The Downtown Fond du Lac Partnership will be hosting a weekly indoor market beginning November 1 through May. The indoor market is located at 90 S. Main Street (formerly the Antique Mall). The market will be open every Saturday from 9 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Shoppers will see several familiar faces from the summer market including Produce with a Purpose, Cup O’Joes delicious coffee, John and Tracy Salter’s beef and poultry, the […]
It didn’t take a Fond du Lac jury long to convict two Milwaukee men in a retail theft case this week. Silas Hampton and Vance Burnside were on trial accused of stealing nearly $900 worth of merchandise from Walmart in Fond du Lac. District attorney Eric Toney says the trial proceeded even though both defendants failed to show up in court. "I've never had that happen before and in talking […]
Fond du lac police have referred burglary charges to the District Attorney’s Office against a former Waupun police Lieutenant. Police have referred charges against Brad Young for burglaries at nine businesses in 2010 and 2011. The charges are expected to be consolidated with burglary charges Young faces in Green Lake County. Young was arrested in August of 2013 following a muti-county crime spree.
The Fond du lac community development director says relocating the Marian University School of Nursing and new office space at the AC Nielson building will bring hundreds of new people to the downtown. The Fond du Lac city council last night voted in favor of a resolution authorizing up to $255,000 to cover a potential funding gap for the project. Marian has an option to purchase the property at 30 […]
A new student housing facility at UW Fond du Lac is another step closer to reality. The Fond du Lac city council has approved a special use permit for the building. UW Dean John Short says construction is expected to begin next spring. Short says this kind of a housing unit will cater to what students want today including autonomy and privacy. The 84 bed facility will be located on […]
The Fond du Lac city council has postponed adoption of the 2015 budget until their next meeting. The proposed budget includes a property tax rate increase of 5.4 percent or 45 cents per thousand dollars of equalized value. The owner of a $150,000 home would see an increase of about $68. Director of Administration Hal Wortman warned the council about the potential risks of using a projected $1.54 million […]
Fond du Lac's Historic Retlaw Hotel is up for auction. An ad this week in the Wall Street Journal says the online auction will begin Monday November 3rd and end November 5th with an opening bid of $1.25 million. The 132-room hotel was featured in Wednesday’s Wall Street Journal ad as an upscale landmark hotel with full amenities. The ad lists amenities as including a "grand two-story lobby with crystal […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) A date has been set for President Barack Obama's campaign stop in Milwaukee next week with Wisconsin Democratic gubernatorial candidate Mary Burke. Burke's campaign spokesman Joe Zepecki says that Obama will be with Burke on Tuesday. The president's stop comes as Burke is locked in a tight race against Republican Gov. Scott Walker. First lady Michelle Obama campaigned twice for Burke in recent weeks. This marks […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) A Wisconsin appeals court judge has reinstated a class-action lawsuit filed by more than 250 Neenah teachers seeking to recover more than $61 million in post-retirement benefits. The Second District Court of Appeals ruled Wednesday that a Winnebago County judge wrongly dismissed the lawsuit last year. That judge had said only claims filed by people who included itemized lists of the relief they sought would be […]