Month: May 2019

Agnesian HealthCare’s Bereavement Services is hosting two programs this summer to help children deal with the death of a loved one.  The 19th annual Kids Kamp-Growing Through Grief will be held June 18 and 19 at the Cedar Valley Campus in West Bend.  It’s a free camp for children entering kindergarten through seventh grade to work through the grieving process.    The Equine Experience in August is a unique program that gives teens the ability to express […]

County Road V from Pioneer Road to Fond du Lac Avenue  Pioneer Road from Sherwood Boulevard to Wedgewood Road Schedule: April 2019 through October 2019 Description of work: The project includes reconstruction of the water main and services and partnership with Fond du Lac County for new storm sewer, street, pedestrian trail, and lighting. May 28 th to May 31 st : The contractor has completed water main on Pioneer […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Legislature's Republican-controlled budget committee voted Tuesday to continue a University of Wisconsin tuition freeze for another two years and give the system about $58 million in additional state money, less than half as much as Democratic Gov. Tony Evers wanted and funding that comes with a catch.  Evers had called for nearly a $127 million increase in state funding for the university, money that Democrats […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Dan Kelly announced Tuesday that he will run for a full term next year, giving conservatives a chance to preserve a 5-2 majority on the state's highest court in an election liberals are targeting to pick up a seat.  Kelly was appointed in 2016 by Republican Gov. Scott Walker. Marquette University Law School professor Ed Fallone and Dane County Circuit Judge Jill Karofsky […]

Authorities have identified the victim of a fatal crash involving a wrong way driver on Highway 151 in Dodge County  over The Memorial Day Holiday weekend.   The crash happened shortly after  10pm  Sunday  on US 151 between Beaver Dam and Waupun.    The Sheriff’s Office says a minivan driven by 39 year old Eric Hagenbart, of Beaver Dam was driving northbound in the southbound lanes of 151 when he collided head on with a car […]

KIEL, Wis. (AP) — State agents are helping Kiel police investigate the deaths of three people.  lice say officers responded to an emergency call to a home Sunday about 7 p.m. When they arrived, officers were unable to make contact with anyone in the house. Police entered the home and found three people dead.  Authorities haven't released the circumstances surrounding the deaths or the genders or ages of those involved. The […]

Hundreds of Fond du Lac residents lined Main Street and gathered at Veterans Park to honor those who died while serving the country in the military.  Fond du Lac County executive Al Buechel told the crowd that every day when he enters the government center to go to work, he walks by the plaque listing the names of 322 Fond du Lac County residents who made the ultimate sacrifice, including four of his friends.

A Sun Prairie man was killed when he was struck by a vehicle traveling the wrong way on Highway 151 in Dodge County over The Memorial Day Holiday weekend.   The crash happened shortly after 10pm  Sunday  on US 151 just north of Redwood Rd in the town  of Trenton.  An investigation shows that a mini van was traveling northbound in the southbound lanes of US 151 and struck a southbound car […]

A local school superintendent says  the Republican K-12 education funding plan is "okay."   The plan approved  Thursday by the Republican controlled Jt. Finance committee is  $900 million less than what Governor Tony Evers wanted.  North Fond  du Lac School superintendent Aaron Sadoff says regardless of the amount he sees a commitment to public education.  "There's so much more that goes into the state (budget) than just education.  You've got transportation, corrections, […]