MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) — U.S. Sen. Patrick Leahy and Rep. Peter Welch of Vermont have announced that the U.S. Department of Agriculture is assigning $80 million in federal pandemic rescue funds to support dairy industry innovation. The country’s four Dairy Business Innovation Initiatives in Vermont, California, Tennessee and Wisconsin will have access to up to $20 million each. Leahy says the additional funding couldn’t arrive a better time, as organic […]
DEER PARK, Mich. (AP) — A ship that sank in 1891 has been discovered in Lake Superior off Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. The Great Lakes Shipwreck Historical Society says the Atlanta is well-preserved in the coldest of the Great Lakes. The shipwreck group posted photos and video with the name of the ship clearly visible at a depth of more than 600 feet, roughly 35 miles off Deer Park, Michigan. Sonar […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A Gruyere from Switzerland has been named the world’s best cheese for the second consecutive time in the World Championship Cheese Contest in Wisconsin. The cheese from Bern, Switzerland, made its maker, Michael Spycher of Mountain Dairy Fritzenhaus, a three-time winner. Spycher also won in 2020 and 2008. The cheese is called Gourmino Le Gruyère AOP. It earned a score of 98.423 out of 100. Wisconsin […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A Wisconsin judge has ruled that Republican Assembly Speaker Robin Vos and former state Supreme Court Justice Michael Gableman denied or delayed access to requested public records related to the investigation into the 2020 presidential election. Dane County Circuit Judge Frank Remington put his ruling on hold pending a hearing on Tuesday. Remington also ruled that Vos and Gableman would be responsible for covering legal costs […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A new poll from the Marquette University Law School shows Republican confidence in the 2020 election results is rising slightly. The law school queried 802 registered voters in Wisconsin by phone during the last week in February. Findings released Wednesday show nearly 70% of all respondents were very or somewhat confident in the election results, with 38% of Republican respondents saying they were confident in the […]
Republican congressman Glenn Grothman says he hopes a negotiated settlement can be reached soon to end the war between Russia and Ukraine. "Russia, obviously a country with nuclear weapons, obviously a country with the ability to wage cyber attacks," Grothman told WFDL news. "...on the other hand we want Ukraine to remain a free country. a country not dominated by Russia. Hopefully there can be some sort of an agreement […]
Russia's invasion of Ukraine has roiled the oil market leading to higher pump prices across the country and in Wisconsin. The national average for a gallon of gas has risen to $3.61, eight cents more than a week ago. State AAA spokesman Nick Jarmusz says Russia's invasion and responding series of financial sanctions by the U.S. and it's allies have given the global oil market the jitters. He says it's an explosive situation […]
Seven more deaths from COVID-19 have been reported in Fond du Lac. The deaths include four men and three women ranging in age from 50 to 98. There have been 213 COVID-19 deaths in the County since the beginning of the pandemic. The total number of confirmed cases has topped 29,000 with eleven new cases on Wednesday.
More than 1,000 Wisconsin children lost a parent or caretaking grandparent to COVID-19 through the middle of last year, according to a report by the Wisconsin Office of Children's Mental Health. A researcher who studies child griuef says leaving their trauma unchecked could have drastic consequences such as depression and suicide. Fond du Lac County Public Health Officer Kim Mueller these children are more likely to drop out of school and become […]