MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Enrollment at University of Wisconsin System schools dropped 1% this fall compared with a year ago when it was down 2%. The university reported the preliminary figures on Wednesday. Enrollment was up 6% at the flagship Madison campus, an increase of 2,564 students over last year. But it was down at 10 of the 12 other four-year campuses. Only UW-Green Bay, which grew 3%, and UW-Superior, […]
Yet another Fond du Lac Ethics Board meeting has been scheduled. The Fond du Lac Ethics Board is scheduled to meet October 1 in closed session to discuss an ethics complaint filed against an individual who has not been identified. The Ethics Board has considered multiple complaints over the past year. So far the Board has found probable cause and a violation in only one of the complaints against councilmember Ben Giles for seeking outside legal […]
The area unemployment rate held steady in August. The Dodge County unemployment rate was unchanged at 3.3 percent. The unemployment rate in Fond du Lac County was 3.5 percent, the same as the month before. The jobless rate in the city of Fond du Lac dipped a tenth of a percent to 4.1 percent.
Car crashes are the leading safety issue for children. According to the latest figures from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, 183,000 children were injured in car crashes in 2018. State AAA spokesman Nick Jarmusz says that's an average of more than 500 injuries a day. Jarmusz says many injuries are deaths are preventable if children are properly restrained in the vehicle. Jarmusz says the problem is new data from AAA and […]
Fall harvest time can be one of the busiest and most dangerous seasons of the year for farmers. Cassie Sonnentag with the Wisconsin Farm Bureau says throughout the state harvest is underway and farmers are back in the fields. Sonnentag says tractors and other farm implements are allowed to operate on Wisconsin roadways, but are often large and slow-moving which can cause confusion for drivers sharing the road. Sonnentag says safety […]
GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — Imagine if Aaron Rodgers was playing for the San Francisco 49ers instead of the Green Bay Packers when the two teams face off Sunday night. San Francisco coach Kyle Shanahan inquired about the availability of Rodgers in a trade before this year's draft. The Packers quickly said they weren't trading Rodgers. The 49ers pivoted to selecting Trey Lance with the No. 3 overall selection. Rodgers […]
Fond du Lac police are investigating how a bicyclist was critically injured Wednesday morning. Shortly before noon Wednesday rescue personnel were called to North Military Road and Sibley Street for a report of a middle aged man on the ground bleeding. When paramedics arrived on the scene a St. Agnes Hospital emergency room physician was already there providing initial care. The victim was flown by helicopter to ThedaCare Medical Center in Neenah.
Unattended cooking started a fire that damaged a kitchen in a Waupun apartment. Shortly before 10pm Tuesday Waupun firefighters were called to 1105 Rock Avenue for a report of a fire in a first-floor kitchen. The apartment tenant used a fire extinguisher prior to the fire department’s arrival which helped contain the fire damage to the kitchen. The rest of the apartment sustained smoke damage. Nobody was injured.
The Fond du Lac School Board has two new members. The Board has appointed Todd Schreiter and Brittany Hoerth to fill the vacancies created by the resignations of Mark Strand and Nick Tiefke. Both Schreiter and Hoerth ran unsuccessfully for the school board in the last election. The board interviewed 11 candidates before making their selections at a meeting Tuesday night.