Month: May 2022

2nd Street from Vincent Street to DeNeveu Creek Schedule: May 16th though October Description: The project includes gas main and service relocations, reconstruction of sanitary sewer and laterals, storm sewer and laterals, water main and laterals, roadway, sidewalk and approaches, street lighting and restoration/landscaping. May 23 to May 27: Contractor will continue water main installation. Traffic Impacts: 2nd Street is closed to through traffic. Residents, business owners, and customers may […]

FOOD Trucks are coming to Lakeside Park in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin on Sunday May 29.  From 11am to 5 pm, Oven Island will be the site of the Fondy Food Truck Festival.  Two dozen Food Trucks will be serving a variety of cuisine. In addition to food there will be music by the Fondy duo, Until Dawn, educational booths and multiple activities for kids and adults.  Over 20 community organizations are participating […]

Investigators  are not ruling out the possibility a Van Dyne man suffered a medical condition prior to being run over by a vehicle earlier this month.   Sixty one year old Vickie Farrow has made her initial Fond du Lac County Circuit Court appearance on charges of OWI Causing Injury and Operating While Revoked Causing Great Bodily Harm.   Bail was set at $20,000 cash.  The incident happened May 12 on Korth Road in the […]

GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — A judge in Brown County has ruled a woman accused of killing and dismembering a man in Green Bay is competent to stand trial. The decision means Taylor Schabusiness understands the legal proceedings and can assist in her defense. The 24-year-old Green Bay woman was twice examined for her competency. After an initial determination that Schabusiness was competent, the defense asked for a second opinion, […]

President Joe Biden is stepping up his administration's response to a nationwide baby formula shortage that has forced frenzied parents into online groups to swap and sell to each other to keep their babies fed.  The shortage stems from supply chain disruptions and a safety recall.  Fond du Lac County Public  Health Officer Kim Mueller says its an ongoing problem locally.  "What we are recommending is that  you please do not dilute the formula.  […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin Republicans gathering for the state convention this weekend will vote on setting the party’s priorities for the next year, including resolutions calling for all ballots to be hand-counted on Election Day, imposing the death penalty for people who kill police officers, and opposing vaccine mandates. The resolutions were brought forward by Republicans across the state for approval at the convention and were made public this […]

Fond du Lac residents joined law enforcement officers  this week to honor five local law enforcement officers who died in the line of duty.  Officer Joseph Kurer was the latest name added to the Police/Fire Memorial at Hamilton Park.  Officer Kurer died last September from COVID-19.   Officer Kurer was one of 440 police officers across the United States last year to die from the virus.  Fond du Lac Police Chief Aaron Goldstein says […]