Month: January 2017

Work is underway on several Fond du Lac construction projects.  Community Development director,  Dyann Benson says framing is underway for the new student housing project for UW-Fond du Lac. Rough inspections have been completed for the Starbucks on East Johnson Street as well as Dunkin Donuts and Noodles & Company on West Johnson Street.  Utilities have been installed for Quartz Right on E. Larsen Drive and the footings are in […]

A Fond du Lac city councilmember says he is excited about recommendations from a downtown Fond du Lac exploratory committee.  Among the recommendations is targeting a blighted building for redevelopment into a downtown indoor market.  While some downtown businesses may see more retail shops as competition,  councilmember Brian Kolstad says an indoor market and distillery-brewpub may actually draw more people downtown.  While many indoor markets are located in larger cities, […]

The Dodge County Sheriff’s Office is currently conducting a criminal investigation into a robbery at the BP gas station in the town of Beaver Dam.   The  Dodge County Sheriff’s Office says  around  9 pm on December 31, a man went into the store and demanded money  and left the business with an undisclosed amount of cash.   There was no weapon displayed.   The suspect was described as a white […]

GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — State lawmakers have been asked to once again give Wisconsin circuit court judges the authority to order the seizure of vehicles owned by repeat drunken drivers.  That authority was taken away from judges in 2009 and replaced with a law that emphasized the use of ignition-interlock devices. At the time, there were concerns about taking away the driver's ability to get to work. It reinforced […]

Renovation work  at the Fond du Lac Boyle Home is on hold until the owner  is able to sell various properties in Milwaukee to pay for repairs to the home.  Kelly Hansburg purchased the historic  Boyle Home last year with plans to renovate it and turn it into a bed and breakfast.  Hansburg is working with a local architect in an effort to eventually restore the home to its original […]

MILWAUKEE (AP) — Milwaukee police are searching for suspects after a New Year's shooting at a nightclub killed one person, a violent start after a year that saw nearly 150 homicides in the city.  The shooting happened just before 5 a.m. Sunday at Dee's Elegance Bar & Grill on Milwaukee's northwest side.  Police say the 37-year-old victim was shot inside the club after an altercation with at least two people. […]

OSHKOSH, Wis. (AP) — Big-box retailers are suing some Wisconsin cities over the stores' property taxes with a relatively new legal maneuver that critics call the "dark store loophole."  Retailers argue their businesses should pay the same tax rate as a vacant store down the block. The litigants have successfully argued in court that there should be no tax difference between their thriving business and the shuttered retailer because state […]

SHEBOYGAN, Wis. (AP) — Those popular beachside fire rings will be back in Sheboygan next summer. The city's Common Council recently approved a resolution that keeps four of the bonfire rings at Deland Park beach during the summer months.  Parks and Forestry Superintendent Joe Kerlin will oversee those rings and report back to a city committee late in 2017.  The fire rings became a source of contention when the Common […]

MILWAUKEE (AP) — Wisconsin counties along the Lake Michigan's shoreline may soon be out of compliance with new federal standards for ozone pollution.  The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency lowered the ozone standard from 75 parts per billion to 70 parts per billion in 2015 with the regulations effective in October 2017.  Tougher standards for ozone pollution in 2017 could mean additional costs for businesses. The Journal Sentinel reports manufacturers might […]