A Mount Calvary girl is living the dream of a lifetime this weekend…an audience with Pope Francis at the Vatican in Rome. Kayla Doll is a 14 year old home-schooled girl from the Holyland in Fond du lac County chosen to hand a crown to the Pope. Kayla’s father Kevin says the family is part of an apostolic movement in the Roman Catholic faith called Schoenstatt. "This is a Catholic movement […]
Marian University recently signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Park University of Missouri, a partnership aimed to offer students additional educational opportunities in the area of thanatology. “Park and Marian are uniquely positioned to collaborate,” said Dr. Janet McCord, associate professor of Thanatology. “Their undergraduate certificate program will prepare individuals for further study in thanatology at the graduate level at Marian and Marian students living in the Kansas […]
A former Florida man who recently moved to Fond du Lac has been chargeed in connection with a shooting incident in downtown Fond du Lac. Marcus Britton made his initial Fond du lac court appearance Thursday. Bail was set at $40,000 cash. Police chief Bill Lamb says the 29 year old Britton was arrested Tuesday night in connection with a report of shots fired in the area of 6th and […]
A Neosho woman accused of embezzling hundreds of thousands of dollars from the veterinary clinic where she worked since 2006 has pleaded guilty to two theft charges. 48 year old Tracey Grebe entered the plea this week in Dodge County Circuit Court to one count of theft of a business setting and one count of identity theft. Ten other charges were dismissed and read into the record. Grebe is accused […]
Kurt Wismer, a Business and Information Technology teacher at the School District North Fond du Lac was honored and awarded the Wisconsin Business Education Association Outstanding Educator award during the convention annual award luncheon on October 17. Wismer was nominated by Wisconsin Business and Information Technology teachers and an awards committee evaluated the nominations. Wismer is a Business, Marketing and Information Technology (IT) teacher as well as a Google Certified Teacher and Google Education […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The vast majority of students receiving a taxpayer-subsidized voucher to attend private school this year did not go to a Wisconsin public school last year. Data released Thursday by the state Department of Public Instruction shows that just over 19 percent of the 538 students who entered the statewide program this year attended a public school last year. Over the two years of the program, just […]
The Mayville School District is exploring the option of going to referendum for a high school renovation. District Administrator Dr. Pat Antony says a renovation of the high school building would be the third phase of facility improvements following the Parkview Elementary School upgrades and the relocation of the district administration building. Antony says a number of infrastructure improvements are needed at the half-century old high school. Antony says the […]
An approximately 106 million dollar budget is being proposed for Dodge County next year. County Administrator Jim Mielke and County Board Chairman Russ Kottke have unveiled the proposed 2015 budget. Mielke says the budget represents an increase of 5.34 million dollars compared to the 2014 budget, with the largest increased appropriation in the Transportation Fund at nearly 3 million dollars, and in the maintenance and information technology departments at about […]
MINOCQUA, Wis. (AP) — A bicyclist has been struck and killed by a commercial vehicle in Minocqua. Police say 55-year-old Robin Kuzel was riding his bike on Highway 51 South in Minocqua shortly before 3 a.m. Thursday when he was struck. Authorities say the commercial vehicle leased by Safelite Group was driven by a 28-year-old Delavan man. The fatality remains under investigation.