CHICAGO (AP) — No longer burdened by draft-pick compensation, Yasmani Grandal found the multiyear contract he failed to get last offseason. The All-Star catcher agreed Thursday to a $73 million, four-year contract with the Chicago White Sox. “Exciting day for us around here, being able to add one of the elite talents at a premium position,” general manager Rick Hahn said. Grandal turned down a $17.9 million qualifying offer from […]
Fond du Lac Fire and Rescue is crediting a Good Samaritan with helping save two lives. Shortly before 5:30am Thursday rescue personnel were called to 315 East Merrill Avenue for a report of two males passed out on the sidewalk and not responding. An individual was driving on Merrill when she spotted two persons lying on the sidewalk. She stopped and called 911. FDL Paramedics arrived and treated both for drug overdose and for […]
A Fond du Lac judge has dismissed a temporary restraining order against the city clearing the way for demolition of a vacant Fond du lac convent building barring appeal. Judge Robert Wirtz issued his order Wednesday afternoon dismissing a temporary restraining order by the owner of the Sisters of the Holy Nativity Convent on West Division Street. The restraining order was filed last August after the city approved a plan to […]
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Nebraska and federal health officials say a hepatitis A outbreak that includes Nebraska, Indiana and Wisconsin has been traced to blackberries sold in Fresh Thyme grocery stores. The Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services says in a news release Wednesday that the outbreak began several week ago in Nebraska. The department says it, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and the Centers for Disease Control and […]
The unemployment rate declined or stayed the same in all of Wisconsin’s 12 metro areas and 68 of Wisconsin’s 72 counties last month . In the city of Fond du Lac the October unemployment rate stands at 2.7 percent, down from 2.9 percent in September. The Fond du Lac County jobless rate dropped two tenths of a percent to 2.5 percent. The unemployment rate was down a tenth of a percent in […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Sen. Ron Johnson is taking on the unusual and high-profile role of being one of President Donald Trump’s most vocal supporters at the same time the Wisconsin Republican has emerged as a witness to key meetings and conversations at the heart of the ongoing impeachment inquiry. Johnson could also serve as a juror who will decide the president’s fate. Despite his personal involvement and concerns he raised about […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The support for impeaching and removing President Donald Trump from office is at just 40% in the key swing state of Wisconsin, as Republicans rally around the embattled president, a poll released Wednesday showed. “You’ve got Republicans coming home to Trump,” said Charles Franklin, director of the Marquette University Law School poll. The poll showed 40% of respondents support impeaching and removing Trump. It was 44% last […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Gov. Tony Evers’ approval rating has dropped below 50% as the first-term Democrat continues to butt heads with the Republican-controlled Legislature. The latest Marquette University Law School poll out Wednesday also shows the Legislature’s approval rating has dipped. Evers’ approval rating was at 47% this month, compared with 52% in October. The Legislature had a similar drop from 52% to 48%. The week before the poll was conducted, […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Attorney General Josh Kaul says testing is finally finished on thousands of unanalyzed sexual assault evidence kits. Kaul Wednesday testing was finished on all 4,471 kits designated for analysis. The state Justice Department started analyzing the kits in 2016. Testing has resulted in a dozen criminal cases so far. Kaul also announced Wisconsin has won a $1.8 million federal grant to continue investigating cases related to the testing […]