Longtime Fond du Lac Community Development Director Wayne Rollin is retiring. Rollin is stepping down October 3rd after 34 years in public service. Rollin started in Fond du lac in 1980 as the assistant planner for Fond du lac county and became the city planning director in 1990. Redevelopment director Diane Benson will replace Rollin as Community Development director. Rollin will be recognized for his service at Wednesday's city council […]
Fond du lac congressman Tom Petri has officially introduced a bill to prevent trains from blocking railroad crossings. Petri, a senior member of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, introduced legislation Thursday that would allow for a limited exception to federal hours of service regulations that contributed to a train blocking an intersection on Highway 175 south of Fond du Lac earlier this month. The bill would allow train operators […]
It took 70 years, but a World War Two veteran from Waupun has finally received the Purple Heart award he expected to get. Eighty-nine year old Army Staff Sergeant Fred Zurbuchen was honored in a surprise ceremony yesterday at the E-A-A Museum in Oshkosh. Zurbuchen was in his late teens when he was wounded as a B-17 gunner while flying on a mission over Germany. Media reports say a fire […]
JUNEAU, Wis. (AP) — Prosecutors say a Wisconsin man sent to prison for his eighth drunken driving conviction told investigators he had gotten behind the wheel while intoxicated hundreds of times. Fifty-five-year-old George Gamboeck, of Reedsville, has been sentenced to 4½ years behind bars after pleading no contest to drunken driving in Dodge County. His latest arrest was last December following a three-vehicle crash in the Town of Portland. One […]
A Dodge County man will face trial on allegations he is a sexually violent person. At a hearing Thursday Dodge County Circuit Court judge Steve Bauer found probable cause that 41 year old David Dejanovich is a sexually violent person. The Wisconsin Department of Justice (DOJ) filed a petition under the state’s sexual predator law against Dejanovich on Aug. 21. According to the DOJ petition, Dejanovich was convicted […]
NEW YORK (AP) — The maker of Pabst Blue Ribbon beer is being sold to Russian company Oasis Beverages for an undisclosed sum. In addition to its namesake beer, Pabst Brewing Co. makes Colt 45, Old Milwaukee and Schlitz. Pabst was acquired in 2010 by C. Dean Metropoulos & Co., which is known for investing in food brands. Pabst Brewing, now based in Los Angeles, traces its roots back to […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A court hearing has been set for next week in the lawsuit filed by Republican legislative leaders seeking to force a change in the model ballot for the November election. Meanwhile, the state elections board is telling local clerks to move forward with sending out absentee ballots while the lawsuit is pending. The complaint was filed Wednesday in Waukesha County Circuit Court by state Senate Majority […]
The state senate Republican leader says he still hasn’t received a clear answer on why the Government Accountability Board decided to change the ballot for the November election. A lawsuit filed by Republican legislative leaders argues the ballot is confusing and makes it difficult to differentiate offices and clearly separate candidates who are running. Senate majority leader Scott Fitzgerald tells WFDL news it leaves the appearance that the first person […]
The legal director for the ACLU of Wisconsin says he is hopeful a federal Appeals court will reconsider its decision to reinstate a requirement that voters show photo ID at the polls. Larry Dupuis says it would be impossible for all of the registered voters without photo ID to obtain a photo ID in time to vote. "The trial court found there are 300,000 registered voters who don't have (photo) […]