Member News
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...
New UWO Biomedical Engineering Degree Opens Opportunity for Careers in Growing Industry
The University of Wisconsin Oshkosh will begin offering a new biomedical engineering degree in fall 2023 to prepare graduates for a growing biomedical technology and healthcare workforce in Wisconsin. The UW System Board of Regents approved the interdisciplinary...
Mercury Marine wins four prestigious iF Design Awards
Mercury Marine, a division of Brunswick Corporation (NYSE: BC), has been recognized with four International Forum Design (iF) awards for its Avator™ 7.5e electric outboard motor, its V10 Verado® outboard and its V12 Verado® outboard. All three outboards were...
USDA Offers New Funding to Promote the Expansion of High-Speed Internet in Rural Areas
$20 million in Technical Assistance Funding is Available to Plan High-Speed Internet Projects in Rural Communities U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) today announced the availability of $20 million to deliver broadband technical assistance resources for rural...
Mercury Marine achieves electrification milestone as first Avator™ electric outboards now shipping to global customers
Mercury Marine, a division of Brunswick Corporation (NYSE: BC), has announced the first group of Avator™ 7.5e electric outboards has shipped to global customers, representing a major milestone in Mercury’s electrification strategy. The 7.5e is the first of Mercury’s...
Annual Beacon House Auction
Beacon House is having their 24th Annual Beacon House Auction which will be online this year - Saturday, April 22 starting at 3:00pm and ending April 23, at 3:00pm. They will be hosting a preview party on Saturday, April 22 from 2 – 4 pm to allow bidders to view the...
Sadoff E-Recycling & Data Destruction Achieves R2v3 Certification
Sadoff E-Recycling & Data Destruction (SEDD), with operating facilities in Oshkosh, WI & La Vista, NE, has received R2v3 certification. R2v3 is the latest release of the R2 standard by Washington-based Sustainable Electronics Recycling International (SERI). It...
Library will honor late county executive by renaming its east-side branch
New name, sign will be unveiled at April 21 event; public is invited to attend Allen Buechel’s commitment to public libraries was clear. During his 29 years as Fond du Lac County executive, he consistently supported libraries across the county with healthy annual...
Finders Keepers
Finders Keepers, a quaint antique store, is located at N3637 Brown Road in Waupun (Wisconsin). Shari Kemink, the store owner, operates her store on their family farm. It was built in 1960 as a working corn crib, and housed cob corn and equipment on the lower level...
















