The Wisconsin Department of Health Services has confirmed the deaths of three children under the age of 18 due to complications from the flu. These are the first reported pediatric influenza-associated deaths in Wisconsin this flu season. DHS says the number of flu cases and hospital admissions are rising throughout the state and it's not too late to get a flu shot.
The SSM Health Greater Fond du Lac Region - including Ripon Community Hospital, St. Agnes Hospital and Waupun Memorial Hospital - is updating its visitor policies starting Friday, March 18 to allow for two visitors at a time for both hospital and clinic patients. Visitors for hospitalized patients will be asked to conduct visitor exchanges outside of the building. Birthing suites at St. Agnes Hospital will allow one primary support person […]
A Fond du Lac man convicted in connection with a shooting incident more than two years ago near the Fond du Lac Labor Temple building is going to prison. Fond du Lac judge Dale English has sentenced Dammahum A. Gibson to seven years in prison followed by eight years of extended supervision. Gibson earlier pleaded no contest to two counts each of first degree reckless endangering safety with a dangerous weapon misdemeanor bail […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A Republican state lawmaker and candidate for governor said he wanted to punch Assembly Speaker Robin Vos “right in the nose” after he kicked him out of a meeting about decertifying President Joe Biden’s 2020 win in Wisconsin. Rep. Timothy Ramthun said in an online interview posted on YouTube on Wednesday that he was angry with Vos after the speaker did not allow him in the […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A Wisconsin man was due in federal court Thursday on charges of assaulting law enforcement using a deadly or dangerous weapon during the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection at the U.S. Capitol. Twenty-three-year-old Riley Kasper, of Pulaski, is charged in a criminal complaint filed in the District of Columbia with assaulting, resisting, or impeding officers with a deadly or dangerous weapon, among other counts. Kasper is accused […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin Secretary of State Doug La Follette says he will seek reelection to a 12th term this fall. La Follette made the announcement during a news conference Thursday at the state Capitol. He says he's motivated to run again because Republicans want to shift election oversight to the secretary of state. He says the secretary of state has never handled elections during his tenure and he […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A 14th member of the Wisconsin Assembly has announced plans not to seek reelection. Republican Rep. Rachael Cabral-Guevara, of Appleton, announced Thursday that she plans to run for state Senate. She’s seeking the Senate seat currently held by Sen. Roger Roth, who is leaving to run for lieutenant governor. Roth is one of six state senators who is stepping down to either retire or run for […]
Nearly 7 million chickens and turkeys in 13 states have been killed this year due to avian influenza, prompting officials and farmers to acknowledge that, despite their best efforts, preventing infections is incredibly difficult. State and federal officials hope the disease won’t spread as extensively as during an outbreak in 2015 that led to the deaths of about 50 millions chickens and turkeys, causing egg and meat prices to soar. In Wisconsin officials confirmed the bird […]
When Holiday Automotive chose to fly the national flag of Ukraine to show solidarity with the people of the war-torn nation, the Fond du Lac car dealership drew attention from passersby as well as their own team. The three flagpoles anchoring the corner of the Holiday Automotive campus at Highway 23 and Rolling Meadows Drive are currently flying the American flag, the Ukrainian flag, and a Wisconsin flag. The adjacent […]