Month: May 2017

Beaver Dam Schools were closed Friday after a school administrator received a threatening email.  The message referenced guns and explosives and made a specific threat to Beaver Dam High School.  School officials closed schools throughout the entire district.  Two students were questioned and police say they're looking for a third student described as a juvenile in another state who recently hasn't been attending classes.   School officials said they hoped classes […]

Bike to School Day throughout the Fond du Lac School District will take place on Wednesday, May 10, 2017.   Not long ago, walking or biking to school was the norm. Over the past 30 years, the percentage of children biking and walking to school has declined from 50% or more to closer to about 15% currently. Today, parents drive as many as 50% of children traveling to school. School […]

The University of Wisconsin-Fond du Lac will hold its annual spring Honors and Commencement ceremony at 7 p.m. on Friday, May 19, in the Prairie Theater, 400 University Dr., Fond du Lac.  Holly Brenner, vice president of strategic development and marketing for Agnesian HealthCare, will be the Commencement speaker. She was recently named president of Agnesian HealthCare Foundation. Brenner is very active in the community serving on the boards of […]

STEM Academy (Grades 3-5) and STEM Institute (Grades 6-9) teams participated in an 8-week Design Challenge where they were posed challenges by various businesses or organizations to resolve specific issues that they were experiencing.  Shown at the 2nd Annual Design Challenge Showcase held on April 25 with their prototypes are: Ruby Hughes (Grade 4), Karlie Koehler (9), Gretta Saunders (5), Dusty Krikau (Downtown FDL Partnership), Anika Flores (4), and Colin […]

About 300 volunteers enjoyed a festive celebration - themed after the Kentucky Derby - during the Agnesian HealthCare Volunteer Services annual volunteer recognition luncheon in late April. This year’s event invited Agnesian HealthCare’s volunteers to “A Run for the Roses” celebration.    In 2016, 700 Agnesian HealthCare volunteers logged more than 64,000 hours.  “Agnesian HealthCare is extremely grateful for the team of volunteers it has and believes that each volunteer […]

Beaver Dam Schools were closed Friday after a school administrator received a threatening email.  The message referenced guns and explosives and made a specific threat to Beaver Dam High School. School officials closed schools throughout the entire district.  Two students were questioned and police say they're looking for a third student described as a juvenile in another state who recently hasn't been attending classes.   School officials said they hoped classes […]

The village of Campbellsport is looking for a new police chief after the chief announced he was resigning apparently over a dispute with the village board.    Chief Jay Zautner announced recently that he was stepping down, sparking an online petition that says village board politics is at least part of the reason.

Three men were injured when their air boat crashed into a tree on a flooded portion of the Beaver Dam River.  Dodge County rescue personnel were called to the scene north of the Ranch Road boat launch shortly after 11pm Thursday.  Two occupants in the boat, from West Allis and Hales Corners, were ejected from the boat and received serious but non life-threatening injuries.  The boat operator received minor injuries. […]

Relieved Republicans have pushed their prized health care bill through the House.  The mostly party-line 217-213 vote advances a bill that addresses their longtime pledge to erase the 2010 Obama health care law.   6th District Republican congressman Glenn Grothman voted in favor.    Grothman says people with pre-existing conditions will have health insurance available to them.  "Insurance companies will be obligated to offer insurance to people with pre-existing conditions. […]