Month: November 2019

The Winnebago County Drug and Alcohol Coalition has been awarded a five-year Drug-Free Communities Support Program grant.  The  $625,000 grant is awarded by  the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy, in cooperation with the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration.  The purpose of the grant is to strengthen coalition capacity and to prevent youth and adult substance use through community engagement and  collaboration in Oshkosh.  Winnebago County is  one of 150 coalitions across […]

Photo 1 from left: Brad Parker from Papa Johns Pizza, Keith  Heisler with Sunny 97-7, AM 1170, & 95-1/96-1 The Rock, FDL Police Officer Kristina Meilahn This is a ticket you will thank a Fond du Lac police officer for giving you.  Papa Johns Pizza and the Salvation Army are teaming up with Fond du Lac  police  to hand out tickets to people who are “caught” doing good things.  The “You’ve Been Caught […]

Nobody  was injured in a fire that destroyed a grain dryer at a  Fond du Lac County farm.   Shortly before 5am Friday firefighters from several departments were called to the Double S Dairy on Marshview Road for a report of a grain dryer that was on fire.  The owners reported that there is a wireless sensor in the grain dryer, that sensed an overheat at 11:30pm the previous evening. The […]

The Dodge County Sheriff  says budget cuts to his department included at the last minute in the county budget approved by the county board this week will have a significant impact on the safety of Dodge County residents.  Sheriff Dale Schmidt says the board approved a budget amendment by one vote which cuts more than $74,000 from the patrol division, which he says will limit proper response to calls for service […]

NEW YORK (AP) — Los Angelas Dodgers slugger Cody Bellinger beat out the Milwaukee Brewers’ Christian Yelich for the NL MVP prize. Bellinger got 19 of 30 first-place votes, Yelich got 10, and Washington’s Anthony Rendon got one while finishing third. Yelich won the award last year.   The 24-year-old Bellinger and his loose, left-handed swing launched 47 home runs with a .305 average, 115 RBIs and a 1.035 OPS.  He […]

A new report shows the lung cancer survival rate in Wisconsin is improving.  The second annual report shows that while an estimate 4,150 Wisconsinites  will be diagnosed with the disease this year, more Americans than ever are surviving the disease.  Dona Wininsky with the American Lung Association in Wisconsin says lung cancer is  the number one cancer killer of women and men in the United States.  Wininsky says in Wisconsin the survival  […]

The Fond du Lac School Board president says she wants to make what she feels is the best decision for high school students when it comes to a new football stadium at the high school.    The school board will be asked at their next meeting whether the district is willing to commit money for a new artificial turf field if a certain amount of money is raised privately.  Board president Linda Uselmann says […]

The Fond du Lac School District athletic director says a new football stadium would  be another tool to help attract students through open enrollment.   Athletic director David Michalkiewicz continued his sales pitch for an artificial turf football stadium at the high school during a school board workshop this week.  Michalkiewicz says other schools that have installed turf realize its about more than just having a new field.  "They are competing for kids and […]

The Oakfield School District administrator says  he is very pleased with the latest school report cards.   The Oakfield School District exceeded expectations with a score of 80.4.  School District administrator Dr. Vance Dalzin says the Oakfield Elementary School significantly exceeded expectations with a score of 93.2.   "Things are going on in schools where they have high expectations for the kids and they're just moving along with best practice and they're providing interventions,"  […]