Month: April 2015

Mercury Marine was recently honored with the “Most Eco-Friendly Marine Business Award” for the second consecutive year.   Mercury received the award during the 2015 China (Shanghai) International Boat Show for its 75-115hp FourStroke Outboard Engine platform.  The judges noted fuel efficiency and displacement with the lowest weight as the two key attributes that led to Mercury winning the award.  In 2014, Mercury won the award for its lightweight 370hp Mercury […]

Photos L-R  groundbreaking ceremony, Sr. Michael Obrien-age 95 Construction is getting underway on a new $24.5 million  St. Mary’s Springs Academy pre K - 12 campus. Groundbreaking ceremonies were held Wednesday afternoon in the parking lot of St. Mary's Springs Academy High School in Fond du Lac.  SMSA interim president Kelly Norton says phase one includes building a 93,000 square foot grade school just south of the existing high school.  The […]

A Fond du Lac man has been charged in connection with an arson fire in Fond du Lac this month.  Twenty nine year old Colin Habram made his initial Fond du Lac Court appearance Wednesday afternoon on multiple charges.  Fire Chief Pete O’Leary says Habram is accused of setting fire to a residence at 410 Ellis Street  during the early morning hours on Tuesday, April 14th:    Haberam lived in […]

A convicted child sex offender is being released from prison and will be living in Fond du Lac County.  Sheriff Mick Fink says James Broeders will be getting out of prison next week and will be living at a residence at N8570 Nitschke Road in Van Dyne.  Broders spent several years in prison for sexually assaulting two girls, ages 13 and 14.

Two Beaver Dam men have been arrested as part of a drug sweep in  Dodge County.  Officers with the Dodge County Drug Task Force have arrested 49 year old Eddie Morris and 36 year old Gary Campbell. Morris is charged with delivery of heroin and Campbell is charged with the sale of crack cocaine.   Both men are being held in the Dodge County Detention Facility on probation holds from […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Thirteen vacant positions in the state Department of Natural Resources that deal with fish and wildlife issues would be eliminated under a vote by the Legislature's budget committee.  The Joint Finance Committee voted 12-4 Wednesday to cut 13 vacant positions to save just over $1 million. Democrats argued against eliminating the positions, saying it would hurt DNR's fish and wildlife programs and conservation law enforcement efforts. […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The state Department of Natural Resources would continue to get funding to pay for removal of deer struck by motorists on Wisconsin roadways under a vote by the Legislature's budget committee.  The Republican-controlled Joint Finance Committee voted against Gov. Scott Walker's recommendation to shift the cost to local governments.  The DNR spends about $700,000 a year contracting with local governments to remove the dead deer.  In […]

MADISON, Wisc.—The Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection, in cooperation with the US Department of Agriculture is responding to a detection of H5 avian influenza in an 800,000 bird egg-laying chicken flock in Jefferson county. There are now five cases in Wisconsin.  While lethal to domestic poultry, the strain of virus detected is not known to have caused disease in humans and is not expected to pose a […]