Month: May 2019

A long prison sentence has been handed down for a Mayville man convicted of child sex assault.  Dodge County Circuit  Judge Brian A. Pfitzinger sentenced 31 year old Benjamin Marx  to 45 years in prison on charges of  First Degree Sexual Assault of a Child and Sexual Exploitation of a Child.  Marx will also serve an additional 35 years of extended supervision.   Marx sexually assaulted a three-year-old child and video-recorded […]

For only the second time since it was created, the 9/11 Never Forget Mobile exhibit is coming to Wisconsin.    The Waupun Fire Department  and Waupun Festivals say the exhibit will be on full display at Celebrate Waupun, June 29 and 30.   Waupun Fire Chief B.J. DeMaa says the exhibit is contained in a high-tech 53-foot trailer.  DeMaa says it seems hard to believe that this September marks  18 years since […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin's tourism industry generated $21.6 billion last year.  That's according to a new report from the state Department of Tourism. The report says visitor spending rose nearly 5 percent in 2018 to $13.3 billion. Tourism brought in $1.2 billion in federal taxes, $879 million in state taxes and $703 million in local taxes.  Most of the growth is tied to recreational activities.  Department of Tourism spokeswoman […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A new audit says tuition revenue at University of Wisconsin System schools grew $336.6 million over the last decade.  The report from the Legislative Audit Bureau found tuition revenue grew from $933.4 million in fiscal year 2008-09 to $1.3 billion in fiscal year 2017-18. Resident tuition grew from $125.4 million to $276.3 million. Nonresident tuition increased from $808 million to $1.04 billion.  The report also found […]

Nobody was seriously  injured when a plane made an emergency landing In Fond du Lac County  Monday afternoon.  The Sheriff’s Office says it happened  near the area of Triangle Road and CTH M in the Township of Rosendale.   A witness said that the plane had crashed in farm field off Triangle Road.   The pilot was able to get out of airplane on his own with minor injuries.   There were no […]

The Fond du Lac city council will continue discussion about the design of a new Fond du Lac Lakeside Park  pavilion at a meeting this week.   The council is meeting as a committee of the whole after  several  councilmembers  expressed concerns that a concept plan for a new pavilion was too utilitarian in its appearance and was not attractive enough to draw people to Fond du Lac.   City council president […]

Construction on the long awaited Highway 23 expansion project between Fond du Lac and Sheboygan County is getting underway this month.    DOT spokesman Mark Kantola says a construction update meeting on work from Sheboygan County Highway P to the Sheboygan-Fond du lac County line is scheduled for Thursday.   Kantola says this is the first in a series of projects that will expand Highway 23 to four lanes from near Plymouth […]

Fond du Lac Republican state representative Jeremy Thiesfeldt says he is not swayed by public opinion polls showing overwhelming public support for accepting federal funding for Medicaid expansion.   The latest Marquette Law School poll shows 70 percent of state residents say the state should accept federal funds to expand Medicaid coverage, while only 23 percent are opposed.  Representative Thiesfeldt says it may be how the question is asked.  "If you […]

OSHKOSH, Wis. (AP) — A 71-year-old man was found dead inside an Oshkosh home that caught fire.  Authorities responded to the blaze about 10 p.m. Saturday and found the man's body inside.  The cause of death wasn't immediately released, and the cause of the fire is under investigation.  No one else was hurt.