Fond du Lac High School has a new boys varsity basketball coach. The school has announced that Nick Ford has been hired for the post. Ford is a graduate of Fond du Lac High School, where he was member of the boys basketball team under Coach Dick Deiner and Coach Adam Zakos. He then continued his playing career at Cardinal Stritch University under Coach Drew Deiner, where he was […]
This weekend a Fond du Lac marine veteran is being presented with the keys to a ride of a lifetime. The non-profit veterans group Hogs for Heroes is presenting Fond du Lac veteran Rob Thiede with the keys to a new Harley Davidson Road Glide motorcycle during a special ceremony Saturday. Hogs for Heroes president, Kevin Thompson, says the group was formed three years ago to raise money to buy […]
A Fond du Lac woman is working to bring awareness about the problem of veteran suicides. Each day 20 veterans, service members, reservists and members of the National Guard die by suicide, totaling more than 7,300 deaths per year. In Fond du Lac Brittani Woods’ brother, Brandon Michael Van Asten, took his life last summer. Van Asten was a Marine veteran who suffered from Post Traumatic Stress and Brittany is […]
With high school graduation right around the corner Fond du Lac’s Holiday Automotive is launching a multi-faceted safe-driving awareness campaign targeting teenagers. Holiday president Thor Gilbertson says the campaign includes a series of billboard messages, social media, and posters distributed to area high schools. Data from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration shows that car crashes are the number one cause of death among teenagers, and inexperience is the biggest […]
Fond du Lac police continue to look for a suspect in a series of child enticement incidents in Fond du Lac. Three incidents have been reported over the last few weeks including two at Lakeside Park. Assistant police chief Steve Klein says the description of the suspect in all three incidents is consistent. Klein says police are looking for a white male in his 50s or 60s, driving a copper […]
U.S. Senator Ron Johnson says he doesn’t believe president Donald Trump was trying to use Russian operatives to dig up dirt on Hilary Clinton to help is presidential campaign. "I don't believe he was trying to work with them," Johnson told AM 1170s Between the Lines program. "He made sarcastic comments when these emails were being revealed." Johnson made the comments this week as attorney general William Barr testified before […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Democratic Attorney General Josh Kaul has changed the state Department of Justice stance to support an environmental advocacy group in lawsuits dealing with dairy farm expansion and high-capacity wells. Environmental group Clean Wisconsin filed a lawsuit in 2015 challenging the DNR's decision to allow a farm in Kewaunee County to expand. The group filed another lawsuit in 2016 alleging the DNR must consider the impact a […]
MILWAUKEE (AP) — Milwaukee officials plan to extend the city's streetcar route to the Wisconsin Center District convention hall in time for the 2020 Democratic National Convention. Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett on Wednesday unveiled plans to add 2.4 miles to the 2.1-mile streetcar system known as The Hop. The expansion includes about a half-mile extension to Wisconsin Avenue, where convention facilities are located. Barrett says that he has wanted to […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin Republican Assembly Speaker Robin Vos is accusing Democratic Gov. Tony Evers of "empty rhetoric" as the governor pushes for Medicaid expansion. Vos reacted Thursday to Evers saying he will "fight like hell" to get Medicaid expansion approved in the budget. Republicans plan to vote to kill his proposal next week. Vos said at a news conference that Evers isn't telling the whole story of what […]