City offices in the City/County Government Center will be closed all day on December 25th and January 1st in observance of the holidays. The Municipal Service Center will also be closed on December 25th and January 1st for all services, including refuse and recycling collection and bulky waste drop off. There will be no refuse and recycling collection on December 25th or January 1st. • Refuse/garbage normally collected on Monday […]
An Appleton man is in custody following a high speed chase in Fond du Lac County. The chase started shortly after 12:30am Thursday when a sheriff's deputy attempted to stop a vehicle for a traffic violation on northbound Interstate 41 at Johnson Street. The chase continued eastbound on Johnson Street at a high rate of speed and was terminated after the deputy got a license plate. Fond du Lac police later located the vehicle near […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Wisconsin Supreme Court on Wednesday declined to hear a lawsuit brought by Democrats seeking to end the state's taxpayer-funded private school voucher program. The lawsuit could be refiled in county circuit court, as both Democratic Gov. Tony Evers' administration and Republican Assembly Speaker Robin Vos had argued. The Supreme Court rejected it without comment in an unsigned, unanimous order. Democrats who brought the lawsuit asked the state Supreme Court […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — In a surprising about-face, the Universities of Wisconsin regents approved a deal Wednesday evening with Republican legislators to limit diversity positions at the system’s two dozen campuses in exchange for money to cover staff raises and construction projects. The regents ultimately passed the plan by an 11-6 vote. The regents had previously rejected the deal on a 9-8 vote Saturday amid complaints from Democrats that it would sell out minority […]
– Envision Greater Fond du Lac's Ag Ambassador program, directed by the Agri-Business Council, received the 2023 Classroom Agriculture Literacy Leadership (ALL) Award on December 3, 2023. The ALL Award was established in 2022 to honor the ongoing work of volunteers who continually contribute leadership in advancing agriculture literacy through shared time, talents and creativity. “It is such an honor to receive this award,” Amy Ries, Director of Agriculture Programs, Envision […]
Seven people have taken out papers to run for four open seats on the Fond du Lac city council. Incumbents, Brett Zimmerman, Tom Schuessler, and Jane Ricchio are up for reelection. Incumbent Ken Cassaday is not running for reelection. Challengers Antonio Godfrey, Angela Luehring, John Webb and Brad Leonhard have taken out nomination papers. The deadline to file nomination papers to run in the April election is 5pm Tuesday January 2nd.
Three incumbent councilmembers are up for reelection to the Waupun Common Council. Mayor Rohn Bishop along with council members Bobbi Jo Kunz, Pete Kaczmarski, and Mike Matouschek are all running for reelection to another term.
The Fond du Lac County Sheriff’s Office is stepping up enforcement to get impaired drivers off the roads this holiday season. Starting December 15 through New Year’s Day, the Fond du Lac County Sheriff’s Office joins law enforcement agencies across Wisconsin and the nation for the annual Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over holiday enforcement campaign. The campaign takes place over the holidays to prevent impaired driving crashes and ensure […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Universities of Wisconsin regents are set to vote again on a deal with Republican lawmakers that calls for reducing diversity positions in exchange for employee raises and money for construction projects. The regents rejected the deal on a 9-8 vote Saturday. They met in a closed video conference Tuesday morning. Hours later they posted notice that they'd scheduled an open meeting for late Wednesday afternoon to […]