Month: October 2017

The National Association of Social Workers, Wisconsin Chapter will present State Representative Joan Ballweg with its 2017 Public Service Award on Tuesday October 24, 2017 at the Madison Marriot Hotel in Middleton, Wisconsin.  NASW WI selected Representative Ballweg for this award for her support for professional autonomy, children’s issues, mental health issues and her bi-partisan approach to legislating.   Representative Ballweg has been an active member of the Assembly Committee on […]

The Fond du Lac County Child Support Agency has been recognized as the 2017  “Agency of the Year” by the Wisconsin Child Support Enforcement Association.  The award recognizes the county for its efforts to strengthen  the child support program and  to increase efficiency and cost-saving measures.  Staff hold pre-trial meetings to find solutions before a court hearing, which can save court time and service fees and have set up processes […]

A fundraiser  is being held this weekend  to help breast cancer mastectomy patients.  Breast cancer survivor Karen Jo Dobyns is organizing the Bags for Bags Plus Scarves fundraiser.  Dobyns says  all of the money raised from the sale of donated scarves and purses will go toward the purchase of a necessities bag with personal care items for mastectomy patients.  Dobyns was diagnosed three years ago with breast cancer.  After undergoing […]

Moraine Park Technical College is hosting its fourth annual Great Pink Pumpkin 5K Run/Walk Saturday.   Day-of registrations will be accepted starting at 9 a.m. with the run/walk beginning at 10 a.m.  Money raised from this event will make it possible for women battling breast cancer to attend the “Infinite Boundaries Wellness Retreat,” organized by the Breast Cancer Recovery, an organization whose mission is to provide an environment for women breast […]

A Fond du Lac judge has denied a defense attorney’s request to postpone a jury trial for an over the road trucker charged in the cold case murder of a teenager in Fond du Lac County.  Sixty four year old Dennis Brantner is scheduled to go on trial starting February 12.  At a motion hearing Thursday, Fond du lac judge Robert Wirtz denied a request from Brantner’s attorney for a […]

A prison teacher who was severely beaten by an inmate at the Lincoln Hills youth prison says something has to change before someone is killed.  Pandora Lobacz was knocked unconscious when she was punched by  the 17 year old October 11.  "I screamed, come and get him out of here as loud as I could.  When I did that he (inmate) went into a fighting stance, bent down and with […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Two northern Wisconsin lawmakers are asking a federal judge to reverse his order forcing juvenile prisons to curb their use of solitary confinement, pepper spray and shackles.  Republican Sen. Tom Tiffany, of Hazelhurst, and Rep. Mary Felzkowski, of Irma, wrote to U.S. District Judge James Peterson on Monday. They say his order affecting the Lincoln Hills and Copper Lake prisons for juveniles in their legislative districts […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The head of Wisconsin's prison system is telling lawmakers that additional capacity is needed to deal with an aging and growing inmate population.  Department of Corrections Secretary Jon Litscher tells a Senate committee Thursday that since he took over in March 2016 the inmate population has increased by 700, or 35 a month. Litscher says a number of options are being explored, including building a new […]

The Fond du Lac County board has granted an Eldorado chicken farmer’s request for compensation after a neighbor dog killed his chickens.  The resident was asking for $840 in compensation after  a dog killed 24 chickens and injured a pet duck.  "They weren't just ordinary chickens, they were show chickens of various exotic breeds,"  county board chairman Marty Farrell told WFDL news.   Farrell says money to pay the farmer will […]