Month: June 2017

The Fond du Lac Firefighters Local 400 Charitable Fund has again stepped forward to help support the Agnesian HealthCare Foundation’s efforts to raise $2.5 million to add more private patient rooms at the Agnesian HealthCare Hospice Home of Hope residential facility.    Peter O’Leary, City of Fond du Lac Fire/Rescue chief, and other Local 400 representatives, presented a $1,000 donation to Holly Brenner, Agnesian HealthCare Foundation President.   “We see […]

Whether as a taxpayer, a citizen, a family member or a business owner, proposed Medicaid changes will most likely have a critical impact on you. Medicaid covers many people with disabilities and seniors in our community. It also supports businesses and our local economy. In the Oshkosh and Fox Valley region Medicaid funds programming like Family Care*; IRIS*; speech, occupational and physical therapies in our schools*; autism services*; nursing homes; […]

Fond du lac Fire and Rescue officials say stormwater run-off following heavy rain may be to blame for a large oil slick on  the Fond du Lac River.   Firefighters were called to a report of an oil slick on the river near the Scott St. Bridge Monday morning and found pockets and areas of oil sheen floating on top of the water.   Crews used an oil absorbent boom across […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — Wisconsin Attorney General Brad Schimel is praising the Supreme Court's decision to put on hold an earlier ruling that new legislative maps be drawn.  The court on Monday stayed a ruling requiring the Republican-controlled Legislature to draw new maps by November. The court also announced it will hear arguments in the case brought by Democrat  is challenging the constitutionality of the existing maps.  Schimel says the stay […]

A North Fond du Lac man has been convicted of child abuse for severely injuring a toddler.  A Fond du Lac jury recently found Jason Schifelbine guilty of Physical Abuse Of A Child: Intentionally Causing Great Bodily Harm.  In August of 2014 an unconscious 13 month old child was flown by Flight for Life helicopter to Children’s Hospital in Milwaukee.  A forensic pediatrician testified at trial that the injuries sustained […]

Two people were seriously injured when a second story apartment deck collapsed in Dodge County over the weekend.  Rescue personnel were called to the scene at 962 Main Street in Clyman Saturday morning.   Investigators say a 46 year old woman and 40 year old man walked out on the deck and it collapsed under them.  They fell onto the concrete driveway below.  Both were conscious and alert.  They were transported […]

A Fond du Lac lawmaker is asking residents to write to a federal judge to express their concerns about a Highway 23 expansion project.   The project to widen 23 to four lanes between Fond du Lac and Plymouth was halted a couple years ago when an environmental group filed a lawsuit arguing the expansion wasn’t necessary.  A federal judge has yet to make a final ruling.   Fond du Lac […]

The Wisconsin AAA says motorists need to make sure their vehicle is prepared for hot summer weather in the much same way they are prepared for winter.  State AAA spokesman Nick Jarmuscz drivers should check five key areas to help their vehicle survive higher temperatures starting with the car battery.  Jarmuscz says make sure your vehicle’s engine coolant system is working properly.  Inspect hoses and drive belts  and replace any […]

Fields all over Wisconsin are starting to turn red with fresh, juicy, strawberries!  Vice president of the Wisconsin Berry Growers Association Jodi Knoebel says strawberry season is only here for a short couple of weeks and the availability of strawberries varies from farm to farm.  Availability depends on the varieties that are grown, the location of the farm, and of course the weather.