Month: November 2023

The Fond du Lac Public Works director says 2023 was a busy year for park improvements throughout the city of Fond du Lac.  Paul DeVries updated the advisory park board at their meeting this week.  DeVries says several major projects were completed at Lakeside Park.   "The Lighthouse renovation and then right in that same neighborhood, Lighthouse Drive and making it a safer bike and pedestrian-way for those users,"  DeVries told WFDL […]

This is eye donation month.  SSM Health Greater Fond du Lac in partnership with the Lions Bank of Wisconsin and UW Organ and Tissue donation is hosting tabling events this week  to raise awareness  about the importance of organ, eye and tissue donation.   Lions Eye Bank Development specialist Anne Otter says donation can give the comfort of knowning their loved ones' wishes were honored and that they live on through donation.  […]

Area high school students and local entrepreneurs are pitching their business ideas with the winners advancing to a regional pitch contest this week.  Envision Greater Fond du Lac hosted their first ever This Pitch event earlier this month... one for high school students and one for adults.  Envision Vice President of membership  and resource development Joe Venhuizen says the high school competition showcased innovative ideas from Campbellsport, Laconia and North Fond du Lac High […]

The Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection (DATCP) announced five Wisconsin companies will receive a DATCP Buy Local, Buy Wisconsin (BLBW) Grant in 2023.  BLBW is a competitive grant program designed to strengthen Wisconsin's agriculture and food industries by helping farms and businesses more efficiently process, market, and distribute locally grown food products. BLBW grants provide consumers with access to more Wisconsin-grown food products, including organic vegetables, hops varieties, […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Hunters killed significantly fewer deer during Wisconsin's nine-day gun season this year than they did last year, according to preliminary data released Tuesday by the state Department of Natural Resources.  After kicking off with a slow opening weekend, hunters reported a total of 173,942 deer harvested from Nov. 18-26, a 17.6% decrease from the 2022 season and roughly 11% below the state's five-year average. Hunters in northern Wisconsin […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin running back Braelon Allen says he is bypassing his senior season to enter the NFL draft.  Allen announced his plans Tuesday in a video he posted on social media.  “It’s always been my dream to play in the NFL,” Allen said. “And I believe I’m ready to chase that next step.”  In the video, Allen didn’t indicate whether he plans to play in Wisconsin’s bowl game. Wisconsin (7-5) will […]

Rosendale Intermediate and Brandon Elementary Schools are being honored.  The schools placed among the top 40 percent of elementary schools in Wisconsin,  making them both U.S. News & World Reports' Best Elementary Schools.  Schools were assessed on students who were proficient or above proficient in math and reading/language arts state test scores in the context of socioeconomic demographics.  Rosendale Intermediate School serves Rosendale area students in grades four and five. Brandon Elementary School […]

A former North Fond du Lac fire chief has been arrested again for child sex crimes.   Fifty seven year old  Paul Nelson  was orginally arrested nearly two years ago in Texas on Child Pornography charges and still faces prosecution in that case.   In the meantime Nelson moved to Montgomery County, Texas where he was arrested last week on charges of Online Solicitation of a Minor and Possession with Intent to Promote Child Pornography.   […]

PORT WASHINGTON, Wis. (AP) — A local Wisconsin official who posted a selfie with his marked ballot on Facebook during the April 2022 election has had a felony charge against him dropped. Fifty-two-year-old Mequon-Thiensville School Board member Paul Buzzell had faced maximum penalties of 3 1/2 years behind bars and $10,000 in fines. Ozaukee County Judge Paul Malloy ruled Monday that a state law prohibiting voters from showing anyone else […]