Month: March 2024

City Manager Joe Moore received exceptional reviews when Fond du Lac City Council conducted his performance assessment recently. The council evaluated Moore across 15 different elements of personal and organizational performance, as well as leadership, on a scale from one— being poor — to five — being outstanding.  The City Council noted Moore’s strengths in dependability, fiscal management, community relations, professional attitude and professional conduct.  As in past years, Moore […]

DEWHURST, Wis. (AP) — Nine people were killed Friday in a crash involving a semitrailer and a van at a western Wisconsin highway intersection.  Preliminary reports about the early morning crash indicated the semitrailer traveling on State Highway 95 collided with the van traveling on County Highway J, southwest of the small city of Neillsville, Clark County Sheriff’s Office Chief Deputy James Hirsch said in a Facebook post.   The van entered […]

Town of Taycheeda chairman Joe Thome has died from injuries from a fall  in Fond du Lac County.  According to an obituary from the Uecker-Witt Funeral home, Thome died Tuesday.  He was 62.   According to the Fond du Lac County Sheriff's Office Thome fell more than 10 feet while working inside a building in the town of Taycheeda.   Thome was a staple in the Fond du Lac County agricultural community and chairman of the […]

The Oakfield School District has a new administrator.  The school board is expected to approve the hiring of Dr. Sarah Poquette at their meeting Monday evening.  Poquette  will succeed Tracey Conners, who will retire on June 30 after leading the District for three years.  Board President Paul Dercks said that Poquette will continue moving the district forward.  “In a group of three excellent candidates, Sarah’s experience, knowledge, and personality stood out as an excellent fit within […]

The Dodge County Sheriff's Office continues to investigate a crash that seriously injured a Beaver Dam woman.  Seventy-seven year old Margaret Brozek remains hospitalized in serious condition.  A preliminary investigation shows that her car collided with another vehicle at the intersection of Highway 151 and county Highway DE Thursday.  The driver of the second vehicle, 57 year old Ronal Vosberg of Stoughton, was treated and released from a hospital.

The first over the counter birth control pill will be available in US stores later this month.  Manufacturer Perrigo says it has begun shipping the medication, called Opill, to major retailers and pharmacies.  Fond du Lac County Public Health Officer Kim Mueller says Opill's approval is unrelated to the ongoing court battles over the abortion pill mifepristone, and anti-abortion groups have generally emphasized they do not oppose  contraceptives to prevent pregnancies.  A one […]

The Fox Valley Workforce Development Board will be assisting workers who  are being laid off from the Del Monte Foods Plant in Markesan.  Development Board CEO Anthony Snyder says 90 workers at Del Monte Foods are being laid off as early as April 26.  Snyder says most of the nonunion employees who are affected by the layoffs are full-time.  "Del Monte indicated there had simply been a decrease in sales of their […]

A plastic surgeon with the SSM Health Fond du Lac Regional Clinic has reached a  milestone when he recently completed his 1,000th patient treated for carpal tunnel release          with a new ultrasound procedure.  Dr. Richard Schaefer uses what's called UltraGuideCTR  and real-time ultrasound guidance.                                              […]

Fond du Lac, Wis. (March 8, 2024) – The Young Professionals of Fond du Lac (YPF), a program of Envision Greater Fond du Lac, recently relaunched their brand and hosted a ribbon cutting to commemorate it.  Past, current, and prospective members of YPF gathered alongside members of the Envision Ambassadors for a celebratory event to unveil the new brand for YPF. This new brand better aligns the program with the parent organization and positions it […]