Fond du Lac RBC will have two new members

The Fond du Lac Reservation Business Council will soon welcome two new members.

Robert Abramowski will replace Ferdinand Martineau as secretary/treasurer of the tribal council, a position Martineau held for 16 years, and Brad Blacketter is the new District II Sawyer representative to the RBC. Blacketter had 134 votes to Naomi Northrup’s 77; incumbent Sawyer Rep. Bruce Savage took third in the primary election and didn’t advance to the June 14 general election.

Abramowski had nearly 54 percent of the votes, or 455 votes to 389 for Martineau. Reached by phone, Abramowski said he wasn’t ready to...