Thanksgiving this year holds special opportunity to celebrate the season of sharing. Seven hundred Fond du Lac families at or below 130 % of the poverty level qualify for a Thanksgiving Turkey. “We’re reaching out to the community, inviting those that can to share a turkey or another main dish meat and show the heart of Fond du Lac,” Salvation Army Captain Steven Wilson said. Turkeys, Cornish hens, roasts, whole […]
The director of a Fond du Lac homeless shelter says she is surprised to see that the number of homeless people in Wisconsin has declined. The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development report says the number of homeless people in Wisconsin declined nearly one percent this year compared to 2013 and dropped about 4 and a half percent from 2010. Fond du lac Solutions Center Director, Maggie McCollough, […]
After postponing action at their last meeting the Fond du Lac city council is scheduled to adopt the 2015 budget at their meeting Wednesday night. The council postponed budget adoption after Republican state lawmakers and former councilmembers Jeremy Thiesfeldt and Rick Gudex suggested the council dip into its fund balance. "Their fund balance is healthy. When I was on city council at my initiative we established that 15 percent policy […]
The Fond du lac High School Police resource officer is investigating two separate fires that were set in bathrooms at the high school this week. Fire Chief Pete O’Leary says the fire department was called Monday to a report of fires set in two of the boys bathrooms. O’Leary says the fires were minor and did not cause any damage to the bathrooms. The school was not evacuated. But O’Leary […]
A Milwaukee man faces charges in connection with two business break-ins in Fond du Lac. Police arrested the 59 year old man over the weekend for burglaries at Rocky Rococo pizza and Wegner Office supply. Police say an undisclosed amount of cash was taken in the burglaries that occurred on November 8th.
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The University of Wisconsin System's regents are planning to approve in-state tuition rates for non-resident veterans and their families. Under a federal law passed in August, public colleges must charge out-of-state veterans who enroll within three years of being discharged as well as their spouses and children in-state tuition or lose federal funding. The law takes effect in the fall of 2015. UW System officials issued […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — State Sen. Chris Larson says his decision not to seek another two years as leader of state Senate Democrats was a purely personal one, and he doesn't know if he had the votes necessary to keep the post. Larson announced Tuesday that he was bowing out of the race to be Senate minority leader, leaving Sen. Jennifer Shilling, of La Crosse, as the only announced candidate. […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A Democratic state representative from central Wisconsin is conceding she lost her seat in last week's elections. Preliminary results from Tuesday's contests showed 85th Assembly District incumbent Mandy Wright of Wausau trailing Republican challenger Dave Heaton by 86 votes. Wright said Tuesday the official canvass shows she lost by 84 votes. She said a recount probably wouldn't change the outcome and she didn't want to put […]
Robert and Richard Kuhnz say it seems like only yesterday. Bob, Dick and their brothers Lyle and Bill all fought in World War Two and all four returned home safely. Richard Kuhnz flew 35 missions as a turret belly gunner on a B-54. He was one of the lucky 16 percent who had that job to make it back alive. "We were lucky. We were fortunate to come […]