Member News
Fond du Lac High School Assistant Principal, Brooke Kilian
The Fond du Lac School District (FDL-SD) announces Brooke Kilian as a Fond du Lac High School (FHS) assistant principal, effective July 1, 2023. Ms. Kilian is returning to her home state of Wisconsin after spending time in South Dakota and Wyoming. “I am ecstatic to...
Sabish Principal, Alex Garcia-Bankowski
The Fond du Lac School District (FDL-SD) announces Alexandra Garcia-Bankowski has been approved to serve as the Principal at Sabish Middle School, effective July 1, 2023. Ms. Garcia-Bankowksi is a familiar face for those in the FDL-SD as she has served as an assistant...
Memorial Day Parade
This year’s Memorial Day parade and program will be Monday, May 29th, with the parade beginning at 10am on the corner of Rees and Main Streets. The parade will go south on Main Street and end at Veterans Park. The program will commence at Veterans Park immediately...
Holiday Automotive Earns Buick Dealer of the Year Award
General Motors has recognized Holiday Automotive with the 2022 Buick Dealer of the Year award. The program annually honors the top one percent of Buick dealers across the country for sales performance and a demonstrated commitment to providing exceptional customer...
Salchert Meats is Expanding
Salchert Meat Market, the home of the famous steak sandwich, today annouced that they are expanding its facilities. Salcherts bought the vacant Hometown Bank building located in downtown St. Cloud. This property will be the new home of Salchert Meats retail store with...
YP of the Month – Elise Zielicke (May 2023)
First and Last Name: Elise Zielicke Hometown: Fond du Lac, WI What Brought you to Fond du Lac: I made a career switch which allows me to work in Fond du Lac and the surrounding areas Place of Employment and Position: Hausmann Group, Employee Benefits Consultant What...
Ribbon Cutting at TWO MEN AND A TRUCK®
Envision Greater Fond du Lac hosted a ribbon cutting with member organization, TWO MEN AND A TRUCK®, to celebrate the opening of the Fond du Lac franchise. Locally owned and nationally recognized, TWO MEN AND A TRUCK® is the largest franchised moving company in North...
USDA Invites Applications for Grants to Strengthen Rural Cooperatives and Expand Access to New and Better Markets for People in Rural America
U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Rural Development Under Secretary Xochitl Torres Small today announced that USDA is inviting applications for grants to strengthen rural cooperatives and expand access to new and better markets for people in rural America. USDA is...
Wisconsin Main Street Awards
The Downtown Fond du Lac Partnership (DFP) is proud to announce that it has been awarded the Wisconsin Main Street Award for Best Business Development/Retention Program. This recognition is bestowed by the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation (WEDC) in...
Heidel House Hotel & Conference Center Open House and Ribbon Cutting
Envision Greater Fond Du Lac Membership Heidel House Hotel & Conference Center is happy to announce that we have joined Envision Greater Fond du Lac as proud and excited members. A ribbon cutting and open house will be held on Wednesday, June 7th at 4:45pm. All...
USDA Announces Availability of Funding for Grants to Help Repair Affordable Housing in Rural Communities
U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Rural Development Under Secretary Xochitl Torres Small recently announced the availability of funding for grants to help repair or rehabilitate homes, rental properties or co-ops occupied by low- and very-low-income rural...
Winning downtown revitalization strategies
WEDC honors best Main Street initiatives with awards The Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation (WEDC) recognized the best downtown revitalization projects of 2022 at the 32nd Wisconsin Main Street Awards ceremony held Friday at the La Crosse Center in downtown La...
USDA Seeks Applications for Technical Assistance Grants to Support Community Facilities for People in Rural Wisconsin
U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Rural Development is seeking applications to help rural communities expand their capacity to access financial resources to help build or upgrade essential community facilities. The funding is being made available under...
Holiday Automotive Plans 469 kW Solar Project
This summer, Arch Solar will be on the Holiday Automotive campus to begin work on a 469 kW solar installation; the largest solar power system that any Wisconsin auto dealer has installed to date. “As we add more electric vehicle charging stations at Holiday, we feel...
Fondy Youth Baseball Opening Day!
The field dedication ceremony has been pushed to Tuesday, May 2 due to the weather forecast this weekend. Fondy Youth Baseball and its 500 player families are extremely excited to begin our 71st season of youth baseball with our Opening day and Picture Day on...
Shelby Blundell Wins Society Insurance Customer Experience Award
Shelby Blundell recently received the Society Insurance Customer Experience Award in a brief ceremony. This award is presented quarterly to an employee nominated by his or her colleagues for exceptional efforts in serving Society Insurance policyholders. In...
City of Fond du Lac to Present Downtown Riverfront Plan, Seeks Public Input
City and its consultant, MSA, will present the plan at April 27 meeting. The City of Fond du Lac is seeking public input on the draft plan for the Downtown Riverfront, which will be presented on April 27 from 5:30 – 7:00 p.m. at the Fond du Lac Public Library – McLane...
The Politics of Resentment: Seven Years Later
A Conversation With Dr. Katherine Cramer,Professor and Natalie C. Holton Chair of Letters & Science, Department of Political Science, University of Wisconsin-Madison The event will start at 4:30 pm in East Hall, Kresge Little Theatre. In 2016, political science...
All-Phase Grand Opening
You are officially invited to attend the All-Phase HVAC LLC Grand Opening AND Brat Fry on Friday, May 12, 2023 from 11 am until 2 pm. This event will be located at 1804 Shaler Drive, across from the Heritage Ridge Travel Plaza in Waupun. This will be the first chance...
Insight announces 2023 Women of Influence in the New North Region
After receiving more than 100 nominations from across 18 counties an all-volunteer selection committee of past honorees has chosen eight recipients of InsightPublications’ fourth-annual Women of Influence in the New North Region Awards. The 2023 honorees hail from...