A Minnesota distributor is alerting consumers that some gasoline sold over the past weekend in the La Crosse, Chippewa Falls and Alma areas of Wisconsin, and in Rochester, Minn., was contaminated with diesel fuel. Magellan Midstream Partners reported that a malfunction at its Rochester, Minn., terminal resulted in diesel fuel being added to gasoline. Inspectors from the Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection (DATCP) are investigating to ensure […]
The City of Waupun and Waupun Area School District have teamed up to host to the Pathways & Partnerships Community Job Fair on Monday, Oct. 30, from 3:30 to 6 p.m. Located at the Waupun Area Junior/Senior High School, 801 E. Lincoln St., this event started as a way for the school to connect students to employers and to help students learn about various career pathways. In 2017 – with […]
Three Milwaukee residents have been arrested for an armed robbery at a Lomira gas station. A 56 year old woman says she was robbed at gunpoint at the Exxon gas station on Interstate 41 near Lomira early Tuesday morning. She says a woman pointed a gun at her, demanded money and stole her cell phone. The victim then drove to West Bend where she was stopped by a West Bend […]
The Fond du Lac School Board will discuss their next step with a fundraising effort for a new Construction Academy still nearly $300 million short of the goal. School Board president Mark Jurgella says the question is whether the school district should contribute another $250 thousand on top of the half million taxpayer dollars already earmarked for the project. "That was our pledge to get the project rolling forward," Jurgella […]
An elderly Dodge County woman killed in a crash near Beaver Dam on Friday has been identified. The Dodge County Sheriff’s Office says 90 year old, Iva M. Schwoch, of Burnett, was killed when her car collided with another vehicle at the intersection of Dodge County Highways A and B. traveling west on Dodge County B. The driver of the second vehicle, 43 year old Sean R. Mertz, of Watertown was […]
A 54 year old woman has been arrested in Fond du lac County for her 7th OWI. Sheriff’s captain Ryan Waldschmidt says the sheriff’s office received a report Sunday night of a reckless driver on Highway 23 east of Fond du Lac traveling west toward the city. Waldschmidt says another motorist called the sheriff’s office to report the reckless driver. "23 we all know is a bad, dangerous highway," Waldschmidt […]
The Fond du Lac County executive says there are a lot of unanswered questions regarding a plan unveiled last week that would merge the state’s two year colleges with its four year campuses in an effort to boost enrollment. Under the plan, UW Fond du Lac would become part of UW Oshkosh. County executive Al Buechel says he wants to know what the county’s role would be in the future […]
EAU CLAIRE, Wis. (AP) — Student leaders at the University of Wisconsin's 26 campuses are pressing regents to include their input on plans to merge two-year schools with four-year campuses. The UW System Student Representatives released a statement requesting more student inclusion in announcements like the merger plans. The statewide group is composed of student body presidents and vice presidents from each of the system's campuses. The Board of Regents […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A Wisconsin legislative committee is set to vote on a bill that would require the state historical director to consider evidence for adding land to the state's burial sites catalog. Catalog inclusion means developers need a permit from the Wisconsin Historical Society director. Republicans introduced a bill in 2015 that would have allowed quarry owners to excavate Ho-Chunk Nation burial mounds to prove human remains are […]