Vendor Fair & Cookout Date: Tuesday, September 23, 2014 Vendor Fair Time: 10:00 a.m. – 2:30 p.m. Cookout Time: 11:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. Place: City-County Government Center, 160 S. Macy Street, Fond du Lac 1st Floor, Rooms D & E and F & G (Sponsored by Fond du Lac County Employees United Way Committee) Vendors: Celebrating Home ~ Homemade Greeting Cards It Works ~ Kreative Kraftwerks Norwex Cleaning Products […]
FOND DU LAC, Wis. (AP) — A young woman who made medical history by surviving rabies without a vaccination has reached another milestone in her life. Jenna Giese was married over the weekend in Fond du Lac. Giese says her husband, Scot Frassetto, is always there to encourage her and that they just fit together. The couple has been together about 2½ years. A bite from a rabid bat nearly […]
An Illinois man is in custody following a high speed chase in Fond du Lac over the weekend. The chase started shortly after 7pm Saturday when a sheriff’s deputy attempted to stop a vehicle on Lakeshore Drive near Howrd Litscher Drive in the city of Fond du Lac. Sheriff’s lieutenant Mike Nolan says the suspect vehicle failed to stop and continued into Lakeside Park west. Nolan says the vehicle accelerated […]
Washington County suffered its tenth traffic fatality of 2014 as a result of a two-car accident Friday afternoon. The accident happened at about 1:30 p.m. on Highway 41 Northbound near Western Ave. in the Town of Polk. The Sheriff’s Office received a cell phone report of an SUV driving erratically southbound on 41. The SUV was being operated by a 63 year old Ellsworth man. The vehicle was weaving in […]
BEAVER DAM, Wis. (AP) — Sprint car driver Scott Semmelmann was killed in a wreck during practice for a race Saturday night at Beaver Dam Raceway. Beaver Dam Raceway general manager Carolyn Mueller and Bumper to Bumper IRA Outlaw Sprint Car Series President Steve Sinclair confirmed the death. Semmelmann's car made contact with another car during the second practice session, flipped three times and hit the outside wall. The 47-year-old […]
A highway 23 resurfacing project east of Fond du Lac starts Monday. The $730,000 project involves a four mile stretch from Log Tavern Road to the Fond du Lac-Sheboygan County line. The highway will remain open during the project with flagmen controlling traffic. The project is scheduled to be completed by mid-October. The Wisconsin DOT says work will include new asphalt, pavement marking and new signs. Fond du Lac County […]
Starting this week the north traffic and parking lane on West First Street between South Main Street and South Macy Street will be closed to westbound traffic. The closure will begin Monday, September 22nd and continue through Friday, September 26th during the daytime hours. The closure is due to a crane and roofing work at 94 S. Main Street. Access to the northbound alley off First Street will remain open. The street […]
Washington, D.C.—On September 18, U.S. Representative Tom Petri (R-WI) was recognized by the National Taxpayers Union (NTU) for being a ‘Taxpayers’ Friend’ for 2013. Representatives from NTU presented Petri the award in his office and thanked him for voting to protect taxpayer dollars. The plaque reads, “This award is presented to Representative Tom Petri — For consistently voting to promote economic freedom and reduce the burden of the American […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Democratic candidate for Wisconsin governor says it was her decision to cut ties with a consultant she blames for copying several sections of her jobs plan from platforms of other Democrats. Mary Burke told The Associated Press Friday that she didn't know about the duplicated material until her staff told her about it Thursday night. Burke has made jobs and the economy the centerpiece of […]