Month: March 2019

Republican congressman Glenn Grothman says he doesn’t believe President Donald Trump’s former lawyer Michael Cohen who testified recently  before the House Oversight committee.   Grothman, a member of the committee, says he believes Cohen’s testimony  was geared to reduce his prison sentence and boost his career.  "I don't think he's an honest person.  He has been lying throughout his life,"  Grothman told WFDL news.   Grothman says he also takes issues with […]

NEW BERLIN, Wis. (AP) — A Wisconsin woman has been making custom dolls to celebrate the diversity of children who aren't well-represented in toy stores.  Amy Jandrisevits, a former pediatric oncology social worker, started her business, A Doll Like Me, four years ago after she was contacted by an acquaintance whose daughter had her leg amputated. The New Berlin mother was asked if she could make a doll that matched […]

Utility work will inconvenience motorists on Fond du Lac’s southside this week.   Starting Monday Highway VV will be closed  to traffic for utility work and a detour route will direct traffic to use Martin Avenue and FDL Avenue.  On March 25 the City of FDL anticipates closing CTH V between CTH VV and FDL Avenue to through traffic  to replace the existing water lines.  No signed detour is planned for  […]

The Wisconsin DOT is hosting a public information meeting this week on a major highway reconstruction project in Eden.  The meeting will be held starting at 5:30pm Thursday at the Eden Village Hall.  The project involves reconstructing Highway 45 between Elm Street and the north village limits.   Construction started last fall and will restart next month.    The purpose of the meeting is to provide the public and property owners construction […]

The Fond du Lac Fire Chief is reminding residents to change the batteries in  their smoke alarms and carbon monoxide detectors when they change their  clocks this weekend.    Chief Pete O’Leary says the change to daylight saving  time is a good reminder to make sure smoke alarms and CO detectors are in proper working order.  O’Leary says if your smoke alarm is ten years or older you should probably get […]

MIAMI (AP) — A federal jury says Royal Caribbean Cruises owes $3.38 million to the family of a passenger who died during an Alaskan cruise.   The jury returned its verdict Thursday in Miami federal court.   Court records show Richard Puchalski was with his family on the Explorer of the Seas in 2016. A civil complaint says the 70-year-old Wisconsin man visited the ship's infirmary with shortness of breath and later […]

MONTICELLO, Wis. (AP) — Authorities say 10 people were hurt in Green County when a semitrailer rear-ended a sports utility vehicle that had slowed down for deer crossing the highway.  Green County Sheriff Jeff Skatrud says the crash occurred shortly before 6 a.m. Friday on Highway 69 between Monticello and New Glarus, about 30 miles southwest of Madison.  Skatrud says nine occupants of the SUV were transported to hospitals. Officials […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Gov. Tony Evers' spokeswoman says his administration won't force wedding barns to obtain liquor licenses.  Former Attorney General Brad Schimel threw wedding barns' future into question with an informal opinion in November saying private events in public spaces require liquor licenses. State law doesn't define public spaces, however, and two farmers who run wedding bans have sued to ensure they don't need liquor licenses.  Baldauff said […]

GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — A cheese from Ohio has captured the top spot at the U.S. Championship Cheese Contest in Wisconsin.  The baby Swiss made by Guggisberg Cheese in Millersburg, Ohio, barely edged out a Gouda made by Marieke Penterman in Thorp, who won the contest in 2013. Penterman was also the second runner-up with another Gouda.  The winners were announced at the KI Convention Center in Green Bay […]