MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin's Republican-controlled Senate has passed four abortion bills, sending them to Democratic Gov. Tony Evers. The newly elected Evers has vowed to veto the measures that the state Assembly passed last month. Republicans do not have enough votes to override the promised veto. One bill addresses the extremely rare occurrence in which a baby is born alive during an abortion attempt. It would impose criminal penalties […]
A Fond du Lac man has died from injuries suffered in a motorcycle crash last weekend. The Fond du Lac County Sheriff’s Office says 47 year old, Richard Detert, was pronounced dead at ThedaCare Medical Center in Neenah. Detert was critically injured when his motorcycle struck a truck that turned in front of his motorcycle on Lakeshore Drive near Cemetery Road Sunday afternoon. A female motorcycle passenger, 37 year old, […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — With no deal on how to fund Wisconsin's transportation needs in sight, Republican senators on Wednesday proposed tapping $133 million in budget reserves to pay for repairs to county and town roads. The idea comes a day before the budget-writing Joint Finance Committee was to decide the larger issue of how to pay for local roads, highways and interstates as well as other transportation needs across the […]
Fond du Lac’s Mercury Marine celebrated the grand opening this week of its multi-million dollar diecast expansion project. Merc says the $9 million, 23,500 square foot expansion allows the company to add onto its building capacity and keep up with increased demand for outboard engines.
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Wisconsin Legislature's Republican-controlled budget committee has voted to stand by its decision to reject Gov. Tony Evers' plan to expand Medicaid. Still, the Joint Finance Committee voted Tuesday to increase state funding for Medicaid and other health care programs by more than $611 million over two years. However, Republicans cut total funding from what Evers wanted for the departments of Health Services and Children and […]
Waupun police are investigating a possible attempted child enticement incident. Waupun Police detective Brian O’Donovan says police are investigating a report that a man offered a 10 year old girl candy and money. O’Donovan says the girl did not stop, and went home and told a parent. An officer checked the area but did not find a vehicle or the subject. O’Donovan says the incident happened shortly after 3:30pm Monday in the area of East […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin's Republican-controlled Legislature is poised to send four anti-abortion bills to Democratic Gov. Tony Evers, who has vowed to veto the measures. One bill addresses the extremely rare occurrence in which a baby is born alive during an abortion attempt. It would impose criminal penalties on doctors who fail to give medical care to such babies. The Assembly passed the bill and three others last month. […]
A Brandon teenager convicted of causing a child to view a sex act has been placed on probation. At a sentencing hearing this week Fond du Lac judge Robert Wirtz withheld a prison sentence and placed 18 year old James Iverson Jr. on probation for six years. Iverson pleaded no contest in March to amended charges of causing a child to view a sex act and exposing genitals to a child. A […]
A new look at data from Minnesota and Wisconsin found that teens and adults 15 to 34 years old are most likely to visit the emergency room for heat-related illness. Fond du Lac County Public Health Officer Kim Mueller says the finding is surprising because the majority of public health alerts during heat waves focus on the elderly and very young. "Definately surprised. I mean we talk about heat-related events […]