The public is invited to attend an information meeting Thursday night on a proposed Highway 23 expansion project between Fond du Lac and Plymouth. The meeting hosted by the Wisconsin Department of Transportation will be held from 5pm to 7pm at UW Fond du Lac. County executive Al Buechel says the project will involve widening the highway to four lanes and adding new interchanges at three Fond du Lac County […]
Fond du Lac based Mercury Marine has advanced to the final four of the Coolest Thing Made in Wisconsin competition. Merc spokesman Lee Gordon says Mercury’s Joystick Piloting System with Skyhook Technology is one of four finalists for the award sponsored by Wisconsin Manufacturer’s and Commerce. Gordon says the joystick is like the steering wheel on the boat. Gordon says the final round of voting continues through October 16th. Voters […]
The Fond du Lac Fire and Rescue division chief of fire prevention says now is the time to develop and practice a fire escape plan, if you haven’t already. Troy Haase says the them of Fire Prevention Week this week is Every Second Counts: Plan 2 Ways Out. Haase says a National Fire Protection Association survey found one third of respondents thought they would have at least six minutes to […]
The Fond du Lac County Public Health Officer says a national report that shows Wisconsin’s adolescents are catching up to adult levels of obesity in Wisconsin is concerning. The report found that 30 percent of Wisconsin children ages 10 to 17 are overweight or obese, while the state’s adult rate of obesity is 31 percent. Kim Mueller says health officials, schools and the community need to work with parents to […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Newly released emails show University of Wisconsin political science professors involved in the creation of a publicly funded policy center raised concerns about an emphasis on conservative speakers. The Tommy G. Thompson Center on Public Leadership was announced in May and it received $3 million in the state budget. E-mails obtained under the state open records law by the liberal advocacy group One Wisconsin Now, provided […]
LA FARGE, Wis. (AP) — A manure spill in southwest Wisconsin could have long-term impacts on a popular trout stream. Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources officials tell Wisconsin Public Radio that last week's spill killed more than 1,100 fish in Otter Creek, including brook and brown trout. David Rowe is the department's fisheries team supervisor in Fitchburg. He says bacteria in the stream that digest the manure also use oxygen […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Gov. Scott Walker's administration says it has made "significant progress" in meeting a federal court order to make broad changes in Wisconsin's youth prisons. But a state attorney said in a court filing Tuesday that "significant unrest" at the Lincoln Hills and Copper Lake juvenile prisons since the court order in June made it impossible to immediately comply. The use of pepper spray at the prisons […]
GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — A Wisconsin state lawmaker says his daughter's arrest in an overdose death is another example of "the disastrous and destructive consequences" of addiction. Rep. John Nygren of Marinette said Wednesday that his daughter, Cassandra Nygren, has struggled publicly with addiction for several years. He says her arrest "is a strong reminder of how fragile the road to recovery is." Nygren also extended condolences for the […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The home of the former head of the Wisconsin Democratic Party was searched after a woman died there from a drug overdose. A search warrant says 42-year-old Jason Sidener of Fitchburg told police he woke up Sept. 12 to find a 30-year-old woman "breathing really weird." He took her to the hospital, suspecting heroin use. Sidener hasn't been arrested or charged, but his home was […]