MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The University of Wisconsin-Madison received reports of more than 70 incidents where someone felt attacked because of their race, religion or gender last spring. UW-Madison tracks reports of so-called "bias incidents" each semester. The Division of Student Life released a report Thursday that shows the university received 92 reports of 74 incidents during the spring 2017 semester. Some incidents generated multiple reports. None were charged as […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin Democratic Sen. Tammy Baldwin says she is donating $20,000 her campaign received from Minnesota Sen. Al Franken's political action committee to a group benefiting women veterans in the state. Baldwin Thursday joined with other Democrats in distancing themselves from Franken amid allegations that he forcibly kissed a woman in 2006. Franken also posted for a photo with his hands on her breasts as she slept. […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Wisconsin Democratic Party has named two new executive directors to lead operations of the party heading into the 2018 election. George Gillis will serve as executive director of political affairs while Breianna Hasenzahl-Reeder will be executive director of operations and party affairs. Gillis had been working as political director at the party and previously worked for various lawmakers in the state Legislature. Hasenzahl-Reeder had been […]
The BDCH Robotic Surgeons and Surgery team are celebrating over a year of successful operations utilizing the da Vinci Xi Surgical System by holding an Open House event on Wednesday, Nov. 29, from 4 to 7 p.m. in the BDCH Conference Center on the first floor of the hospital. The BDCH Robotic Surgeons and Surgery team will be on hand to answer questions about the benefits of robotic surgery, and […]
Beaver Dam Community Hospital will be holding a blood drive for the Blood Center of Wisconsin on Friday, Dec. 1 from 7:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. in BDCH’s first-floor conference rooms. The Blood Center supplies all blood needed by patients at all Dodge County Hospitals. During December, BloodCenter of Wisconsin will choose two donors each week and donate $250 to the charity of their choice. Appointments can be made by […]
Saint Mary’s Springs Academy of Fond du Lac has won another state football championship. The Ledgers rolled over Iola-Scandinavia 35-12 today at Camp Randall stadium in Madison to cap off an undefeated season and capture the Division 6 state title.
Two people were injured in an SUV versus semi truck crash in Calumet county. The crash happened shortly after 5pm Wednesday on Highway 151 just north of the Fond du Lac-Calumet County line. The Calumet County Sheriff’s Office says the driver of the SUV, a 42 year old Kaukauna man crossed the center line striking the northbound semi. He was transpoted to Theda Clark Medical Center in Neenah with serious […]
On the eve of the state championship game the Saint Mary’s Springs football team is in the news for the wrong reasons. Fond du Lac Police were called to the Pizza Ranch restaurant last night for a disorderly conduct complaint. The manager told police three football players were caught stealing buffet dinners. The manager told officers the players were confronted and they did eventually pay. She said team members come […]
The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources has named 240 new waterways as impaired, which means they need plans for reducing pollution. The DNR said of those, 183 of them are lakes or river stretches that exceed more restrictive phosphorous standards that took effect in December 2010. More than a dozen Fond du Lac County impaired waterways are listed as high priority including the Fond du lac River and Lake Winnebago. […]