Nobody was injured in a fire that destroyed a garage at a town of Oakfield residence over the weekend. The fire late Saturday night at the Brian and Michele Wix home on Mill Pond Road destroyed the detached garage and its contents including several vehicles and a skid steer. The cause of the fire remains under investigation but is not considered suspicious.
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Republicans who control the Wisconsin Legislature will vote this week on a resolution that would end the statewide mask mandate designed to slow the spread of the coronavirus. Twenty-seven Republican lawmakers signed on to the resolution introduced Thursday. The Senate on Friday scheduled it for a vote on Tuesday. Both the Senate and Assembly would have to pass it in order to end the public health […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources policy board has refused Republican legislators' request to implement a wolf hunt immediately. The DNR held three wolf seasons from 2012 to 2014 before a federal judge placed Great Lakes wolves back on the endangered species list. Former President Donald Trump’s administration removed them from the list earlier this month. The DNR is planning a hunt in November, but a […]
ATLANTA (AP) — If anything, Hank Aaron was underappreciated for much of his unparalleled career. He was exiled far from the media spotlight _ first in Milwaukee, then in Atlanta. So the Hammer went about his business in baffling obscurity compared to the other stars of his era, such as Willie Mays and Mickey Mantle. It was only late in his career, as Aaron set his sights on perhaps the […]
LANCASTER, Wis. (AP) — Two people are dead and four others are injured after a Saturday morning house fire in rural southwestern Wisconsin. According to a news release from the Grant County Sheriff’s Office, the fire happened around 3:30 a.m. in the Village of Blue River. The cause of the fire is still being investigated. Officials say a 33-year-old man and 12-year-old boy died in the fire. A 14-year-old girl […]
Marshfield Medical Center-Beaver Dam is now scheduling appointments for individuals aged 65 and older after the Wisconsin Department of Health Services (DHS) announced they will be eligible beginning Monday, Jan. 25. Those 65 and older who would like to schedule their COVID-19 vaccine at Marshfield Medical Center-Beaver Dam should call 1-855-908-5029 between 8 a.m. and 3:30 p.m. Monday through Friday. There has already been a significant demand for the vaccine […]
Marshfield Medical Center Beaver Dam’s family medicine clinic in Horicon, 610 Washington St., is reopening on Monday, Jan. 25. The clinic closed early during the COVID-19 pandemic when all Marshfield Medical Center-Beaver Dam primary clinics were consolidated into one location at the Beaver Dam clinic. Dr. Andrew Guminski and Ruth Grams, APNP, will provide care at the clinic and will be available to help patients with their health and wellness […]
A former North Fond du Lac Fire Chief has been arrested in Texas on child pornography charges. Fifty four year old Paul Nelson is being held in jail in Port Neches, Texas, on $25,000 bail on two counts of Possession of Child pornography. Nelson is the Fire Chief in Port Neches. Nelson was arrested Wednesday morning in a joint operation with the Port Neches Police Department and the Texas Attorney General's Child Exploitation unit. Investigators say Nelson […]
GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — Green Bay police and the Brown County Tavern League are working together to make sure bars and restaurants are enforcing coronavirus protocol for Sunday’s NFC championship game. Police Cmdr. Kevin Warych says he saw some “pretty alarming pictures on social media,” during last Saturday’s Green Bay Packers game. Posts showed patrons without masks packed into bars and restaurants. Warych says they want "people to have […]