The trees are heavy with ripening apples. Executive director of the Wisconsin Apple Growers Association Anna Maenner says there are about 300 different apple varieties in Wisconsin. Maenner says the Association is currently promoting heritage apples, that you may only find at an orchard. Maenner says many orchards have apples for sale now.
The Green Bay Packers are eager to build on the momentum they established last year after reaching the NFC championship game in coach Matt LaFleur's debut season. Green Bay didn't add much in the offseason but returns most of its top players from last year. The Packers must defend the run better and need their young receivers to make progress because QB Aaron Rodgers lacks proven targets aside from Davante […]
DETROIT (AP) — The Milwaukee Brewers have released first baseman Justin Smoak, who had been designated for assignment last week. Smoak hit .186 with five home runs and 15 RBIs in 33 games for the Brewers. Milwaukee claimed first baseman Daniel Vogelbach off waivers last week. Smoak’s struggles came after he hit 85 homers over the previous three seasons with Toronto — although his home run totals and batting average […]
LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. (AP) — Giannis Antetokounmpo was the Defensive Player of the Year, so it should be no surprise that he was also the leading vote-getter for the league’s All-Defensive team. The Milwaukee Bucks forward appeared on 97 of the first-team ballots out of 100 cast by a global panel of sports writers and broadcasters who cover the league. Also on the first team: Lakers forward Anthony Davis, […]
MILWAUKEE (AP) — The chancellor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison is ordering undergraduate students to limit their movements for the next two weeks in an effort to slow the spread of COVID-19. Chancellor Rebecca Blank's order comes as cases among students have been rising. From now through Sept. 21, all student gyms and recreational facilities will be closed, dining halls will offer carry-out only and visitors will not be allowed […]
A 60 year old Pewaukee man was killed in a motorcycle crash in Fond du Lac County. It happened shortly after 6pm Monday on County Highway W at Midland Drive. An initial investigation shows the southbound motorcycle failed to negotiate a curve, entered a ditch, ejecting the operator. He was not wearing a helmet. He was pronounced dead at St. Agnes Hospital in Fond du Lac.
MILWAUKEE (AP) — Jacob Blake has spoken publicly for the first time since a Kenosha, Wisconsin, police officer shot him seven times in the back. In a brief video posted Saturday night on Twitter by his family's lawyer, Ben Crump, Blake says from his hospital bed that he’s in constant pain from the shooting, which doctors fear will leave him paralyzed from the waist down. He says, “Twenty-four hours, every […]
The Fond du Lac Department of Public Works is informing motorists of the one-day closure of the intersection of Martin Avenue and 11th Street. The intersection will be closed at 7:00 am on Tuesday, September 8 for pavement excavation.
The Fond du Lac County Sheriff’s Office is asking for the public’s help in tracking down the driver of a car involved in a high speed chase over the Labor Day holiday weekend. It happened Saturday evening when a sheriff’s deputy attempted to stop a car on Rolling Meadows Drive and Rogersville Road when the deputy noticed the license plates did not match the vehicle. The chase covered 22 miles on Highway 23, town and […]