Month: August 2022

A new AAA study has found that gas prices are leading the charge for Americans to go electric.  A new national survey by AAA shows that a quarter of consumers plan to go electric for their next vehicle purchase.  State AAA spokesman Nick Jarmucz says there is also a generational component to this.  In 2021 alone, through October, almost 450,000 EVs were sold, an 88 percent increase year over year.

J. F. Ahern Co. has been ranked among the top environmental companies in Engineering News-Record's annual survey of the Top 200 Environmental Firms. The company reported revenue from project activity for 2021, encompassing the measured categories of air quality and clean energy, water supply and treatment, and wastewater treatment.  Ahern continues to advance in this area moving up thirty-three spots from last year and designated as the 160th largest environmental service […]

Preparations are underway for the ninth Mile of Music, which begins Thursday. The festival will host 700 live music sets across 40 different venues. Mile of Music is expecting more than 100,000 attendees to be in Appleton, enjoying free music over the four days.

MILWAUKEE (AP) – Nashville no longer in the race for the 2024 Republican National Convention, clearing the way for Milwaukee to serve as the host city. The Nashville Metro Council voted Tuesday night against the RNC coming to Music City; 10 in favor, 22 against and 3 abstaining. With the RNC Committee looking to finalize their host city by Friday, the 40-member, Democratic-majority council cited “high risk of violence” as […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Republicans running for the Wisconsin Legislature easily raised more money than their Democratic opponents over the first half of the year. That's according to a new report from government watchdog group Wisconsin Democracy Campaign. The group analyzed campaign finance reports covering the first six months of 2022 and found that Republican candidate committees and the two GOP-led legislative campaign committees raised $4.36 million. Democratic candidate committees […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Former President Donald Trump has endorsed Wisconsin Assembly Speaker Robin Vos' opponent in the state's Republican primary next week in a sign of his anger over Vos for doing too little to overturn 2020 election results. Trump on Tuesday backed Adam Steen, a little-known Republican. Also on Tuesday, the Trump-backed candidate for Wisconsin governor said he would support a Trump presidential bid in 2024. Tim Michels […]

The Fond du Lac Police Department will be holding a public community notification meeting on Thursday, August 4, 2022 at 6:00p.m. in conference room A at the Fond du Lac Police Department, 126 N. Main Street for a sex offender that is being released to 457 Thomas Street in Fond du Lac on Tuesday, August 9, 2022. The Fond du Lac Police Department has been notified by the Wisconsin Department […]