Month: April 2021

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The University of Wisconsin System regents are set to consider eliminating a pricey surcharge for accumulating too many credits. The regents established a policy in 2002 that calls for a surcharge on students who accumulate 165 credits or 30 credits more than required to graduate in their program, whichever is greater. The fee is equal to 100 percent of resident tuition. The surcharge generated $271,875 in […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A new Department of Natural Resources study has concluded that high-capacity wells are draining three central Wisconsin lakes. Then-Gov. Scott Walker signed a bill in 2017 mandating the DNR study well impacts on Long, Plainfield and Pleasant lakes in Waushara County. The department released findings Tuesday that show groundwater withdrawals for irrigated agriculture are reducing water levels in Long, Plainfield and Pleasant lakes. More than 200 […]

MILWAUKEE (AP) — The Atlanta Braves have acquired infielder Orlando Arcia from the Milwaukee Brewers for right-handed pitchers Chad Sobotka and Patrick Weigel. Arcia had been the Brewers’ starting shortstop from 2018-20, but was expected to split time between shortstop and third base this year in more of a utility role. This move clears the way for Luis Urías to take over as the Brewers’ everyday shortstop. Sobotka and Weigel […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin athletic director Barry Alvarez is retiring after a three-decade run in which he transformed the university’s football program and later guided the Badgers to their greatest all-around sports success in school history. The 74-year-old Alvarez announced Tuesday he would retire on June 30. He arrived at Wisconsin in 1990 as football coach and turned one of the Big Ten’s weakest programs into one of its […]

Fond du Lac police are investigating a stabbing incident that occurred over the weekend.  A 34 year old Fond du Lac man says he was walking early Sunday morning in the area of Marquette  and Johnson Streets when he was approached from behind by a man who demanded some items from him.  The victim says he pulled away from the subject and ran to a nearby residence where he discovered he had been stabbed.  He […]