The Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection along with Johnson’s Sausage Shoppe, a Rio, Wisconsin establishment, is issuing a statewide recall for an undetermined amount of beef jerky that was not properly inspected prior to sale. The affected products have the Wisconsin legend with the number 293 on the label or on the package. This recall is initiated based on evidence collected during a routine inspection conducted by […]
The head of a government watchdog group says Republican lawmakers are wasting taxpayer money by hiring two law firms to represent them in an ongoing legal fight over district boundaries. A panel of federal judges has ordered the legislature to redraw district boundaries after finding the lines unfairly consolidate GOP Power. The attorney general plans to appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court, but Republican lawmakers say they want to hire […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Republican Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald says details will be released about how much taxpayers will have to pay for GOP leaders to hire attorneys in an ongoing legal battle over redistricting. Fitzgerald commented Monday after he and other Republicans approved a blank check last week to hire two law firms to prepare an amicus brief for the Legislature. Republicans want the U.S. Supreme Court to […]
The new Fond du Lac County Republican Party chair says he is honored to be elected to the post. Rohn Bishop was elected at the party’s annual caucus last week, replacing Dan Feyen who was elected to the state senate in November. Bishop says he hopes to continue to the momentum the Republican Party has built in the last several years. In addition to Bishop the Fond du Lac County […]
The Fond du Lac Area Agri-Business Council is pleased to announce that scholarships are available to individuals pursuing post-secondary training at a college, trade school, technical college, or university relating to the fields of agriculture and agricultural business significant to our community. For the ease of interested students, we have combined the forms for the Agri-Business Council and the Fond du Lac Area Foundation Harold Reinecke scholarships. The Fond du […]
“When we need help and ask, help comes,” Salvation Army Captain Steven Wilson said. “ The warming shelter opened Nov. 1. The Red Kettles appeared three short days afterword. Two tremendous efforts and opportunities to give, offered virtuously simultaneously. We accomplished both with the help of Fond du Lac County’s compassionate hearts.” When news came in spring that Fond du Lac was in need of a warming shelter, The […]
WALDO, Wis. (AP) — The Waldo Fire Department is in mourning after one of its firefighters died in a weekend crash. The Sheboygan County Sheriff's Office says 31-year-old Ryan Moyer was killed in the crash Saturday afternoon in the Town of Lyndon. Moyer was driving a pickup truck when it crashed. Two other firefighters were injured. Authorities say the men were out collecting donations for next month's fire department […]
A transient worker from Texas accused of attacking a Waupun woman has been bound over for trial. Probable cause was found at a preliminary hearing in Fond du Lac County Circuit Court for 23 year old Juan Antonio Arriaga on multiple charges including kidnapping and robbery. The incident happened last November 27th when Waupun police chief Dale Heeringa says a police officer on routine patrol was in the right place […]
An Oshkosh man arrested following a violent domestic incident in Fond du Lac has been bound over for trial. Thirty nine year old Anthony Vera waived his preliminary hearing in Fond du lac County Circuit Court. Vera faces charges that include second degree sexual assault with use of force, false imprisonment and misdemeanor battery. He is being held in the Fond du lac County Jail on $50,000 cash bail.