Month: June 2017

The Fond du lac city council will consider revising an ordinance that would allow food trucks in city parks at their meeting Wednesday evening.  Community Development Director Dyann Benson says two years ago the council voted to allow food trucks to operate with more flexibility in the city, but restricted food trucks in and near parks.  The proposed revision would allow food trucks within parks at least 200 feet from […]

The Fond du Lac Area Convention and Visitors Bureau is planning to sell its building on the frontage road along Interstate 41.   Bureau president Craig Molitor says instead of ownership the organization is considering leasing a building.  Molitor says visibility along I-41 is not as important as some people may think.  He says in this digital age, travelers don’t stop at visitor bureaus like they use to.  "People just […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A University of Wisconsin Board of Regents member says taxpayer money will not be tapped to cover debts of the financial troubled UW-Oshkosh Foundation.  Regent Michael M. Grebe said in a statement Tuesday that it would be inappropriate to use taxpayer dollars to cover debts caused by the foundation's inappropriate real estate projects. Grebe says university officials continue working with foundation leaders to "work through the […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Police say a contractor who suffered a fatal heart attack while working overnight at a Wisconsin Culver's was "scared to death" when two armed men tried to rob the restaurant.  Madison Police Chief Mike Koval said Tuesday that the robbers would not allow other workers to help the 56-year-old man, who was suffering a medical emergency.   Authorities say the two masked robbers entered the restaurant […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Deep-pocketed political neophyte Nicole Schneider has ruled out a run for U.S. Senate in Wisconsin as a Republican.  A Republican with direct knowledge of Schneider's decision but who was not authorized to speak publicly about it confirmed to The Associated Press on Tuesday that Schneider will not run.  Schneider didn't immediately respond to emails or phone calls.  Schneider was one of several Republicans considering a run […]

Governor Scott Walker is promoting Wisconsin veteran-owned businesses during several stops across the state.   The governor says approximately 11 percent of all businesses in the state, or 65,000 are veteran-owned.  The governor made stops Tuesday at veteran owned businesses in Port Washington, Appleton, Wausau and LaCrosse.  A total of 17 businesses were recognized during Veterans-Owned Business Day including Riveter Enterprises of Fond du Lac and Snap 180 Media in Oshkosh. […]

One person received non life-threatening injuries in a two vehicle  crash in Fond du Lac County.  Rescue personnel were called to the scene on County Highway G south of Highway GG in the town of Marshfield shortly before 5pm Monday.  A preliminary investigation indicates a southbound truck driven by a 23-year-old New Holstein man traveled left of center after looking at his cell phone, striking the back tires of a […]

AAA is predicting Independence Day travelers will set at new record this holiday weekend.  State AAA spokesman, Nick Jarmuscz says a record-breaking 44.2 million Americans will travel during the 4th of July holiday, including nearly 953,000 from Wisconsin…an increase of more than three percent from last year.  Jarmuscz says the fact that the holiday falls on a Tuesday also makes a difference along with low gas prices.  Jarmuscz says the […]