GREENVILLE, Wis. (AP) — A five-month-old kangaroo and four baby goats have been taken from an Outagamie County zoo. A zookeeper at the Special Memories Zoo in Greenville says she noticed the five animals gone Wednesday when she was getting ready to move them from the off-site facility to the zoo. Zookeeper Gretchen Crowe says a joey needs its mother during the first year to survive. She also says the […]
The Fond du lac city council is considering a proposal that would allow Winnebago Lutheran Academy to lease a portion of a city park for school athletic fields. Under terms of the proposed 50 year lease WLA would pay for construction of three athletic fields and a parking lot at McDermott Park. WLA would have first occupancy and use rights to the fields from September through May. The city’s recreation […]
The Fond du Lac city council will consider an ordinance that would bee keeping in the city of Fond du lac at their meeting Wednesday night. City attorney Deb Hoffman told the city council last month that bee keeping is allowed in a handful of Wisconsin communities and the list appears to be growing. The city could deny a bee keeping permit if adjacent neighbors who may be allergic to […]
MILWAUKEE (AP) — An owl found dead in northeastern Wisconsin is the first wild bird in the state to test positive for a bird flu strain that has swept through poultry farms in the Midwest. The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources says the snowy owl died from the H5N2 virus, the same strain that has hit 10 farms in Wisconsin, affecting nearly 1.8 million chickens and turkeys in the state. […]
A state patrol trooper who paid the ultimate sacrifice in the line of duty will be honored at a memorial ceremony in Fond du Lac next week. The City of Fond du Lac Police Department will be hosting its annual National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Ceremony on Friday, May 15. The ceremony will begin at 2:00PM and will be held at the Police/Fire Memorial at Hamilton Park. The ceremony is […]
A Republican lawmaker from Markesan has been named to the Wisconsin Child Abuse and Neglect Prevention Board. Assembly speaker Robin Vos announced the appointment of State representative Joan Ballweg to the post. The board created in 1983 by the legislature to develop and fund strategies that prevent child maltreatment in Wisconsin. The board makes legislative recommendations in an effort to reduce child abuse and neglect and to improve coordination among […]
The Department of Public Works would like to inform the motoring public of the emergency closure of the Arndt Street Bridge between Satterlee Street and Lincoln Avenue. The bridge is currently closed and will remain closed until after the temporary emergency repairs are made Monday, May 11th. Additionally, Arndt Street between Brooke Street and Satterlee Street will be closed starting Thursday, May 14th. The street will remain closed until […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Gov. Scott Walker has abruptly scrapped plans to merge his flagship job creation agency with an agency that hands out low-interest housing loans in the wake of a scathing audit. Walker's state budget calls for merging the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation with the Wisconsin Housing and Economic Development Agency. Republican legislators have introduced a stand-alone bill that would accomplish the merger at Walker's request as well. […]
Fond du Lac based Wells Manufacturing has been sold to a Japanese company. Wells was sold to NGK NCT Spark Plug Co. for $257. 5 million. Wells has been in Fond du Lac since 1902 and a Wells spokesman says the company will remain in Fond du lac. The company employs more than 600 people including 250 at Wells Vehicle Electronics on West Rolling Meadows Drive. NGK Spark Plug Co., […]