Month: July 2022

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Wisconsin Elections Commission's administrator says voters must place their own absentee ballots in the mail in the wake of a state Supreme Court decision last week. The justices ruled Friday that absentee ballot drop boxes are illegal and voters must return their ballots in person to the local election clerk' office or an alternate site. The court didn't address who can actually place a ballot […]

A counselor with SSM Health Behavioral  Health in Fond du Lac  says mass shootings this year are taking an emotional toll on everyone.  Keziah Love says many parents may be wondering what to say to their children following mass shootings at a school in Uvalde, Texas and more recently at the Fourth of July parade in Highland Park, Illinois.  "We're all saying will we get a break?  Can we just take […]

The Fond  du Lac County Sheriff says illegal drugs are probably trafficked through Fond du Lac County and the Fox Valley on a daily basis.  An out of state man was arrested over the Independence Day Holiday  and law enforcement seized large quantities of illegal drugs.  Sheriff Ryan Waldschmidt says the suspect was kind of like a "candyman" with such a wide variety of drugs including marijuana, LSD, heroin, mushrooms and oxycodone.  Investigators […]

Last week's robust June jobs report has clouded the outlook for the U.S. economy.  While the strong hiring report for June has assuaged fears that the economy might be on the cusp of a recession, the figures also spotlighted the sharp divide between the healthy labor market and the rest of the economy.   Retired Ripon College economist Paul Schoofs says the contrasting picture suggests an economy at a crossroads.  Schoofs says eventually hiring […]

A health educator with the Fond du Lac County Public Health Department says she is pleased to hear baby formula production has resumed at a troubled Michigan factory.  Abbott Nutrition says baby formula production has resumed at the plant whose February shutdown over contamination contributed to a national shortage.  Fond du Lac County Public Health Educator Rhianna Schmidt says it's still going to take  few weeks to get baby formula stocks back […]

CHICAGO (AP) — Planned Parenthood of Illinois is combining forces with its Wisconsin counterpart to help patients travel to get abortions following the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade. Leaders at the reproductive health centers announced efforts Thursday to provide access to abortion, which remains legal in Illinois. Doctors in Wisconsin halted the procedure while courts determine whether the state’s 1849 law banning most abortions stands. Officials […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Republican gubernatorial candidate Rebecca Kleefisch says Thursday her campaign has raised more than $3.6 million over the first six months of the year. She is the top candidate along with -funder Tim Michels, who has spent millions on television ads that almost immediately put him in a tight race for the nomination. Michels is endorsed by Donald Trump and co-owns the state’s largest construction company Michels […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin’s longtime Democratic secretary of state says he’s not worried about a Republican opponent who has raised more than 6 times as much money as he has. Doug La Follette dismissed state Rep. Amy Loudenbeck's $98,000 in receipts in the first half of the year, saying that he's not actively pursuing donations because he doesn't believe in “big-money spending.” The stakes this year are higher than […]

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Jose Miranda hit a game-ending, three-run homer against Milwaukee’s Josh Hader as the Minnesota Twins finally got a timely hit to beat the Brewers 4-1. Miranda’s third hit of the game traveled to the second deck in left field. Hader walked Jorge Polanco and allowed a single to Max Kepler before Miranda’s walk-off. Jhoan Duran earned the first win of his career with one inning in relief, […]