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Making Fond du Lac County Great

Monday Morning

There were 20 members and two guests present at the Monday meeting. Allen Buechel was the guest and speaker. Curtis Carter was the guest of Dan Leeds. Vicente was installed as our newest member. Jim did the grace. Mark was our greeter. Charlene did humor for the day. Happy dollars, Pete was happy for a great Midwinter. Gary was happy for our newest member. Mark was happy to take his family to Lion King.  Steve is happy to celebrate his daughter’s birthday. Pete bought four awards home for our club from Mid-winter. For interclub we got the Round Robin. We earned the Distinguish Club award for last year. Mark was winner and loser. He picked the two of diamonds. There are 43 cards left with a pot of $130.00. Remember that we have a Kiwanis web page and Facebook. If you are on Facebook, you can like our page.  

Fond du Lac County Update, Allen Buechel

Allen has been supervisor and county executive for around 43 years. Allen presented the new plan for new intersection of Hwy 23 and K. Good news; the state should start work on Hwy 23 this year in Sheboygan County. They have $19.4 million to start this year. Bad news, they wouldn’t finish at Hwy K until 2022. The County hopes to start the railroad overpass at Hwy N (Kinker Rd.) this fall. It will cost about $4.5 million but will stop the blockage of roads North of Fond du Lac by trains. Take a ride to South Hickory to see the new County Garage. This will replace the one on Dixie St. In addition it will have an outdoor shooting range; Sheriff’s impound lot and storage for Senior Service vehicles. Around May 1st the County/City building will have new security check point entrance. All traffic will enter thru the North door.

Fond du Lac County Plans Projects Aplenty for 2018

Monday Morning

There were 16 members and three guests at our Monday meeting. Allen Buechel was our guest speaker. Nathan Arkon and Rachel Hays visited us from the Fond du Lac Key Club. Harry and Sharon were our greeters. Sharon had grace.  Gary, Mark and Pete had a happy bucks Welcome back Mark.  Charlene had humor. Charlene needs candy for the Cardinal Singers. Gary Miller was our winner and winner. He drew the five of clubs for $5.00. There are 47 cards left and a pot of $82.00. Remember that we have a Kiwanis web page and Facebook. If you are on Facebook, like our page.

Fond du Lac County, Allen Buechel

Allen is the Fond du Lac County Executive. In order to please the Federal judge, they will update the traffic counts on Hwy 23. The state hopes to restart construction in late October 2018 in Plymouth. There will be interchanges at G, UU and K. They are planning a new county garage at South Hickory at the bypass. In 2019, a new roundabout will be added at the K/C Hall on Fond du Lac Avenue. Mercury Marine report, their $50,000,000 loan has help grow employment of 1,526 to 3,100 in eight years. With Alliance Laundry’s $6,500.000 loan, it helped grow the company to1,000 employees. The opioid drug epidemic impacts schools, law enforcement, Social Services, court system, jail, and drug abuse programs. In response, the county is suing the drug companies to help fund these problems. For more information, go to the county web page or visit the monthly county board meeting.

What’s Happening in Fond du Lac County?

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Monday Morning

There were 12 members at our Monday meeting plus two guests. Joining us were our speaker, Allen Buechel and Key club member, Roxie Mulhalland. Charlene handled the prayer and rumor. Happy bucks came from Gary Miller and Jan. Side note – Del is at home. Call for an appointment to visit. Monday’s 50/50, Steve was the winner. He drew the six of clubs, no winner. Raffle will have 19 cards in the game including the five pay cards with a pot of about $441.  We have a projector for our speakers; please contact Gary Miller if you need it. Speaking of programs for the future, get information to Dave or myself.

Allen Buechel, Fond du Lac County Executive

Allen has served as Executive since 1993 after serving on the County Board for 17 years. Some of Allen’s highlights are piloting a welfare reform program starting in 1994, county’s program for long term care program for elderly, and regional medical examiners program serving 14 counties. Other major projects include addition of the new University Center, consolidation of four dispatch services, safety upgrade to airport, expansion of county golf course, three new parks and major expansion of the jail. Allen talked about temporary changes to the intersection of Hwy K and Hwy 23. Because the Hwy 23 project is on hold, they need to make changes to handle the new traffic load. It will be similar to the intersections on the bypass. They are upgrading Hwy V and Hwy 151 bypass.  Hwy 45 over 151 will lose it off ramps to 151 and become a county road. And finally Harbor Haven is being remodeling. Thanks to Allen for the update and any questions.