The East Division Street Bridge over DeNeveu Creek will be closed for several weeks starting Monday. The Bridge will be closed approximately four weeks to allow a utility contractor to replace a water main attached to the bridge. A signed detour will not be in place, however motorists are able to access businesses and clinics on the east side of the Bridge from Division St and National Avenue. North Seymour Street between Division Street and […]
A limited-time Wisconsin lottery game has had a few recent winners seeing double. Every day in September, in addition to the standard Badger 5 drawing, the Lottery will conduct a double jackpot drawing. If the Badger 5 jackpot is won and a doubler is drawn, the winning jackpot is doubled for that drawing. There have been three winners so far this month including winning ticket sold at Philly's on 4th Grocery and Deli in […]
More than $460,000 was raised at this year's Agnesian HealthCare Foundation Charity Open. Proceeds from the fundraising event support SSM Health at Home Hospice services in the Greater Fond du Lac community and help ensure that all patients have access to these vital services regardless of their ability to pay. As with previous years, the evening dinner featured the story of a local family benefiting from SSM Health at Home Hospice care. “This year, […]
2 nd Street from Vincent Street to DeNeveu Creek Schedule: May 16 th though October Description: The project includes gas main and service relocations, reconstruction of sanitary sewer and laterals, storm sewer and laterals, water main and laterals, roadway, sidewalk and approaches, street lighting and restoration/landscaping. September 12 to September 16: Restoration contractor will be back to finish topsoil and seeding. Traffic Impacts: 2 nd Street is closed to through […]
Nobody was injured following a chemical reaction at an apartment complex swimming pool. Fond du Lac firefighters were called Thursday afternoon to the Countryside Village Apartments on Security Drive where a small amount of sulferic acid and chlorine liquid mixed, resulting in a strong smell of chlorine gas. A contractor was on site conducting work within the apartment complex pool area and mechanical room when the chemical liquid pumps inadvertently operated causing […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Wisconsin Legislature’s budget committee approved a spending plan Thursday for $31 million the state expects to receive this year from a multi-state settlement with drug manufacturers over their role in the opioid crisis. Republicans blocked Gov. Tony Evers' proposed spending plan last month and came back with a new plan that prioritizes funding for law enforcement. The approved plan also includes funding for Narcan, a […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin's 1,800-plus election clerks are racing to understand a judge’s ruling nine weeks before the election that some fear could lead to absentee ballots being counted in some parts of the battleground state but rejected in others. A judge on Wednesday barred the bipartisan Wisconsin Elections Commission from issuing guidance to clerks, in place since 2016, about how to handle absentee ballots that are missing all […]
The Fond du Lac County Public Health Officer says her o ice has received the newly updated COVID-19 booster shots. Public Health Officer Kim Mueller says people who want the new booster shot can call the Public Health Department at (920) 929-3085 to schedule an appointment. Meanwhile, Mueller says she is not surprised that federal health officials said this week they expect the COVID-19 booster shot to become an annual vaccine […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A group of parents is suing the Eau Claire Area School District for guidance it issued to staff members on supporting transgender students. Parents Protecting Our Children, a group of parents with children in the Eau Claire school system, argued in a complaint filed in federal court Wednesday that the school’s policies for supporting transgender students violate constitutional protections for parental rights and religious freedom. A […]