A Brownsville resident was having a good time with friends at the Oneida Casino Saturday night when a gunman shot and killed two people in the adjacent restaurant before police killed him. Max Westphal says at first he thought there may have been a fire when they were told to evacuate, but that quickly changed when they got outside. Westphal says he saw police running into the parking structure with assault rifles, […]
Less than a week after voting to halt any work on an alternate Lakeside Park master plan the Fond du Lac city council will hold a special meeting this week to discuss new locations for a proposed restaurant at the park. The council has scheduled a special meeting for Tuesday morning to discuss potential land use and sites for a restaurant and management and ownership of a restaurant. At their regular meeting last […]
A retired Ripon College economist says there’s a decent case to be made for President Biden’s latest spending plan. A month after he laid out a roughly $2 trillion infrastructure plan, president Biden unveiled an additional federal investment in education, child care and paid family leave during his first address to congress last week. Retired Ripon college economist Paul Schoofs says whether the final version will be as much as Biden is […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A Wisconsin Army National Guard member and his friend have been charged with entering the U.S. Capitol during the Jan. 6 attack. Abram Markofski and Brandon Nelson are charged with four counts including entering and remaining in a restricted building and disorderly or disruptive conduct in a restricted building or grounds. Markofski joined the National Guard in 2019 and is currently a private. An FBI affidavit […]
MENASHA, Wis. (AP) — A shuttered paper mill with a history dating back to 1882 has been decimated by fire in Menasha. Firefighters remained on the scene of the fire at the Whiting Mill Monday morning. Neenah-Menasha Fire Rescue posted on Facebook that the massive fire that started Sunday was under control. Menasha Mayor Don Merkes posted on Facebook that it was a great loss to the city's history. The […]
LA CROSSE, Wis. (AP) — Authorities say a 90-year-old man was killed and his 45-year-old passenger was injured in an all-terrain vehicle crash in Bangor Township. The La Crosse County Sheriff’s Office says Dennis Wood was trying to make a turn at an intersection Saturday morning when he lost control of the vehicle and was ejected. Deputies say he died at the scene. Wood’s passenger, Brian Shaw, received minor injuries. […]
The Dodge County Sheriff’s Office has identified the victim of a fatal UTV crash in Dodge County. The Sheriff’s Office says 60 year old Otto Abolins of rural Ashippun died when the UTV he was operating rolled over in a ditch. The crash happened Saturday night on Monroe Road near La Follette Road, northeast of Watertown. He was not wearing a seatbelt, or helmet, and alcohol use was believed to be a factor […]
Fond du Lac’s Agnesian HealthCare is expanding it’s suicide screening age groups to include children as young as eight years old. Beginning this week Agnesian will begin screening patients eights years old and above during hospital visits, using what’s called the Columbia Severity Rating Scale Tool. Agnesian HealthCare Director of Inpatient Behavioral Health, Tiffany Parker, says patients who screen positive will be further assessed to determine follow-up resources needed. A 2020 Fond […]
A new study shows Mercury Marine has a more than $5 billion annual economic impact on the Fond du Lac community. The study was conducted by Envision Greater Fond du Lac and Impact DataSource. Envision president Sadie Parafiniuk says the study shows Merc has a total job impact of more than 11,000 jobs, including nearly 4,000 at it’s global headquarters in Fond du Lac. Parafiniuk says the company also has a […]