Month: March 2017

Madison… State Representative Joan Ballweg (R-Markesan) has announced her spring listening sessions which will be held throughout the 41st Assembly District.  Everyone is welcome to attend any of the sessions and share their thoughts on this legislative session and other state issues. Monday, April 10th 10:00-11:00 AM:               City Hall Community Room   20 Underwood Ave, Montello  4:00- 5:00 PM:                   Ripon College, Todd Wher 104 304 Ransom Street, Ripon Tuesday, […]

Many hours of hard work paid off as the STEM Institute ‘s Odyssey of the Mind (OM) team earned an invitation to the World Finals at Michigan State University. The STEM Institute OM team members (L-R) Ruby Riegert, Alyssa Janke, Sophie Schmidt, Jared Ott, Mason McGrath, Miles Dennis, and Nathan Ott are shown here after their performance at State on March 18, 2017, where they took first place in Division […]

A Fond du Lac city official says the Trump administration’s proposed budget that includes eliminating Community Development Block grants and slashing funding for the Department of Housing and Urban Development would be devastating to Fond du lac.  Community Development director Diane Benson says the city of Fond du lac has been receiving the grants through the Department of Housing and Urban Development since 2004, and prior to that through the […]

A Wisconsin Republican congressman says allegations that the Trump administration coordinated with Russia to sway the presidential election are absurd.   Congressman Glenn Grothman made the comments in response to FBI director James Comey’s testimony last week that the FBI has been investigating the matter since July.  "I just think its such an absurd claim.  I think it (investigation) will end relatively soon,"  Grothman told AM 1170 WFDL's Between the Lines program. […]

Two Fond du Lac residents accused of  leaving a harmess on their pet dog for so long it became embedded in the animal’s body have been bound over for trial.  Amy Shaw and Daniel Eisenach waived their preliminary hearings Friday in Fond du Lac court to a charge of mistreatment of animals.  Amanda Muellenbach is charged with aiding a felon.  According to a criminal complaint a Fond du Lac woman […]

ROTHSCHILD, Wis. (AP) — The police detective killed in a string of shootings that left three others dead and the suspect injured is being remembered as a friend who would help another in a heartbeat. Forty-year-old Jason Weiland was a detective for the Everest Metro Police Department. He died Wednesday when he was shot in the line of duty.   Some of his friends say that they remember him as […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker is expressing disappointment with the failure of the Republican health care bill in Congress.  Walker issued a brief two-sentence statement Friday after House Speaker Paul Ryan canceled a planned vote on the bill. Walker earlier on Friday urged the House to take action on replacing the Affordable Care Act, also known as "Obamacare."   Walker says in his statement that "Obamacare was […]

Fond du Lac School District band students are gathering this weekend at the Fond du lac High School fieldhouse for Band-O-Rama.  Sabish Middle School band director, Mike Fedyszyn says over 700 students in grades 5-12 will perform and will be guest conducted by nationally-known composer Robert Sheldon.  Held once every three years, Band-O-Rama began in Fond du Lac in 1964.  Tickets for Sunday’s event cost $6. Children nine and under […]

A pilot mobile services program is designed to help ensure at-risk residents  don’t  fall through the cracks when it comes to their overall health and well being.  Fond du Lac Fire chief Pete O’Leary says off-duty paramedics will visit residents who have requested or been referred for service but likely don’t need emergency care.  O’Leary says paramedics will perform an assessment and then help connect the patient with the appropriate […]