Month: May 2016

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Attorney General Brad Schimel says state environmental officials lack broad authority to regulate high-capacity wells.  Schimel issued an opinion Tuesday saying a 2011 law prohibits agencies from imposing permit conditions not expressly laid out in state statute.  Republicans and environmentalists have argued for years over how far the Department of Natural Resources can go in regulating high-capacity wells.  A state appeals court ruled in 2010 that […]

Fond du Lac Fire/Rescue has achieved the 2016 Mission: Lifeline® EMS Silver Level Recognition Award. Collaboration among pre-hospital and hospital providers is the essence of Mission: Lifeline. The American Heart Association recognizes the vital importance Emergency Medical System providers provide to the overall success of Mission: Lifeline STEMI Systems of Care. The correct tools and training allow EMS providers to rapidly identify the STEMI, promptly notify the destination center and […]

The Fond du Lac Area Convention & Visitors Bureau is sponsoring a FREE community event – C’mon In – Fond du Lac Summer Event Kickoff – on Wednesday, May 18, 2016 at the Thelma Sadoff Center for the Arts– 51 Sheboygan Street, Fond du Lac, WI.  Representatives will reveal the exciting summer schedule of hundreds of events and activities taking place in Fond du Lac and the Lake Winnebago Region, […]

Waupun Memorial Hospital (WMH) has once again achieved Pathway to Excellence(r) designation by the American Nurses Credentialing Center.  WMH first received this honor in 2013. At the time, WMH was the first healthcare provider in the region, and one of only two in Wisconsin to receive the prestigious designation.  The Pathway to Excellence designation identifies the elements of work environments where nurses can flourish. The designation substantiates the professional satisfaction […]

An elderly woman has died from injuries suffered in a three vehicle crash in Dodge County last week.  Eighty eight year old Helen Henkel from Waterloo, Wisconsin died this week at UW Hospital in Madison.  She was a passenger in an SUV that failed to stop for a stop sign at the intersection of  STH 89 and CTH T last Wednesday.  The Jeep struck a vehicle that was northbound on T.  The Jeep then […]

The Dodge County Sheriff says he is continuing his investigation into the proposed placement of two high risk sex offenders at a rural Lomira home.  On Friday, Dodge County Circuit judges, Brian Pfitzinger and Joseph Sciascia gave conditional approval to place sex offenders Jonathon Miller and Robert Larson Jr. at a residence on Highway 67 in the town of Lomira,  pending a final report from Dodge County Sheriff Dale Schmidt.  "We've spoke with […]

A Fond du lac prosecutor says he believes the public needs to be protected from a man convicted last week in an armed robbery.  Ronald Loving was convicted in connection with the robbery of the Highway 151 Mobile gas station last summer.   Assistant DA, Dennis Krueger, says the owner and clerk is fortunate he wasn’t hurt or killed.   "He (clerk) was in the back stocking merchandise when two people came in.  He […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A conservative group has revised a television ad attacking Democrat Russ Feingold after three Wisconsin television stations pulled the original from the air.   The super PAC Freedom Partners Action Fund on Monday changed the ad after stations in Madison and Green Bay pulled it following complaints from Feingold that it was factually incorrect.  The PAC funded by conservative billionaires Charles and David Koch is supporting Republican […]

Republican U.S. Senator Ron Johnson says while he doesn’t agree with everything Donald Trump has to say, he’s a better alternative than Hilary Clinton.  In an exclusive interview on AM 1170’s Between the Lines program, Johnson says he will support Trump if he is the nominee.  Johnson says he’s not surprised at Trump’s popularity.  "I'm honestly not shocked.  I understand exactly the frustration the American public and folks here in Wisconsin have for […]