Month: December 2015

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — A prominent lottery official was quietly removed from his 28-year post leading the Multi-State Lottery Association after the jackpot-fixing investigation involving his organization widened.  A public record obtained by The Associated Press shows the group's executive director, Charles Strutt, was placed on administrative leave indefinitely in October.  The move by the association's board came days after Iowa prosecutors said their investigation of jackpot-fixing by the […]

Area residents are invited to join Agnesian HealthCare associates, volunteers and physicians and donate an hour of time on Wednesday, January 13 to give blood to The BloodCenter of Wisconsin.    Blood donations will be accepted from 7:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. in Agnesian HealthCare’s Plaza Level Conference Center, 430 E. Division Street, Fond du Lac.     Blood that is donated remains local, as the BloodCenter of Wisconsin is the sole […]

The state Public Service Commission says water rates are going up in Fond du Lac starting January.  The PSC last week approved a seven percent increase in water rates per quarter.  The average residential customer in Fond du Lac will be paying $7.71  more or about $125 per quarter for water.  That’s higher than the state average for similar sized water utilities including Oshkosh, Sheboygan, Appleton and Neenah. The higher rates will boost annual revenue […]

A Ripon man convicted of hiding his brother's body is going to prison.  At a hearing Tuesday Fond du Lac judge Dale English sentenced  Robert Diamentis to three years in prison followed by two years of extended supervision.  Investigators say Diamentis placed the body of his 45 year old brother in a barrell at a residence on Olden Road after his brother died back in February.  The body was discovered in May when sheriff’s deputies […]

Twelve seperate organizations held food drives in November, collecting a total 6,389 lbs of food to help stock The Salvation Army Food Pantry shelves.  RC Insurance, First Presbertyarian Church, Salem United Methodist, Family Dollar Store, Holy Family Catholic Community, Wink Chiropractic, Anytime Fitness, Lakeshore Elementary School, Blue Heron Apartments and Save A-Lot Foods, Michels Corporation, Marian University SAAC and Hyundai each sponsored a food drive.  The Salvation Army Food Pantry […]

A Democratic member on the state Senate Judiciary committee says the public deserves to know what’s going on at Wisconsin’s youth prison.  Senator Lena Taylor was responding to the Republican committee’s chair’s rejection of her call for a hearing into allegations of inmate abuse at Lincoln Hills.  "I'm going to be talking to the secretary (Corrections) to figure out what can be done to keep individuals informed.  There is an investigation and we should […]

AAA projects the number of year-end holiday travelers will top 100 million for the first time on record. Nearly one in three Americans will take a trip this holiday season, with 100.5 million expected to journey 50 miles or more from home. This represents a 1.4 percent increase over last year and the seventh consecutive year of year-end holiday travel growth. Locally, over 2 million Wisconsin residents will make a […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Two Republican lawmakers are circulating a bill that would prohibit the state and local governments from banning live Christmas trees in the state Capitol rotunda and churches. Rep. Jesse Kremer and Sen. Stephen Nass said in a memo seeking co-sponsors that fire departments in smaller communities have been banning live Christmas trees in churches, even though national fire prevention guidelines permit them with adequate safeguards. Chuck […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin Department of Revenue Secretary Richard Chandler has chosen a new lottery administrator.  Chandler announced Tuesday that Pat Lashore, a DOR policy adviser and former deputy lottery administrator, will take over for Mike Edmonds on Jan. 10.  Edmonds told his staff in November he planned to resign Dec. 18. He did not say why he was leaving. Asked to elaborate earlier this month on why Edmonds […]