, causing approximately $5,000 in damage. Firefighters from Eden, Brownsville and Fond du Lac assisted at the scene.
Johnson Street Mall Intersections Schedule: Construction Start April 4-June 2022 – Stage 1 Median Description: The project includes reconstruction of the median turn lanes and install traffic signals at the west entrance to the mall. April 18 to April 22: Crews installed conduit signal and light bases, pulled boxes, and curb and gutter in median turn lanes. Light poles will be installed by weeks end once bases are fully cured. […]
Tickets are now on sale for the Agnesian HealthCare Foundation’s annual Samaritan Cash Raffle, with the top prize of $50,000. The 2022 virtual drawing is scheduled for noon on Wednesday, May 11 on the Greater Fond du Lac Region’s Facebook page. First prize is $50,000; second prize, $10,000; third prize, $5,000; fourth & fifth prize, $2,500; sixth to 10th prize, $1,000; and 11th to 20th prize, $500 each. The SSM Health Samaritan […]