Month: June 2024

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — With a “Shawshank Redemption”-style stone exterior and high castle-like guard towers, Wisconsin's oldest prison, built in the 1850s, has long been a target for closure amid concerns about deterioration, extended lockdowns and staffing shortfalls.   The charges brought Wednesday against the warden and eight of his staffers in the deaths of  inmates there in the past year are only fueling calls for action.  “That place is a disaster,” […]

With  the UWO-Fond du Lac campus closing this month, Fond du Lac County officials are exploring what to do with the buildings and property.   The county finance committee this week considered resolutions to create a campus event and recreation budget, and hiring a part-time manager for the campus gymnasium and Prairie Theater.  Finance committee chair Tom Dornbrook says the county is also conduting a feasibility study and discussing what to do with […]

The president of Fond du Lac County's economic development agency says she hopes Fond du Lac County and the Fox Valley can benefit from a new fund designed to help start-up companies and entrepreneurs.  Governor Tony Evers and Wisconsin's economic development agency have announced the launch of a new public-private $100 million fund...the largest of it's kind in state history.  Envision Greater Fond du Lac president Sadie Howell says the Wisconsin Investment Fund is […]

The Department of Public Works would like inform the motoring public of the 2-day closure of North Marr Street at Merrill Avenue. The closure will be in place Thursday, June 6 and remain closed until the end of day Friday, June 7.  The closure will be in place to allow the utility contractor to install storm sewer in combination with the Marquette Street reconstruction project.  The traffic detour is westbound […]

(Washington, D.C.) – Congressman Glenn Grothman (R-WI) has introduced the Biodiversity Oversight Scaled-back And Fully Erased (BIOSAFE) Act, co-led by Congressman Tom Tiffany (R-WI). This bill will prevent the Biden Administration from forcing state and local wildlife conservationists to forego final authority on conservation decisions resulting in the prioritization of Washington’s one-size-fits-all initiatives over decades of local conservation efforts.  The Biden Administration is currently promulgating a rule through the Department of Interior’s […]

Fond du Lac, Wisc.: Moraine Park is celebrating the exceptional efforts of the College’s surgical technology program and its recent graduates who earned a 100% pass rate on the national certification exam.  Surgical technologists are allied health professionals who prepare operating rooms, arrange equipment, prepare sterile instruments and supplies, and assist doctors during surgeries.    There were nine graduates this May. The program can accept a maximum of 10 students for each cohort.  […]

The Hazel L. Stephenson Scholarship Committee has selected 9 Fond du Lac County  young adults to receive scholarships for the upcoming school year. This year marks the 50th anniversary of the fund. The Stephenson Scholarship Fund was established in 1974 by the will of the late Hazel L. Stephenson of Fond du Lac. Its purpose is to assist students from the county in attaining or completing an education at a […]

Nobody was injured in a fire that significantly damaged a new concession stand restroom at Fond du Lac High School. Firefighters found smoke coming from the maintenance room and men's restroom when they arrived shortly after 3:30pm Wednesday and quickly extinguished the fire.  Fire personnel ventilated the structure. The building sustained significant soot and smoke damage from the incident. The cause of the fire is under investigation.

A Winneconne man was seriously injured in a motorcycle crash in Fond du Lac County.  The crash happened shortly after noon Wednesday on southbound Interstate 41 just  south of Townline Road.  A preliminary investigation shows a motorcycle veered off onto the gravel shoulder, struck the cable barrier and slid across both lanes of southbound 41 into the ditch.  The motorcycle operator, a 56 year old Winneconne man,  was not wearing a helmet and was flown […]