A Fond du Lac woman convicted of crashing into a Wisconsin State Patrol trooper’s squad and a tow truck in Kenosha County while driving drunk with three children in her vehicle has been placed on probation. Thirty one year old Yessica Trevino was placed on three years probation. An 18 month prison sentence and six months extended supervision was withheld and she was given credit for 145 days served in […]
Thanks to a group of caring individuals in Fond du lac, a UW Oshkosh music major, FDL High School graduate, and former marching band member’s life will be made much easier. Kevin Kollman was born with cerebal palsy and is wheelchair bound but thanks to some generous donations, Kevin is getting a van with the right equipment that is going to change his life. Family friend Tammy Franklin says up […]
A Waupun High School student is among 12 Wisconsin students named semifinalists in the 2019 U.S. Presidential Scholar Program, one of the nation’s highest honors bestowed on a high school graduate. Katrina Eileen Pokorny, Waupun, Waupun Senior High School was named as a semifinalist. “To Wisconsin’s semifinalists in the Presidential Scholars Program, I know your family, teachers, and all other educators in your schools and districts are delighted to […]
The American Lung Association’s 20th annual State of the Air report shows air quality has worsened for ozone for much of the Fox Valley and northeast Wisconsin. The annual report tracks Americans’ exposure to unhealthful levels of ozone and particle pollution. Dona Wininsky with the Lung Association says Sheboygan, Manitowac, Door and Kewaunee counties all received an F grade for ozone. Fond du Lac County received a C grade. "I […]
Republican congressman Glenn Grothman says he’s not surprised by the findings of the Mueller report released last week. The report did not find collusion between the Trump campaign and Russia and said while there was not sufficient evidence to that Trump obstructed justice, it didn’t exhonerate him either. Grothman says among Republican colleagues on capital hill the report was not on the top of their priority list. "I think in […]
Fond du Lac Public Works says the Hickory Street Bridge over the West Branch of the Fond du Lac River will be closed beginning Monday, May 6. The closure will be in place for up to five weeks to allow the bridge contractor to replace the existing bridge deck overlay. During the project South Hickory Street traffic will be detoured via Western Avenue, Brooke Street, and Military Road. As […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A University of Wisconsin System search committee looking to replace UW-Whitewater's chancellor will conduct interviews this weekend in Chicago. The committee plans to conduct interviews in a hotel at O'Hare International Airport on Friday, Saturday and Sunday. The panel will end Sunday with a meeting with a special regent committee that will ultimately pick finalists. Regent policy calls for the special committee to interview the finalists […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The parents of a baby who suffered permanent brain damage during surgery at a Madison hospital have been awarded $22.5 million after filing a malpractice lawsuit. Six-week-old Venkatasathvik Mallidi had surgery in April 2016 at UW Health American Family Children's Hospital for a tethered cord, a birth defect in which the spinal cord is stuck to surrounding tissue. The baby was deprived of oxygen resulting from […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The U.S. Chemical Safety Board wants federal environmental regulators to re-examine a 1993 study on hydrofluoric acid after an explosion at a Superior oil refinery last year. The board wants the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to review the study to determine the effectiveness of existing regulations and the viability of using safer technologies in refineries. About a third of the nation's 150 refineries still use hydrofluoric […]