Month: January 2020

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Black female legislators in two predominantly white Midwestern states are trying to convince their Republican colleagues to join a national push to outlaw discrimination based on hairstyles such as braids and dreadlocks. Supporters of bills in Kansas and Wisconsin said Tuesday that employers and teachers often wrongly see white people’s hair as the standard for what's clean and professional. Committees in both states have proposals to […]

The Fond  du Lac School superintendent says he hopes construction can start this spring on the first phase of a nearly $100 million dollar building referendum approved by voters last year.   Superintendent Dr. Jim Sebert says the district is in the bidding process.  The first phase includes work at Waters, Chegwin, and Pier Elementary Schools and Theisen Middle School.  Sebert says Waters Elementary was built in 1950 at a cost […]

The Fond du Lac County Public Health Officer says she expects more cases in the United States of a dangerous new virus from China where the outbreak began.   The Centers for Disease Control announced Friday a Chicago woman, who returned from a trip to China, was diagnosed with the coronavirus.  So far there are five confirmed cases of the virus in the U.S. and no sign they have spread the […]

The Fond du Lac Fire Chief says a residential fire this week is another reminder to properly discard smoking materials.  Fire chief Pete O’Leary says fortunately the fire at 182 Chestnut Street caused only minor damage.   The fire was started by a cigarette butt on the patio.  O’Leary says if you are smoking outside your house, make sure the cigarette is completely extinguished before you go back inside.  "These things happen, we […]

Vice President Mike Pence touted alternatives to a public school education during a visit to the state where the private school voucher program began. His stop Tuesday in battleground Wisconsin was part of a celebration of national school choice week. Pence and U.S. Education Secretary Betsy DeVos were both drowned out briefly by chants of “shame” from dozens of protesters who gathered one floor down in the Capitol building. School […]

National Exchange Bank & Trust CEO Eric Stone has announced that the system conversion of NBW Bank to National Exchange Bank & Trust has been successfully completed and the NBW Bank offices in Waupun, Rosendale, Brandon and Fairwater are now operating under the National Exchange Bank & Trust name.     “As we indicated when we announced the sale, we are excited about the solid community bank culture that National Exchange […]

The Fond du Lac public works director says Fond du Lac residents can do their part  to help prevent water pollution by cleaning debris and obstructions from storm catch basins located along city streets.   To that end the city has launched An Adopt a Storm Drain program.  Public Works director Jordan Skiff says the early and frequent snow last fall and this winter adds up to a poor year for water quality.  […]

WAUKESHA, Wis. (AP) — Oscar Mayer's iconic wiener-on-wheels got a grilling from a Wisconsin sheriff's deputy because the driver of the giant hot dog failed to give enough room to another car on the road with emergency lights. The Waukesha County Sheriff's Office said in a tweet Monday they pulled over the Wienermobile and gave the driver a verbal warning for not following the law. The sheriff's office tweet showed […]

The architecture school that architect Frank Lloyd Wright started nearly 90 years ago is closing. School officials announced Tuesday that the School of Architecture at Taliesin, which encompasses Wright properties in Wisconsin and Arizona, will shutter in June. The school's governing board said in a statement the “gut-wrenching decision” was made after no agreement could be made with the Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation to keep operating the school. The school currently […]