Month: December 2020

Marshfield Medical Center-Beaver Dam is coordinating a fourth free Truck to Trunk meat, dairy, fruit and produce distribution event.  The drive thru food distribution will be held Tuesday, Dec. 22 from 2-4 p.m. as supplies last at the Dodge County Fairgrounds.  The event is a collaboration between Marshfield Medical Center-Beaver Dam, Feeding America Eastern  Wisconsin, the United States Department of Agriculture, and Second Harvest Foodbank of Southern Wisconsin and will provide residents with surplus fruit, produce, […]

Led by their star quarterbacks, the Seattle Seahawks, Kansas City Chiefs and Green Bay Packers each had seven players selected to the Pro Bowl. The Baltimore Ravens also had seven players chosen. Kansas City’s Patrick Mahomes joins Buffalo’s Josh Allen and Houston’s Deshaun Watson as the AFC quarterbacks. For the NFC, it’s Green Bay’s Aaron Rodgers, Seattle’s Russell Wilson and Arizona’s Kyler Murray. Mahomes and Rodgers are the starters, though […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Shirley Abrahamson, the longest-serving Wisconsin Supreme Court justice in state history and the first woman to serve on the high court, has died. She was 87. Abrahamson's son Dan told The Associated Press that his mom died Saturday after being diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. Long recognized as a top legal scholar nationally and a leader among state judges, Abrahamson wrote more than 450 majority opinions and […]

Nobody was injured in a garage fire in Fond du Lac County.  Firefighters were called to the Burt and Alysia Steffes home on Rienzi Road Sunday evening.  The fire began in a garbage can, which contained ash from a wood burning fire place, then spread to a portion of a detached garage before it was extinguished through a combined effort of the homeowners, a passerby, and fire department officials. The fire was contained to a […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Foxconn Technology Group has told Wisconsin state officials that it is willing to accept a reduction in state tax credits “in exchange for a flexible business environment in Wisconsin.”   The Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation this fall determined Foxconn was not eligible for tax credits in 2020 for hiring and investments made in 2019. The state has been pushing Foxconn to amend the contract to reflect that […]