Fond du Lac police are warning to lock their homes after investigating two reports of a naked man entering or lurking outside homes in the Primrose Lane area of the city. Assistant police chief Steve Klein tells WFDL news the latest incident occurred early Wednesday morning when a homeowner in the area of Dewberry Drive and Primrose Lane was awakened by their dog barking to find a naked man standing […]
The local unemployment rate is up slightly in the latest reporting period. The state Department of Workforce Development says the city of Fond du Lac’s unemployment rate in June stands at 6.5 percent. That’s up from six percent in May. The June jobless rate in Fond du Lac County is up four tenths of a percent to 5.6 percent. In Dodge County the unemployment rate increased from 5.8 percent […]
The Fond du Lac city council has officially selected 17 people to serve on a Lakeside Park exploratory committee. At their meeting Wednesday evening iInstead of selecting five random names from a hat, the council decided to let all seven members who tied for the final spots to join…making it a 17 member committee. Council vice president LeeAnn Lorrigan says the next step is determining what the committee’s directive will […]
Fond du lac voters will weigh in on an amendment to the U.S. constitution to regulate the flow of money to elections. The Fond du Lac city council voted 4-3 at their meeting Wednesday night to place the question on the fall ballot. Councilmembers Miller, Block, Giles and Foster voted in favor with council president Meyer, vice president Lorrigan and Merkel opposed. Three thousand signatures collected by the group Move […]
A Fond du Lac resident who has climbed some of the tallest mountains in the world faces his biggest challenge next spring. Andy Land is in training now to climb Mt. Everest next March through May. Land says he is on a mission to raise awareness and money for hospice education in Wisconsin. Land is the director of the Hospice and Palliative Care Services, at Agnesian Health Care. Land made […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) â Gov. Scott Walker is asking the federal government to help eight Wisconsin counties recover from infrastructure damage caused by the severe winter weather. Walker has requested a federal disaster declaration to help pay for about $11 million in damage to broken water mains and frozen water towers due to the extreme cold. The counties included in the request are Chippewa, Clark, Fond du Lac, Kenosha, Marathon, […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) â President Barack Obama's approval rating is almost unchanged in Wisconsin, with 46 percent of registered voters saying they approve of the job he's doing. A Marquette University law school poll released Wednesday says 47 percent disapprove of his performance, and 4 percent don't know. A similar Marquette poll two months ago found that 48 percent approved of the president and 45 percent disapproved The poll of […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) â After weeks of negative attack ads against Democratic gubernatorial candidate Mary Burke, a new poll shows that roughly the same percentage of voters have a favorable view of her as those who don't. But Marquette University Law School poll released Wednesday shows Gov. Scott Walker's approval ratings dropped from 47 percent favorability to 45 percent in May. In the latest poll, 47 percent of respondents say […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) â The latest Marquette University Law School poll shows Gov. Scott Walker in a dead heat with Democratic challenger Mary Burke. The poll released Wednesday showed Walker with 46 percent among registered voters, compared with 45 percent for Burke. That is within the poll's 3.5 percent margin of error. Among likely voters, Burke leads 46 percent to 45 percent. But that is also within that question's 4.3 […]