7-22-20 fdl forest mall demolition underway

After very little movement for over a year, work has restarted at the Fond du Lac Forest Mall.   Fond du Lac Community Development director Dyann Benson says demolition of the former JCPenney and Sears Department store buildings started last

7-22-20 fdl county fair recap

The Fond du Lac County Fair Board treasurer estimates up to eight thousand people may have attended a shortened Fond du Lac County Fair this past week.   One of the few county Fairs to take place this summer

7-22-20 wisconsin votesafe chapter launched

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Democratic Attorney General Josh Kaul is teaming up with former Republican Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen to lead a new bipartisan group promoting absentee voting and safe in-person voting this fall. Kaul and

7-22-20 coronavirus-economic impact

A retired Ripon College economics professor says a surge in coronavirus cases threatens the economic recovery in Wisconsin and across the country.   The economy seized in unprecedented terms this spring with mandated lockdowns and economist Paul Schoofs says the

7-22-20 wmc covid-19 business impact survey

The president of Envision Greater Fond du Lac says there is some glimmer of hope in a new survey conducted by the state’s chamber of commerce on the impact of the coronavirus pandemic.  The survey found  three-quarters of Wisconsin companies

7-22-20 wi dnr finds rare plant

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The state Department of Natural Resources says volunteers have discovered a rare carnivorous plant in northern Wisconsin that was last seen four decades ago but failed to find any trace of scores of

7-22-20 fire damages burnett county dairy cooperative

GRANTSBURG, Wis. (AP) — Crews from eight fire departments helped battle a blaze at a dairy cooperative that is one of Burnett County’s largest employers and is a popular stop for tourists in western Wisconsin. Sheriff’s officials