Fond du Lac is a modest-sized Wisconsin town located at the southern end of Lake Winnebago, the largest lake within that state. With the lake water beginning to freeze and snow falling steadily for both days we were there, there wasn’t a whole lot to see, but I got the impression it’s a pleasant enough town to live and work in.
Fond du Lac is home to Mercury Marine, a division of the Brunswick Corporation. It’s where Mercury has its world headquarters and main manufacturing plant, and while it’s no longer the only game in town, with more than 2,500 employees it remains one of Fond du Lac’s main employers.
The Mercury plant was the reason Anthony Brown (AB), Marketing Manager for Mercury Marine ANZP, myself,