Month: February 2023

The City of Fond du Lac is seeking public input on the design and programming of its downtown Riverfront District, and reinvestment opportunities for the North Main Street Corridor. Input from residents and visitors who work, live and shop in this area can be provided through two online surveys, available through February 28th: Downtown Riverfront: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/FDL-Riverfront North Main Street: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/FDL-MainSt “The public’s input on these long-term plans is essential to […]

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — A brutal winter storm closed interstate highways from Arizona to Wyoming Wednesday, trapped drivers in cars, knocked out power to hundreds of thousands of people and prompted the first blizzard warning in Southern California in decades — and the worst won't be over for several days.    Few places were untouched by the wild weather, including some at the opposite extreme: long-standing record highs were broken in […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin election officials say about 20% of the state's voting-age population cast ballots in the state Supreme Court primary. The Wisconsin Elections Commissions announced Wednesday that unofficial results show voters cast at least 960,477 ballots in Tuesday's primary. That translates to 20.5% of the 2022 voting age population of 4,676,183 people as counted by the state Department of Administration. The turnout was one of the highest […]

MILWAUKEE (AP) — Meyers Leonard is grateful to be back in the NBA after signing a 10-day contract with the Milwaukee Bucks. Leonard said it felt “almost euphoric” to practice for the first time with his new team. Leonard hasn’t appeared in an NBA game since January 2021. He made an antisemitic comment two months later while playing a video game online that others watched on a livestream. Leonard said […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Attorneys for a man shot and injured by Kyle Rittenhouse during a protest in 2020 are asking a federal judge to give them more time to serve Rittenhouse with a civil lawsuit, alleging that he is purposefully trying to evade them. Attorneys for Gaige Grosskreutz filed the request on Wednesday. That was the deadline that U.S. District Judge Lynn Adelman had given them to serve the […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Former Wisconsin Governor Tony Earl, who couldn’t overcome a sour economy and was turned out by voters after a single term in the 1980s, has died. The Democrat was an advocate for gay rights but he also got the nickname “Tony the Taxer” from political foes for tax hikes he signed into law to deal with a state budget deficit. Earl was 86. Earl served only […]

Due to weather conditions, Waste Management  suspended City of Fond du Lac Recycling  Thursday, February 23.  Recycling collection scheduled for  Thursday, will be collected Friday, February 24th and recycling scheduled for Friday, will be collected Saturday, February 25th .    City of Fond du lac Solid Waste Collection is running as scheduled.

Two Fond du Lac men were arrested in connection with a burglary and a high speed chase.  The burglary was reported Monday in the 100 block of South Portland Street and police officers stopped the suspect vehicle the next day at the Speedway gas station on West Johnson Street.  A high speed chase ensued ending a couple miles later near  the intersection of Streblow Drive.  The suspects were arrested at gunpoint.  Subsequent search warrants of two […]

A Fond du Lac man arrested after  an altercation with police has made his initial court appearance.   Forty year old Eric Tolonen is charged with two counts of battery to a law enforcement officer , disorderly conduct, criminal damage to property and resisting all as a repeat offender.  Bail was set at $2,000 cash.   Tolonen was arrested last week after throwing chunks of concrete, striking an officer and a squad and  refusing to obey […]