Fond du Lac County executive candidates will take part in forum Thursday

Allen J. Buechel and Rick Gedemer, candidates in the April 6 election for Fond du Lac County executive, will participate in a virtual candidates forum at 7 p.m. Thursday, March 18. The forum is hosted by the League of Women Voters of the Ripon Area, of which Ellen Sorensen ’00 is president; and Ripon College’s Center for Politics and the People.

Questions for the candidates may be submitted via email to [email protected].

The forum will be livestreamed at facebook.com/RiponCollegeCPP. A taped version will be available later on the city’s YouTube channel, youtube.com/riponchannel.


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