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A Fond du Lac business organization is criticizing the city council for not restoring funding in a proposed 2024 budget, the council president says the money is still going toward economic development.  Envision Greater Fond du Lac interim president Joe Venhuizen says the council has rebuffed a public-private partnership by eliminating the city's economic development contribution to Envision.  "It's very disappointing.  It takes us down to zero for economic development,"  Venhuizen told WFDL […]

MADISON, Wis. – In observation of Governor Evers’ proclamation recognizing October 2023 as Cybersecurity Awareness Month in Wisconsin, DATCP is partnering with the Wisconsin Department of Administration (DOA) and Wisconsin Emergency Management (WEM) to share educational materials about how individuals and organizations can protect personal data, private information, and the digital networks and systems we all rely on. The theme of this year’s national campaign, “Secure Our World,” emphasizes that […]

The Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction announced today it was recently awarded $58 million from the U.S. Department of Education to support the Wisconsin Charter School Program.  The five-year federal grant will help the WCSP implement a statewide strategy that strengthens public charter school authorizing, supports the development of high-quality charter schools and the replication and expansion of successful high-quality charter schools, and promotes statewide collaboration and sharing of best practices. The […]

To our Downtown Fond du Lac Constituents, Amber Bodart will be leaving the Downtown Fond du Lac Partnership effective October 28. She has accepted a new position at Verve, a Credit Union. In her time at the DFP she has significantly grown the Saturday Farmers Market from 90 vendors to 150 today. She has established new events including the Soup Walk, Sweet Stroll, Easter Egg Walk, Beer & Selter Crawls, […]

A winning $100,000 All or Nothing lottery ticket has been sold in Plymouth.  The winning ticket was purchased at Piggly Wiggly in Plymouth for the Friday, September 29 drawing.   The winning numbers were 2-3-4-5-6-7-9-11-17-20-22.  This is the second winning $100,000 All or Nothing ticket drawn within a week.  On Tuesday, September 26, a winning $100,000 All or Nothing ticket was drawn from a ticket sold at Lucky Seven General Store in Minong.  The Plymouth Piggly […]

NEW YORK (AP) — David Stearns was formally appointed the first president of baseball operations in New York Mets history Monday, taking over the hometown team he cheered for as a child.  The former Milwaukee Brewers boss was introduced by owner Steve Cohen at a Citi Field news conference on the heels of a hugely disappointing season. Despite championship aspirations and a record $355 million payroll on opening day, New York […]

The Federal Emergency Management Agency, in coordination with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) will conduct a nationwide test of the Emergency Alert System (EAS) and the Wireless Emergency Alert (WEA) at approximately Oct. 4 at approximately 1:20 p.m. CST.  Federal rules require all EAS participants to participate in testing. This includes radio and television broadcasters, cable systems, satellite radio and television providers and wireline video providers. FEMA will send a national […]

An inflation gauge closely tracked by the Federal Reserve rose in August boosted  mainly by higher gas prices.  Retired Ripon College economist Paul Schoofs says a 10 percent monthly spike in prices at the gas pump drove the increase.   Schoofs says in general the fight on inflation took another step forward last month.  Fed officials pay particular attention to core prices, which are considered a better gauge of where inflation might be […]

The City of Fond du Lac’s annual leaf collection will begin on Monday October 16, 2023 with crews starting in the northeast section of the city. The collection will proceed in a clockwise direction – to the southeast, southwest, and northwest sections. The crews typically will be able to make three complete rounds of the city during the October and November months.  For collection purposes, Main Street divides the city […]