Month: October 2021

SSM Health has announced that it will implement a new minimum wage of $15.00 per hour throughout its four-state system.  The increase will take effect on October 10.  This increase will impact nearly 3,000 team members across Missouri, Illinois, Oklahoma and Wisconsin - or about 7% of SSM Health’s total workforce of nearly 40,000 employees.    According to a press release this decision is consistent with SSM Health’s previously stated plans to advance equity as part […]

Agnesian HealthCare has a new name.   Going forward Agnesian has launched a new name, under one brand, SSM Health.  SSM Health St. Agnes Hospital president Katherine Vergos says the  rebrand has been in the works for the past three years.  Vergos says the new name and logo are the final step in making the partnership official.  Vergos while the signs are changing, patients will see the same providers in the same […]

Kelley Country Creamery near Eden is once again garnering national attention.  Good Morning America filmed a segment last week at the ice cream shop that will air this Thursday.   Kelley Country Creamery owner Karen Kelley told WFDL news she never thought her business would be getting national attention when it first opened in 2010.  While the ice cream is outstanding, Kelley admits it's the setting, on a dairy farm where the […]

An Appleton man was killed and a Fond du Lac woman was injured in a two vehicle crash in Green Lake County.   The crash happened  Wednesday afternoon on Highway 23 near County Highway W near Princeton.  A preliminary investigation shows a westbound SUV crossed the center line and struck an eastbound SUV head-on.  The driver of the eastbound vehicle, a 51-year-old Appleton man, died at the scene.  The driver of the westbound vehicle, a 43-year-old […]

A Waupun woman has been charged with intentionally burning down her neighbor's deer stand.  Fifty nine year old Patricia Lemasa is charged with arson.  If convicted she faces up to three and a half years in prison and a $10,000 fine.  A preliminary hearing is scheduled for October 11.

State Representative Mark Born (R-Beaver Dam) is now accepting nominations from the 39th Assembly District for the 2021 First Responder of the Year Award. Created in 2019, this award highlights the great work the brave men and women of our emergency services do each and every day to keep our communities safe. In 2019, Rep. Born was honored to award Bob Belling from the Town of Lomira for his service. […]

Envision Greater Fond du Lac hosted a ribbon cutting with member organizations, Bobs (Pizza) on the Avenue and Just Love Coffee Café, both located on Fond du Lac Avenue.   Bobs on the Avenue, an extension of Bob’s Pizza, will carry on the tradition started in 1969. This new location will feature all of your favorite stone oven pizzas with on-site dining, a full bar, an outdoor patio, and game room. Just Love […]