Month: June 2023

OSHKOSH — Gov. Tony Evers, together with Wisconsin Department of Tourism Secretary Anne Sayers, Tuesday announced Wisconsin’s tourism industry saw a record-breaking year in 2022. According to 2022 economic impact data, the tourism industry generated $23.7 billion in total economic impact, surpassing the previous record year of $22.2 billion set in 2019.  “I’m so excited to be celebrating a record-breaking year for Wisconsin’s tourism industry. This is tremendous news and […]

The Fond du Lac Police Chief says it's fortunate that nobody was hurt or killed in a shooting incident last month outside a Fond du Lac gas station.  Two male teenagers, ages 16 and 19, have been arrested on charges of party to the crime of attempted first degree intentional homicide in connection with the May 23rd shooting in the parking lot of the East Pioneer Road Pit Stop gas station.   Police Chief Aaron […]

A commentary by Secretary Randy Romanski of the Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection (DATCP) MADISON, Wis. – June Dairy Month is a special time in Wisconsin. As summer starts, we celebrate the many hardworking Wisconsin farmers and processors who make our state a leading source for quality dairy products across the U.S. and worldwide.   Wisconsin’s dairy industry gives us much to be proud of and to be […]

SSM Health Greater Fond du Lac is giving $5,000 to the New Beginnings Pregnancy Care Center, Inc. to assist with the expenses incurred in providing a home to pregnant and parenting women and their babies.   New Beginnings is a residential facility that is solely based on protecting pregnant women in crisis situations to promote the safety and well-being of women and their unborn babies.    “Now more than ever, advocating […]

The City’s Historic Preservation Commission, with the support pf the Fond du Lac Dock Spiders, is hosting representatives from the National Baseball Hall of Fame on Thursday.  Join us for a conversation with executives from the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum! President Josh Rawitch and Director of Development and Sponsorship Jason Schiellack will join us at Herr-Baker Field, home of the Fond du Lac Dock Spiders, to talk […]

Fond du Lac, Wis. (June 6, 2023) - Envision Greater Fond du Lac has hired Michelle Muche as the Executive Assistant and Office Manager.  “We’re excited to have Michelle join the team,” Sadie Vander Velde, President/CEO, said. “She brings with her decades of customer service and relationship building. She is a great fit for this role.”  In this role, Muche is responsible for supporting Envision’s leadership team and the Board of Directors, as well […]

Nobody was injured in a dumpster fire in Waupun.  Shortly after 5am Tuesday Waupun firefighters were called to W7080 Fox Lake Road in the Town of Chester for a dumpster  fire burning in close proximity to a home.  Upon arrival, a 30-yard dumpster was found to be fully engulfed in fire. First arriving crews confirmed the home was empty and were able to quickly knock down the fire before it spread to the nearby […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A Wisconsin judge has declined to dismiss a lawsuit seeking to ensure that no records are deleted from a now-closed state office created to investigate former President Donald Trump’s loss in 2020. The ruling Monday comes in one of several lawsuits filed by liberal watchdog group American Oversight against former Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Michael Gableman and the office of special counsel he led. Gableman was […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A bipartisan group including former Republican Gov. Tommy Thompson dedicated to building trust and confidence in elections has launched in Wisconsin, a state that was at the center of false claims of election fraud in 2020. Keep Our Republic was formed in 2020 and operates in the battleground states of Pennsylvania and Michigan. Those states, along with Wisconsin and a handful of others, were at the […]