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City of Ripon receives $190,000 state grant to support redevelopment of a vacant grocery store
WEDC investment to help fund renovation of vacant building into an urban vertical farm The City of Ripon is receiving a $190,000 state grant to help in the renovation of a vacant former grocery store into an indoor urban vertical farm produce operation with the...
Fox Valley Savings Bank Announces Executive Level Promotions
Fox Valley Savings Bank (FVSBank) announces two employee changes. “We are pleased to announce two well deserved promotions that ensure our customers continue to have a great banking experience at FVSBank,” said FVSBank President and CEO Steve Schmudlach. “These...
Kondex Receives John Deere Supplier Innovation Award
Kondex Corporation has been selected as a recipient of a John Deere Supplier Innovation Award for 2019. The award is presented to a select group of suppliers who have demonstrated innovation in a product or service they provide to John Deere. Award selections are...
U.S. Chamber Recognizes 259 Members of Congress with Spirit of Enterprise Award for Pro-Business Votes
Monday, June 22, 2020 - 8:15am The U.S. Chamber of Commerce today honored 210 members of the U.S. House of Representatives and 49 members of the U.S. Senate with its annual Spirit of Enterprise Award, given in recognition of their support for pro-growth policies in...
FloorQuest changes name to Quest Interiors
After 17 years in business as FloorQuest, the company has announced it is officially changing its name to Quest Interiors. According to Owner/ Vice-President Tim Twohig, the name change was necessary. “We felt that due to the addition of products and services over the...
Envision Greater Fond du Lac’s HR Association to offer Leading Imperfectly workshop
Envision Greater Fond du Lac’s HR Association/FDL SHRM group will host Leading Imperfectly with James Robilotta on Friday, July 31 from 8:00 – 9:30 a.m. at South Hills Golf & Country Club. Rather than take the same, tired approach to leadership development, this...
Your source of local business intelligence – Business Intelligence Overview and Offerings from Envision Greater Fond du Lac
Business intelligence: noun The methods and techniques that gather, store, report, and analyze business data to help people make business decisions The data gathered by these methods; abbreviated BI Business intelligence is its own type of work: a combination of data...
Ribbon Cutting on New McDonalds on W. Johnson
Envision Greater Fond du Lac hosted a ribbon-cutting with McDonalds at 770 W. Johnson Street to celebrate the official opening on the new store. (L-R) Joe Venhuizen (Envision Greater Fond du Lac), D.W. Rause (McDonalds), Elle Moore (Envision Greater Fond du Lac), and...
National Exchange Bank & Trust Announces Officer Promotions
National Exchange Bank & Trust President and Chief Operating Officer Jim Chatterton has announced numerous promotions within the organization. Lisa Benike – Vice President of Account Services Lisa Benike is promoted to Vice President of Account Services at the...
“Music Under The Stars” Summer Schedule Resumes
Live music concerts will be back again at Buttermilk Park, after the COVID-19 guidelines forced the cancelation of all gatherings of this nature until recent weeks. The Fond du Lac Area Musicians’ board of directors met recently and decided to produce the remainder...
VERVE EARNS SPOT ON 2020 FORBES BEST CREDIT UNION IN EACH STATE LIST
Verve, a Credit Union, earned second place in Wisconsin on the 2020 Forbes Best Credit Unions in Each State list. There are more than 5,000 credit unions with 117 million members across the U.S., with only 3.5% (182) earning a place on the list. Five credit unions and...
National Exchange Bank & Trust Announces NEB Scholarship Recipients
National Exchange Bank & Trust is pleased to announce the recipients of the National Exchange Bank 2020 scholarships offered to the children of its employees. Students were judged on financial need, academic achievement, school involvement, work experience,...
WINNEPLAYGO, OUTDOOR SPACE, OPENS AT CHILDREN’S MUSEUM
For the first time in months, the Children’s Museum of Fond du Lac (CMFDL) expects to welcome happy visitors beginning Friday, June 26. Focusing on safety, fun and financial sustainability, an incremental and flexible reopening approach will used, starting with...
Stephanie Harter Promoted to Operations Officer for National Exchange Bank & Trust
Stephanie Harter is promoted to Operations Officer for National Exchange Bank & Trust with an expanded role leading the Customer Service and Personal Banking Teams for the W. Johnson Street office in Fond du Lac and the Omro office. She will continue to ensure...
Lakeland Care Celebrates 20 Years of Service!
Lakeland Care, Inc. (LCI) is excited to announce our 20-year milestone of providing key services to seniors and adults with disabilities! Located in communities throughout Northeast and North Central Wisconsin, Lakeland Care is proud to be known as a member centered...
Habitat for Humanity’s ReStore to close
Due to the recent mandates from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC),as well as Habitat International, the Fond du Lac County Habitat for Humanity ReStore is set to close its doors. The ReStore, a subsidiary of the Fond du Lac Habitat for Humanity...
FOND DU LAC FESTIVALS INC. TO CANCEL WALLEYE WEEKEND FOR 2020
The Fond du Lac Festivals (FFI) Board of Directors met this week to discuss the status of the family-friendly festival. Originally, Walleye Weekend was set for mid-June and new dates were set for Walleye Weekend Reunited the weekend of August 28 –30. After careful...
Envision Greater Fond du Lac appoints Cleveland Vice President, repositions Spang to small business and entrepreneurship
A step to better serve the economic growth of Fond du Lac County Envision Greater Fond du Lac has appointed James Cleveland as Vice President of Economic Development and Sarah Spang as Director of Small Business and Entrepreneurship. In his new role, Cleveland is...
Lemonade Day 2020 Canceled
An event supporting kid entrepreneurs Envision Greater Fond du Lac’s Lemonade Day has been canceled due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Over continued concerns with the current COVID-19 situation, the Lemonade Day planning team made the difficult decision to cancel...
Envision Greater Fond du Lac to offer training program for new supervisors
Envision Greater Fond du Lac is excited to announce the launch of the fourth training cohort of Leading Through People and Processes, a training program offering skill development for new supervisors or those with limited experience. The fourth training cohort will...

















