Two people were injured, one person with potential life-threatening injuries in a one vehicle crash in Dodge County. The crash happened shortly before 9am Friday on state Highway 33 near Ireland Road, about a mile south of Fox Lake. A preliminary investigation showed a car was northbound on Highway 33, drifted onto the right shoulder, back onto the roadway, and then in a spin-off the road to the right, striking an embankment. An […]
A new study compiling decades of fatal motorcycle crashes is being released by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, which is pushing for stricter state road safety laws. The study suggests that 20,000 motorcyclists who died in crashes in the U.S. since the mid-1970s would have survived if stronger helmet laws had been in place, according to the nonprofit group that seeks to reduce the harm from motor vehicle crashes. […]
A major reconstruction project on Interstate 41 in Fond du Lac and Winnebago counties starts Monday. The nearly $26 million year-long project covers more than 14 miles from County Highway D in Fond du Lac County to Highway 26 in Winnebago County. I-41 will remain open during the project with lane closures during off-peak and nighttime hours. According to the DOT, the project will include paving and structure maintenance on […]
Fond du Lac residents are being asked to help donate supplies that will be transported by truck to aid hurricane victims in North Carolina. Cheryl Meyer organized the relief effort which was held this weekend at the Fond du Lac County Airport. Meyer says the clothing and supplies will be loaded on a semi donated by TTI Trucking and transported to North Carolina where church volunteers and a group of […]
Lakeside Park Pedestrian Bridge Replacement – Oven to Fountain Island Schedule: September 16 through November 15, 2024 Description: Construction includes removal of the existing wood bridge structure, pouring new concrete abutments and setting a new steel truss bridge. Site grading, restoration and asphalt pedestrian path will be replaced. October 21 to October 25: The riprap along the front face of the abutments and three-quarters of the fill has been places […]
Moraine Park Technical College was again awarded Workforce Advancement Training (WAT) grants from the Wisconsin Technical College System (WTCS). The College’s Economic & Workforce Development team submitted six grants for consideration for $1,178,314–the highest in the state for two consecutive years. Moraine Park received full funding for all 6 grants which will support over 54 companies and almost 7,000 hours of training. Approximately $5 million is available each year in […]
MADISON - Wisconsin Manufacturers & Commerce (WMC) – the combined state chamber and manufacturers’ association – partnered with Johnson Financial Group to announce this year’s Coolest Thing Made in Wisconsin: Jolly Good Soda, manufactured by Krier Foods in Random Lake. Jolly Good was crowned the winner at WMC’s annual Business Day event on Thursday in Madison. Over 130 products were nominated for the contest this year, representing dozens of manufacturing sub-sectors […]
Hello Waupun! It's finally here, moving week!! Monday we'll open the new Senior/Community Center. On Tuesday at 1pm will be my regular monthly town hall, and we'll be at the new building. I hope you can make it out, get a city update, and check out the new building. This is an exciting development for Waupun, and both Mayor Nickel and I are proud to have played a small role […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — All three election workers in a Wisconsin town of about 800 people resigned last week over a longstanding dispute, just ahead of the start of in-person absentee voting in the crucial swing state and a month before the Nov. 5 election. An interim clerk was appointed last week to oversee elections in the central Wisconsin town of Westfield, where 538 people cast ballots in the 2020 presidential […]