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Engineering News-Record (ENR) has listed Ahern as a ‘Top 600 Specialty Contractor’ of 2023. Ahern was ranked 86th this year, moving up after ranking 88th in 2022. The annual ranking is determined by a company’s construction revenue from a subcontracting capacity.  The list also captures the top contractors in various sub-categories. Ahern was ranked 3rd in the ‘Top 20 Firms in Fire Protection and Sprinklers.’ The firm also ranked 10th in ‘Top 20 […]

For more than 127 years, SSM Health Greater Fond du Lac has played an instrumental role in offering quality, compassionate care close to home, while giving back to the community through donations to non-profit organizations or planning how to address unmet health needs with community partners.   Those years of caring service, as well as SSM Health Greater Fond du Lac’s overall impact on the many communities its team serves, was […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A vote by the Republican-controlled Wisconsin Senate last month to fire the state's nonpartisan top elections official had no legal effect, and lawmakers are barred from ousting her while a lawsuit plays out, a Dane County judge ruled on Friday.  Administrator Meagan Wolfe will continue serving as head of the Wisconsin Elections Commission pending a decision on whether elections commissioners are legally required to appoint someone for […]

A happy ending for a pet dog who was missing for more than three months.  Lisa Gyr is the constable in the towns of Friendship and Eldorado and says the border collie  had been  missing since July when he was spooked, possibly by fireworks, while staying with a caretaker in Oakfield while his family was on vacation.  Gyr says the dog had been spotted wandering around Eldorado for about a month.  […]

Wisconsin ranked number one in the United States for last spring's Drug Take Back Day according to the state Department of Justice.  The state collected the most unwanted prescription medications totaling more than 55,000 pounds.  The fall Drug Take Back Day was held Saturday.   Fond du Lac County Public Health Officer Kim Mueller says the day was meant to provide people with a safe, easy and responsible way to dispose […]

The Fond du Lac city council has postponed action on a motion to restore economic development funding for a Fond du Lac business organization in the city's 2024 budget.  City council member Jane Ricchio made the motion to restore funding for Envision Greater Fond du Lac during a public hearing on the budget last week.   Instead the council voted to postpone any action, and possibly meet with Envision to discuss the […]

When Lisa Ann French was murdered while trick or treating in Fond du lac on Halloween in 1973, the community was shaken and the annual tradition would be changed forever.  No longer would kids trick or treat at night or by themselves.  Jean Herbold is a Fond du Lac native and documentary filmmaker who now lives in Vancouver, Washington.  Herbold was in Fond du Lac over the weekend filming and […]

The Fond du Lac Symphonic Band will present its 47th annual Cathedral Concert at St. Paul’s Cathedral on Sunday, Nov. 12.  Concerts at St. Paul’s have been held every November since 1976, with the exception of 2020 due to pandemic restrictions. Under the direction of Music Director Dr. Evan Chancellor and Associate Conductor Jill Wagner, the concert will begin at 3:00 p.m.  According to Dr. Chancellor: “(the) upcoming fall Cathedral Concert […]

West Division Street Bridge Replacement over West Branch of Fond du lac River Schedule: September 2023 through May 2024 Description: In partnership with the WI Department of Transportation the project includes replacing the existing bridge structure and approached. Other work includes replacing concrete pavement, sidewalk, storm sewer, grading and restoration and landscaping. October 30 to November 3: The contractor is planning on pouring the west abutment and starting to work […]