Fond du Lac city officials are preparing to move forward with the next step in dealing with a former convent building destroyed by arson fire last summer. Community Development director Diane Benson says the city has not heard from the owner of the Holy Nativity Convent building since a raze or repair order was issued last month. "The property owner has not reached out to the city in regard to […]
An elderly Fond du Lac man has died from injuries suffered in an October 7th crash in Appleton. Police say 84 year old Louis Weigel Jr. died this week. Police say Weigel was involved in a two vehicle rollover crash on Highway 441.
Fond du Lac firefighters are stepping up to help support an expansion project at the Hospice Home of Hope. The Firefighters Local 400 Charitable Fund presented a check for $1,000 to help support the Agnesian HealthCare Foundation’s efforts to raise $2.5 million to add more private patient rooms at the Hospice Home of Hope. Foundation executive director Rita Meidam says construction on the expansion is expected to begin next spring. […]
Fond du Lac Fire/Rescue (FDLFR) was recognized in both the Senate and Assembly Tuesday afternoon by a Joint Resolution congratulating FDLFR for attaining International Accreditation earlier this year. Several FDLFR staff members, city staff along with City Manager Joe Moore were in Madison for the event. "Today was an incredible day to spend in front of Wisconsin’s lawmakers," said Fire/Rescue Chief Peter O'Leary. "Our Fire Rescue Department was honored to […]
One person was killed and two people were severely injured in a three vehicle traffic accident Wednesday night in Dodge County. The crash happened on Highway 73 near the intersection with County Trunk FW in the Town of Calamus. The Dodge County Sheriff’s Department says a southbound farm tractor towing a corn picker and gravity box began a left turn just as a southbound SUV began to pass the farm […]
After one Fond du Lac County board supervisor suggested earlier this year that the county may want to consider getting out of the golf course business, it appears the county golf course is going to end the season this year in the black. Last spring supervisor Tom Schumacher suggested maybe it was time for the county to sell the golf course after a report showed the Rolling Meadows Golf Course had […]
The North Fond du Lac School Board is expected to give final approval to the 2016 budget at their meeting next Monday. A handful of people were in attendance at the district’s annual meeting this week. Superintendent Aaron Sadoff says the budget is balanced with no increase in the tax rate. But Sadoff says the North Fond du Lac School District and other area districts are seeing a steady […]
Local law enforcement say a proposed bill that would keep 17 year olds out of the adult court system for non-violent offenses makes sense. A bipartisan measure dubbed the second chance bill would change Wisconsin’s law that prosecutes all 17 year olds charged with a crime or municipal ordinance violation as adults. Fond du Lac County Sheriff’s captain Rick Olig says the concern is that studies show 17 year olds […]
NEENAH, Wis. (AP) — Governor Scott Walker says he is confident a bipartisan coalition of lawmakers could be put together to overcome Republican opposition to his call to borrow $200 million this year to pay for roads. Walker traveled to Neenah to make his case Tuesday at the site of a road project that would be delayed without the additional borrowing.