Fond du Lac Noon Kiwanis Club is hosting their Annual Pancake Day on Thursday, October 19th from 6:30am-6:30pm at the American Legion Hall in Fond du Lac. Enjoy all you can eat pancakes with sausage and applesauce. Adults are $10 and kids are discounted. Tickets are available at the YMCA and Horicon Bank on East Johnson or you can Stephanie Dahlke if you want any advanced tickets. Otherwise, you can […]
Senate Democratic Leader Melissa Agard will host a town hall in Fond du Lac as part of her "Grass Routes" tour promoting marijuana legalization in Wisconsin. The town hall starts at 4pm Thursday at the Fond du Lac Public Library. The event will consist of a presentation followed by a question and answer with the audience. Prior to the town hall Agard will be visiting multiple CBD businesses. Agard is traveling across the state […]
The Fond du Lac County Democratic Party is hosting a public forum on legalizing cannabis in Wisconsin. The forum will be held at 6pm Thursday at the Fond du Lac Public Library. Guest speakers include Democratic state representative and former Oshkosh mayor Lori Palmari, Fond du Lac attorney Kirk Everson and manager of The Dispensary, Trevor Morrisay.
House Speaker Kevin McCarthy has been voted out of the job in an extraordinary showdown, a first in U.S. history. The 216-210 vote was forced by a contingent of hard-right conservatives and throws the House and its Republican leadership into chaos. It’s nearing the end of the political line for McCarthy, who has said repeatedly that he never gives up, but now has almost no options remaining. Neither the right-flank […]
DE PERE, Wis. (AP) — John Gordon, an artist who as a young art student helped design the Green Bay Packers’ distinctive “G” team logo, has died at age 83. Gordon died Saturday, says Matt Cotter, the owner of Cotter Funeral & Cremation Care. Gordon was a St. Norbert College art student in 1961 and working as an assistant for Packers equipment manager Gerald “Dad” Braisher when he was offered […]
Fond du Lac Festivals has announced a new festival celebrating fall. Fondy FallToberFest will be held Saturday October 21st at Lakeside Park. The event will feature several activities for kids and adults including horse drawn wagon rides, kids costume contest, apple flinging course, pumpkin launching and more. Adult activities include axe throwing, kickball tournament and a beer garden, plus plenty of food options and live music. The event will be held […]
The Fond du Lac police chief says he appreciates the support that has been received from throughout the country following an animal cruelty incident in Fond du Lac. A 38 year old Fond du Lac man faces multiple charges, accused of punching and kicking a dog. Police also say there was a social media video post depicting alleged animal cruelty from the same incident. Police Chief Aaron Goldstein says that post has received […]
A Fond du Lac business organization is criticizing the city council for not restoring funding in a proposed 2024 budget, the council president says the money is still going toward economic development. Envision Greater Fond du Lac interim president Joe Venhuizen says the council has rebuffed a public-private partnership by eliminating the city's economic development contribution to Envision. "It's very disappointing. It takes us down to zero for economic development," Venhuizen told WFDL […]
MADISON, Wis. – In observation of Governor Evers’ proclamation recognizing October 2023 as Cybersecurity Awareness Month in Wisconsin, DATCP is partnering with the Wisconsin Department of Administration (DOA) and Wisconsin Emergency Management (WEM) to share educational materials about how individuals and organizations can protect personal data, private information, and the digital networks and systems we all rely on. The theme of this year’s national campaign, “Secure Our World,” emphasizes that […]