Month: May 2024

WHAT: The City of Fond du Lac is hosting a ribbon cutting ceremony to celebrate the opening of  Lakeside Park pedestrian bridge. Both the public and media are invited to attend the festivities. WHEN: Thursday, May 30, 2024 10:00 a.m. - 10:45 a.m. 10:15 a.m.: Presentation begins   Remarks from Tiffany Brault, City Council President;  Paul DeVries, Director of Public Works 10:30 a.m.: Ribbon cutting at Lakeside Park pedestrian bridge WHERE: New parking […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Public worker and teachers unions argued Tuesday that their lawsuit seeking to strike down a Wisconsin law that drew massive protests and made the state the center of a national fight over union rights should be allowed to proceed, even as the Republican-controlled Legislature sought to have it dismissed.  It is the first challenge to the law known as Act 10 since Wisconsin's Supreme Court flipped to liberal […]

The Fond du Lac School Board has approved the hiring of a new assistant principal at Fond du Lac High School.  Fond du Lac High School English teacher Steven Rosencrans will  begin his duties effective August 8th.  He replaces Mackenzie Olszewski who is the new assistant principal at Woodworth Middle School.   Rosencrans began is education career as a literacy teacher at an Oshkosh middle school, taught English at Menasha High […]

The Dodge County Sheriff's Office continues to investigate a multiple fatal vehicle crash at a Dodge County intersection.    The driver of a pickup, 19 year old Luis Gamillo of Sun Prairie and three passengers, 18 year old Alix Hernandez of Fall River, 17 year old Erik Gamillo Calzada and 16 year old Ivan Herrera both of Sun Prairie were killed when their vehicle was struck by a semi.  The crash happened early Monday morning […]

Nearly a month after fire caused significant smoke and water damage Culver's restaurant on West Pioneer Road in Fond du Lac celebrated it's reopening and thanked the first firefighters who battled the blaze.   A special ribbon-cutting ceremony was held Tuesday to honor the first responders and to say thank you for saving their restaurant building.  Culver's co-founder Craig Culver says shortly after the fire there was a question about how […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Supporters of former President Donald Trump say they have enough signatures to force a recall election of Wisconsin’s top elected Republican after their first effort came up short. They're targeting Assembly Speaker Robin Vos, the longest-serving Assembly speaker in Wisconsin history, after he refused to impeach the official who oversees the battleground state’s elections. Petition circulators said Tuesday that they will submit more than 8,000 signatures […]

Fond du Lac, Wisc.: Moraine Park Technical College held its annual General Education Development (GED) and High School Equivalency Diploma (HSED) graduation ceremony on May 23– celebrating an astounding 222 GED/HSED graduates for the 2023-24 school year.   This year’s student speaker is Jessica Wichowski.    Wichowski, a West Bend student, came to Moraine Park to earn her GED after years of navigating being a single parent and many life traumas.   “I […]

MADISON — Gov. Tony Evers, this week, traveled across the state to celebrate National Travel and Tourism Week and highlight Wisconsin’s thriving tourism industry. This year’s National Travel and Tourism Week follows last year’s announcement of a record-breaking year for Wisconsin tourism 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.  “Here […]

Jamie Roen, an SSM Health certified hemodialysis technician serving at the Beaver Dam Dialysis Center, has been named the newest recipient of the BEE (Be Exceptional Everyday) Award.  Roen was nominated by a colleague, who wrote: “Patients diagnosed with end stage renal disease requiring hemodialysis treatments have a very difficult ‘new’ lifestyle to adjust to. They come to a clinic three days a week for several hours each treatment for the […]