Month: January 2017

Drug Free Communities of Fond du Lac County’s youth action team  is fighting prescription drug abuse. Students Taking Action Against Negative Decisions or STAAND will participate in National Drug Facts Week starting Monday, January 23 through next Friday.  The STAAND groups in Fond du Lac, Campbellsport, North Fond du Lac and Ripon along with Fond du Lac middle schools,  will be sharing information throughout  the week about prescription drug abuse. […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Women and their supporters have rallied in Madison to protest against policies under the new administration of President Donald Trump.  Tens of thousands of people filled the Library Mall on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus on Saturday as similar marches were held in Washington and around the world.  Pink hats adorned the heads of hundreds of women, men and children as they marched down State Street […]

A Clyman man is going to prison for supplying the heroin that led to the death of a Dodge County woman.   At a hearing Friday Dodge County Circuit judge Brian Pfitzinger sentenced Gabriel Brandl to seven years in prison and 13 years of extended supervision.  Brandl was earlier convicted of first degree reckless homicide in the death of Holly Nehls.  Brandl, an admitted heroin addict, confessed that he and Nehls […]

WASHINGTON – Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) had this to say Friday following President Trump’s inauguration: “I look forward to working with President Trump and his administration to repair the damage inflicted by Obamacare, reduce the burden of overregulation on our economy, and restore our nation’s ability to deal with the world from a position of strength. “I also look forward to working with my colleagues in the Senate, including Democrats, […]

The Fond du Lac Senior Center is inviting the community to help celebrate a milestone.   The community focal point and meeting place for individuals 50 years and older, celebrates 50 years of service in 2017.  The public is invited to a birthday celebration on Wednesday, February first between 12:30 p.m. and 3:30 p.m.  In 2016, there were over 69,300 visitors who participated in activities, classes, services and events that […]

The Fondy Food Pantry has announced a new coordinator for its Food For Thought program.  Pantry vice president Mallory Gilbertson has been hired for the post.  The Food For Thought program helps feed elementary and middle-school aged children who are at risk of not having food to eat on weekends. Currently, over 650 children are on the program in the City of Fond du Lac, but the Food Pantry says […]

ATLANTA (AP) — A spot in the Super Bowl is the ultimate prize for the Atlanta Falcons and Green Bay Packers when the teams meet this weekend.  The governors of Georgia and Wisconsin also are making a friendly wager over Sunday's NFC championship game.  Georgia's Gov. Nathan Deal and Wisconsin's Gov. Scott Walker are putting some of their states' best-known products at stake in their bet on Sunday's outcome.  If the Falcons […]

A Liberty University student from Fond du Lac County is in the nation’s capitol for president-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration.   Eldorado native Dan Degner is one of 14 Liberty students chosen to witness the historic moment and participate in inaugural festivities.  Degner says he actually supported Republican candidate Marco Rubio in the Virginia primary election and acknowledges he didn’t always agree with some of the things Trump said or did during […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Democratic U.S. Rep. Mark Pocan has good things to say about President-elect Donald Trump as a businessman and negotiator, but he still plans to boycott his inauguration.  Pocan told reporters at a news conference Thursday that he'd support Trump's efforts to lower prescription drug prices, renegotiate trade agreements and rebuild the country's infrastructure — depending on the specifics of his plans.  Pocan says a lot of […]