Month: May 2016

A Fond du Lac man who caused a lockdown at Fond du lac High School and an elementary school last month has been bound over for trial.  Probable cause was found at a preliminary hearing Thursday for William Kotlowski on charges of  domestic abuse related threats to injure and terrorist threats, and disorderly conduct.  Assistant police chief Steve Thiry says on April 29th  the high school and Rosenow Elementary were placed on lockdown after Kotlowski allegedly […]

A Fond du Lac County Sheriff’s detective says an armed robbery last summer is an example of why a convenience store clerk should never resist or confront the robber.    Last summer the Highway 151 Mobile gas station clerk tried to stop the thieves after his store was robbed.  One of the masked men pointed an assault rifle at the clerk…but fortunately no shots were fired.  Sheriff’s Lieutenant of Detectives, Cameron McGee, says the 15 year prison […]

TOWN OF MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Another man has been fatally shot at a Madison area gas station, the second in as many days.  Town of Madison Police Chief Scott Gregory says a man shot outside a gas station Wednesday night has died at the hospital. The shooting happened about 8 p.m. at the Capitol Petro Mart. The chief says investigators will be reviewing surveillance camera video. No suspects are […]

LUDINGTON, Mich. (AP) — A Ludington-based car ferry has received a national historic landmark plaque.  The Lake Michigan Carferry was awarded plaques for the SS Badger at a Thursday morning ceremony. The 410-foot-long Badger once hauled rail cars across Lake Michigan. It was later converted to a car and passenger ferry and now makes daily trips between Ludington and Manitowoc, Wisconsin, from mid-May through mid-October.  It is the last Great […]

Photo caption: Agnesian HealthCare recently recognized its dedicated volunteers, including its advisory board members (left to right, back row): Edward Gurno, Richard Jaeger, Ken Becker, Gary Ring, Alex Rodriguez, (left to right, sitting) Sandra Wroblewski, Cathy Seffern, Sandy Binotto and Debbie Booher. April is a special month for many reasons, but for Agnesian HealthCare, it is particularly special because it’s a time to celebrate volunteerism.  In 1974, President Richard Nixon […]

In it’s 66th year, the Fond du Lac Women’s Chorus will perform it’s Spring Concert at the historic old St. Patrick’s Church building on the corner of Follett and North Main in Fond du Lac on Sunday May 15 at 2pm.  The concert is titled “Day and Night” and will feature beautiful classic songs reminiscent to the title, such as, “It’s a Good day”, “When Morning Comes,” “Startdust”, ”Tonight,” “In […]

Marian University will hold its 75th spring commencement on Friday, May 13 and Saturday, May 14.  The Commencement weekend will begin on Friday, May 13, with the School of Nursing and Health Professions radiologic technology pinning ceremony beginning at 4:00 p.m. in the Stayer Center, room 205, and the nursing pinning ceremony beginning at 5pm, in Marian’s Sadoff Gymnasium. The School of Education will hold its commissioning ceremony on Friday, […]

A grand opening celebration for the most recently updated University of Wisconsin Oshkosh academic complex will be held Friday, May 13.  Leaders from the University, College of Nursing and the College of Letters and Science will dedicate their updated teaching and research facilities beginning with a program at 11 a.m. in Clow Lecture hall 104L. A reception and tours will follow. The grand opening celebration is open to the public. […]

The University of Wisconsin Oshkosh will host its 142nd spring commencement ceremony on Saturday, May 14.   More than 1,300 undergraduate and more than 190 graduate students will be recognized as UW Oshkosh’s newest graduates—bringing UW Oshkosh’s alumni base to nearly 90,000.  The ceremonies begin at 9 a.m. and 2 p.m. at Kolf Sports Center, 738 High Ave., on the UW Oshkosh campus. The ceremonies will last about two hours.  UW Oshkosh Chancellor […]