A spokesperson for Fond du Lac County says a redesign of the county flag is an effort to modernize the flag to help promote the county and attract more young people to the county. County recruitment and promotional strategist, Stephanie Dahlke, says residents are encouraged to submit designs incorporating their own thoughts on what appropriately represents the county. "Our County executive, Sam Kaufman, as he sat in the (legislative) chambers realized […]
Fond du Lac-Sheboygan-Dodge-Washington-Jefferson-Green-Rock-Including the cities of Fond Du Lac, Plymouth, Sheboygan Falls, Howards Grove, Oostburg, Beaver Dam, Waupun, Mayville, West Bend, Germantown, Hartford, Watertown, Fort Atkinson, Jefferson, Monroe, Brodhead, Janesville, and Beloit ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 6 PM CST THURSDAY... * WHAT...Snow expected. Total snow accumulations of 3 to 6 inches. Winds gusting as high as 35 mph. * WHERE...Portions of east central, south central and southeast Wisconsin. * […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Gov. Tony Evers is proposing that counties and more than two dozen large cities in Wisconsin be allowed to ask voters to raise the sales tax to pay for local services such as police and fire protection and road repairs. He first unveiled a proposal to change how local governments are funded in his State of the State speech last month. Evers announced the local option […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Republican lawmakers have ordered an audit of a Wisconsin agency that has taken weeks to issue professional licenses, causing lengthy delays for thousands of workers across the state. The Department of Safety and Professional Services oversees licensing for hundreds of occupations including doctors, nurses, construction and trade workers, accountants and tattoo artists. It reported an average wait time of 45 days for professional licenses last August, […]
Gov. Tony Evers has announced the Wisconsin State Building Commission approved a total of more than $178 million in projects across the state, including the authority to purchase land in the city of Milwaukee for the development and construction of a new Type 1 Juvenile Correctional Facility to continue the administration’s efforts to close and replace the Lincoln Hills and Copper Lake facility. Other projects include an HVAC System Replacement project for […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A majority of the current members of the Wisconsin Supreme Court have picked a favorite candidate in the race that will decide the ideological balance of the court with several major decisions looming. Republicans, Democrats and their allies are expected to spend millions of dollars on the race because whoever controls the court will be in position to rule on issues ranging from whether the state's 1849 abortion […]
Donald "Too Tall" Gerard Jones, 79, of Puebla, Mexico, died February 3, 2023. Don was born on September 25, 1943, in Peoria, Illinois. Don was a self-described "lifelong learner." Entrepreneurship was in his blood from a young age, having purchased his first radio station in Litchfield, Illinois, in his early 20s. Having lived most of his adult life in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, his professional life ranged from radio to […]
Fond du Lac's Mercury Marine has a new president. Brunswick Corporation has announced that John Buelow has been named to the post. Buelow was the vice president for Global Operations for Mercury Marine and succeeds Chris Drees who is leaving the company to pursue opportunities outside the marine industry. "John is an established leader with close to 20 years of experience at Brunswick in a number of global leadership roles and I am […]
Nobody was injured in a fire that destroyed a Fond du Lac home. Shortly after 1:30am Tuesday firefighters were called to 984 Ashbury Court to find smoke pouring out of the roof. Firefighters rescued the lone occupant from her bedroom. Strong winds fed the fire, which was extinguished about an hour after arrival. “Thanks to the swift actions from a neighbor alerting 911 that the home was on fire, Fond du Lac Fire […]