Nobody was injured following a natural gas leak in downtown Fond du lac Tuesday afternoon. Fire chief Pete O’Leary says construction crews working on the Retlaw Theatre reconstruction project accidentally hit a gas main shortly before 2pm. Businesses in the area were evacuated and a portion of Main Street was blocked to traffic. There was a strong odor of natural gas in the air. O’Leary says initially there was a […]
Authorities have identified the victim of a fatal two vehicle accident in Fond du lac County. The Sheriff’s Office says 26 year old Amber Marie Dickerson from Chilton was killed in a two vehicle accident Monday.. Sheriff’s captain Rick Olig says Dickerson was the driver of a mini van that went through a stop sign and collided with a semi truck on Highway M and Olden Road near Ripon. The […]
Walk to School Day also hopes to address the growing concern with lack of physical activity as well as increase awareness in protecting our environment. Over the last 30 years, the percentage of children biking and walking to school has declined from 50% or more to where it is now closer to about 15% that bike or walk. For some families, this is an opportunity to give walking and bicycling […]
The Fond du Lac County Public Health Officer says the jury is still out on the full impact of the EV D68 virus. More than 500 cases have been confirmed in the United States and five confirmed cases in Wisconsin. Children with breathing problems such as asthma have been hit the hardest. Fond du lac County Public Health Officer Kim Mueller says she’s not sure if it will get worse […]
Construction is expected to begin any day now on Grande Cheese Company’s new Fond du lac headquarters. Company president and CEO Wayne Matzke says the 87,000 square foot facility will be located on Camelot Drive off the Highway 151 Bypass in Fond du Lac. Plans to relocate headquarters from Lomira to Fond du lac were first announced a little more than three years ago. "In earnest we've worked on plans […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Gov. Scott Walker says the fight over gay marriage in Wisconsin is over. And his Democratic opponent Mary Burke says Walker was on the wrong side of history for supporting the ban. The Supreme Court on Monday rejected appeals from five states seeking to prohibit same-sex marriages, paving the way for marriages to start in Wisconsin, Indiana, Oklahoma, Utah and Virginia. Walker voted for the 2006 […]
MILWAUKEE (AP) — One couple who sued to overturn Wisconsin's ban on gay marriage is planning to get married next month on their 30th anniversary together. Garth Wangemann and Roy Badger, of Milwaukee, have been together since Election Day in 1984. Wangemann spoke earlier this year about his dream of marrying by their 30th anniversary, but he said then that he realized it probably wouldn't happen and he was prepared […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A gay Wisconsin congressman is praising a U.S. Supreme Court move that essentially legalizes gay marriage in five states. Mark Pocan, a Madison Democrat, says equality is here to stay in Wisconsin. He says the court's move ends a dark chapter in the state's history in which people were treated as second-class citizens based on who they choose to love.
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The leader of a conservative group that pushed for Wisconsin's gay marriage ban says she's disappointed the U.S. Supreme Court has refused to consider gay marriage appeals from five states. The justices didn't comment in rejecting appeals from Indiana, Oklahoma, Utah, Virginia and Wisconsin. The court's decision immediately ends delays on marriages in those states. Julaine Appling runs Wisconsin Family Action says sgay marriage completely undoes […]