A new low power translater will help boost the reach of a Fond du Lac rock and roll radio station. Last month WTCX (96.1 FM) launched translator station 95.1 FM. This low power FM translator’s antenna, on top of the Retlaw Hotel building, makes it possible for WTCX to be heard in many Fond du Lac area businesses and homes that the 96.1 tower in Rosendale could not reach. “I’ve been managing WTCX […]
A Fond du Lac woman is a winner in the latest Badger 5 drawing. Seventy four year old Marjorie St. Mary, is one of seven winners of the February 5th drawing and will receive about $15,000 before taxes. She bought her ticket at the Pick 'n Save at 55 W. Pioneer Road in Fond du Lac.
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The state Assembly has approved a bill that would dramatically expand landlord rights. The Republican bill would allow landlords to dispose of or sell trespassers' property; evict tenants if they cause damage without repairing or paying for it; and evict a tenant if the tenant, a tenant family member or guest engages in criminal activity, including dealing drugs. The landlord could terminate the tenancy regardless of […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison plan to use monkeys to study the mosquito-borne Zika virus. The studies start next week. Campus scientists will infect rhesus macaque monkeys with the virus to study how long it stays in their blood stream, among other things. UW-Madison pathology professor David O'Connor says the Zika virus is "understudied" because it doesn't make people very sick. The virus often produces […]
The Fond du Lac County District Attorney says he supports a bill that would make spitting at prosecutors a felony. Its already a felony to spit at police, prison guards, firefighters and first responders. The GOP bill would extend that protection to prosecutors. District attorney Eric Toney says he doesn’t know of any instance where someone has tried to spit on a prosecutor in Fond du lac County. Toney says he would support extending […]
A Ripon College political science professor says the results of the New Hampshire primary this week didn’t come as a surprise. Democratic Senator Bernie Sanders and Republican Donald Trump cruised to easy victories. Professor Marty Farrell says Trump and Sander’s popularity shows how frustrated Americans are with politics in general. Meanwhile Farrell says its hard to imagine that Wisconsin will play a major role in the nomination process when voters cast ballots April 3rd because […]
MILWAUKEE (AP) — Democratic Party leaders say Milwaukee was chosen to host Thursday's presidential debate because of the state's battleground status in the Midwest. Democratic National Committee Chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz says she expects Democrats to do well this fall in Wisconsin considering the position of the Republican field, which she says is far to the right. The Republican Party of Wisconsin was hoping Hillary Clinton and her entourage would […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The state Assembly has approved a bill that would prohibit people from bothering hunters in the woods. The Assembly passed the bill on a voice vote Thursday with no debate. The measure now goes to Gov. Scott Walker. The Senate passed the bill on a voice vote last month. The bill's Republican authors say concerns about hunter harassment have grown since the Wolf Patrol, a group […]
Anyone who hasn’t had a flu shot this season should make a point to get vaccinated now, according to Fond du Lac health providers. So far, the flu season has been mild, but local officials expect activity to pick up in the next few weeks. And, this year’s slow start isn’t out of the ordinary as other flu seasons have had the same pattern. “As long as the virus […]