LA CROSSE, Wis. (AP) — The Catholic Diocese of La Crosse is denouncing the words of a La Crosse priest who claims Democrats are godless and will go to hell if they don’t repent. Father James Altman of the St. James the Less parish spoke in a video released by the far right organization Alpha News. Altman says the party’s platform is against everything the Catholic Church teaches. The diocese […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A former Wisconsin state senator and tourism secretary has been charged in federal court with fraud and with storing and disposing of hazardous electronic waste without a permit. The charges against Kevin Shibilski were announced Thursday. Shibilski served in the state Senate from 1995 to 2002 and was briefly the state tourism secretary in 2003. Shibilski's attorney says he is a victim of fraud. In July, […]
After spending the last four seasons as the skipper for the Fond du Lac Dock Spiders, Zac Charbonneau will be moving into a new role for next season by taking over as Director of Player Personnel. The Dock Spiders are excited to welcome back Chuck Thielmann to the organization as the role of field manager after spending the 2017 season as the team’s pitching coach. Charbonneau will continue to assist […]
MADISON — Gov. Tony Evers today signed Executive Order #88 ordering the flags of the United States and the state of Wisconsin to be flown at half-staff on Friday in remembrance of the nearly 3,000 lives lost in the attacks on Sep. 11, 2001 and in honor of the State Day of Service. “On the 19th anniversary of September 11th, we pay tribute to the those who lost their […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The University of Wisconsin-Madison is moving all classes online and quarantining students in two of its largest dorms as it deals with rising cases of COVID-19. Colleges across the country have been grappling with outbreaks in recent weeks after choosing to return to in-person instruction, but system President Tommy Thompson insisted on opening campuses this fall despite the warning signs. According to UW-Madison data, 1,044 students […]
The environmental health supervisor with the Fond du Lac County Health Department says she is confident a private college and university in Fond du Lac County have adequate plans in place to deal with recent COVID-19 cases. Since the start of the school year there have been 16 positive cases at Marian University in Fond du Lac and two cases at Ripon College. Fond du Lac County Health Department environmental health supervisor Danielle […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Dane County Executive Joe Parisi is demanding that the University of Wisconsin-Madison close undergraduate dorms to contain the coronavirus. Since Aug. 6, 1,044 UW-Madison students and 26 employees have tested positive for the virus. Parisi sent UW-Madison Chancellor Rebecca Blank and UW System President Tommy Thompson a letter on Wednesday saying at least 74% of Dane County's cases since Sept. 1 have been traced to UW-Madison […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Gov. Tony Evers says he has not yet decided whether to extend his statewide mask mandate that it set to expire Sept. 28. Evers spoke Wednesday during a Milwaukee Press Club event. His comments come as the state is seeing increases in COVID-19 cases, particularly on college campuses. Evers says he will “cross that bridge when we get there” when it comes to extending the mask […]
A consultant hired to conduct a market feasibility study for an alternate Fond du Lac Lakeside Park master plan is nearing the halfway point of the study. The Fond du Lac city council met with representatives of Johnson consulting at a Committee of the whole meeting Wednesday evening. The consultant is reviewing the plan that calls for a restaurant on the lighthouse peninsula and amphitheater on Oven Island. City manager Joe Moore says a […]