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Fond du Lac Fire/Rescue (FDLFR) is now an internationally accredited agency.  Several senior FDLFR staff members along with City Manager Joe Moore went before the Commission on Fire Accreditation International Thursday morning in Atlanta  to seek agency accreditation.  The commission voted unanimously to grant accredited status to FDLFR.  "I am so proud of our entire organization and extremely happy for the community of Fond du Lac," said Fire/Rescue Chief Peter […]

Ripon's annual tribute to all things cookies will take place once again.  The Cookie Daze committee will continue on with the festival in 2016, which will mark the 21st consecutive year of the event.  Ripon Chamber of Commerce Executive Director Jason Mansmith says the community showed a clear want and desire for the festival and multiple business and organizations have made commitments to ensure Cookie Daze will continue.  Skepticism surrounding […]

Nobody was injured in a fire that damaged a garage in Fond du Lac.  Firefighters were called to 1229 Wedgewood Lane early this morning.  A neighbor spotted the fire and extinguished it before firefighters arrived.  Careless use of smoking materials is apparently to blame.

The chairman of the Fond du Lac Lakeside Park exploratory committee says he wants the city to develop a long-range master plan for the park using the committee’s recommendations.  Two months after making his initial presentation with a list of more than two dozen recommendations, committee chair John Short was before the city council again Wednesday night with an executive summary.  "We always thought about this as a long range […]

A local parks group is thanking Winnebago Lutheran Academy for listening to the public, city officials say they are saddened a proposed lease agreement is no longer on the table.  WLA announced this week they are no longer negotiating with the city on a lease that would have allowed the school to build ball diamonds and expand a parking lot on a portion of McDermott Park.  Public Works Director Jordan […]

A Republican state senator from Fond du Lac says a new, major contract with Oshkosh Defense is great news for the company, employees and Fox Valley in general.  State senator Rick Gudex says the nearly $7 billion contract announced this week is expected to support thousands of jobs.  "Its incredible, its astounding, but I can tell you that I'm not really surprised.  Oshkosh Corporation has had a long legacy of […]

OSHKOSH, Wis. (AP) — Leaders in Oshkosh say a lucrative military contract will have a ripple effect across Wisconsin. Executives with Oshkosh Corporation along with state and local officials Wednesday hailed a $6.7 billion Army contract awarded to build the Humvee's replacement. The award means Wisconsin-based Oshkosh will produce about 17,000 Joint Light Tactical Vehicles for the Army and Marines.

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Gov. Scott Walker's administration plans to post armed security guards at the entrances to the state Department of Justice's Madison headquarters.  The guards will go on duty beginning Sept. 1. A guard has been stationed at a desk at the main lobby entrance but doesn't carry a weapon.  State Department of Administration spokesman Cullen Werwie says the move is part of what he called a "security […]

DENISON, Iowa (AP) — GOP presidential candidate Scott Walker is renewing his call for President Barack Obama to cancel an official state visit with the president of China in response to slumping U.S. stock markets. The Republican governor from Wisconsin said Wednesday following a campaign stop in Denison, Iowa, that such a move would not hurt trade with states like Iowa or Wisconsin.