7-22-20 biden launches battleground push in wisconsin and other states
Joe Biden’s presidential campaign is ramping up its advertising and deploying some of its high-profile surrogates as it tries to solidify a broad battleground map that his advisers see as giving the former vice president multiple paths
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 federal suit over local wisconsin covid-19 orders dismissed
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit filed by two dozen Wisconsin residents challenging a variety of local stay-at-home orders enacted to curb the spread of the coronavirus. U.S. District Judge William Griesbach
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 packers expect no more than 10,00-12,000 fans at home games
Green Bay Packers CEO Mark Murphy says he expects the team’s home games this season will have no more than 10,000-12,000 fans. That’s assuming spectators are allowed at all. The Packers had announced two weeks ago that
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