Fond du Lac’s oldest summer brown bag lunch program begins its twenty second season packing and distributing free nutritious cold lunches to area eligible children and their families June 9. Tuedays and Thursdays until August 27th, Brown Bag Lunch co-ordinator Barb Thill will coordinate the packing and assembly process that, last year, packed 5 tons of food into 13,000 lunches. Volunteers, ages 5 to 80 sign up to pitch in, […]
Lauren Pentek, a kindergartener at Roberts Elementary School, was recently notified that her entry in the 2015 PBS Kids Writer’s contest took first place in her grade category for the competition. Children in kindergarten through third grade were invited to submit their originally written and illustrated stories by March 13, 2015. The local contest, sponsored by the Educational Communications Board and Wisconsin Public Television (WPT), gives youngsters an opportunity to […]
A joint effort by the Fond du Lac Public Library, the City of Fond du Lac Parks Dept. and Kiwanis Club of Fabulous Fond du Lac has resulted in Fond du Lac’s first permanent StoryWalk® installation in Lakeside Park. The installation can be found on the east end of the park near the intersection of Harbor View and Winnebago drives. StoryWalks encourage families to enjoy reading and the outdoors by […]
Nearly two thirds of people injured or killed in a crash involving a teen driver are people other than the teen behind the wheel. That according to a new report released by the AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety. State AAA spokesperson Nick Jarmuscz says teen crash rates are higher than any other age group. Jarmuscz says the period between Memorial Day and Labor Day is when teen crash fatalities historically […]
The director of a government watchdog group says its time for lawmakers to reconsider a bill that would ban fundraising during the budget process. The co-chair of the legislature’s budget committee postponed a fundraiser last week after criticism over its timing. Common Cause in Wisconsin director, Jay Heck, says fundraising during budget deliberations has been an issue for politicians in both major parties depending on who is in control.
The state Department of Transportation will get another opportunity to state its case on why Highway 23 needs to be expanded to four lanes. The DOT is appealing a federal judge’s ruling halting the project between Fond du Lac and Plymouth. The judge said the DOT overinflated its traffic projections and a hearing is scheduled today. Sheboygan state senator Devin Lemahieu says he is still upset that the judge waited […]
Construction will begin this week on a small stretch of Highway 151 in Fond du Lac. Gov. Scott Walker has approved $625,000 for reconstruction of point two miles of 151 near the Ducharme Parkway intersection. Construction will begin Thursday and finish in August. The project will involve adding the east leg of Ducharme Parkway to the existing three-legged intersection; and installing slotted left-turn lanes on 151. Left turns and through movements […]
The Department of Public Works warning Fond du Lac motorists that the southbound lane on Military Road between Grove Street and 9th Street will be closed this week. The closure will begin Monday morning and is expected to re-open at the end of the day Friday June 5th. Southbound traffic on Military Road will be detoured at Grove Street and south on Superior Street to Military Road. The southbound lane closure […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — University of Wisconsin System President Ray Cross says he is grateful that UW's budget cut is set to be reduced from $300 million to $250 million. Cross reacted Friday to the plan by the Republican-controlled Joint Finance Committee to reduce Gov. Scott Walker's budget cut for the university by $50 million. The Republican plan would also remove tenure protections for faculty from state law. Cross and […]