So how do free-ranging domestic cats impact native wildlife? Learn more this week when the Gottfried Prairie and Arboretum in partnership with the Fond du Lac County Audubon Society host an intriguing presentation called The Cat Problem: Less Caterwauling and Effective Solutions Needed. This educational program will be April 8th at 7PM in Room UC114 at UW-Fond du Lac, 400 University Drive, Fond du Lac. The presentation will be led […]
A Reeseville woman was seriously injured after she was attacked by a Pit Bull. At 11:47am on Thursday Kathy Ackley age 53 of Reeseville was walking her Dachshund on North Main Street in the Village of Reeseville when she was attacked by a pit bull. The pit bull had escaped from a fenced in back yard and ran across the street attacking the victim. She received numerous puncture wounds as […]
Campbellsport residents will go to the polls next week to decide a $25 million building referendum. The money would be used to make heating, ventilating, air conditioning and electrical upgrades at Eden Elementary and building remodeling improvements and additions to the Middle-High School. School administrator Paul Amundson says a major portion of the plan is replacing a portion of the building that was built in the 1930s. Amundson says the […]
On Tuesday Mayville school district voters will head to the polls to decide the fate of a 23 million dollar high school renovation referendum. Voters will see two questions on the ballot…$19.3 million for a new secure front entrance, classroom and infrastructure updates and new auditorium. A second question asks permission to spend $3.7 million for a new gymnasium. Superintendent Dr. Pat Antony says the owner of a $100,000 home would […]
Eva Schloss, Holocaust survivor and Anne Frank’s stepsister and childhood friend, says she is telling her story so the world will never forget. Schloss spoke Thursday at schools in the Fox Valley including UW Fond du lac about the horrors she survived as a 15 year old girl in the Nazi death camp Auschwitz. Schloss says animals were treated better than the prisoners. Since 1985, Schloss has devoted herself to […]
MANITOWOC, Wis. (AP) — A 56-year-old Kiel man has made his first court appearance following his arrest at the private burial for a state trooper killed in a confrontation with a bank robbery suspect. Michael Mangan appeared in court in Manitowoc County on Thursday, after twice failing to show up earlier this week. He's charged with felony resisting an officer causing injuring and misdemeanor counts of disorderly conduct, obstructing an […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin Democrats say they've gathered 13,500 petition signatures from people who support maintaining the existing SeniorCare program. Rep. Andy Jorgensen, a Milton Democrat, said the lawmakers planned to present boxes of petitions to Republican Senate and Assembly leaders Thursday. Gov. Scott Walker proposed requiring seniors in the state to enroll in Medicare Part D before applying for the state's low-cost prescription drug program in his budget. […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources says the danger of wildfires is extremely high in Bayfield and Douglas counties. The DNR issued a red flag warning for the two counties Thursday. Permit burning isn't allowed in barrels, debris piles and grass and wooded areas because of the conditions. Also campfires, fireworks and outdoor smoking aren't recommended. The agency says the danger of wildfires is high or […]
Time is ticking as the Agnesian Health Shoppe – currently located at 327 Winnebago Drive – prepares to relocate to its new, more expansive facility at 307 Camelot Drive, just off the Highway 151 bypass in Fond du Lac. To facilitate the move, the Agnesian Health Shoppe will be closed on April 9 and 10, and will open in its new location on Monday, April 13. The new building […]