Month: September 2022

More than $460,000 was raised at this year's Agnesian HealthCare Foundation Charity Open.  Proceeds from the fundraising event support SSM Health at Home Hospice services in the Greater Fond du Lac community and help ensure that all  patients have access to these vital services regardless of their ability to pay.  As with previous years, the evening dinner featured the story of a local family benefiting from SSM Health at Home Hospice care.  “This year, we […]

MADISON, Wis. – It’s never too early for kids to learn what they should do during an emergency. September is Preparedness Month, and ReadyWisconsin encourages parents and educators to take time this month to teach kids to be better prepared for the unexpected. “Disasters can be scary for kids, but learning how to be prepared for tornadoes and floods can help to ease some of those fears,” said Wisconsin Emergency […]

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Aaron Rodgers and the Green Bay Packers predicted there would be growing pains with their young wide receivers this year. That started on their first snap of the first game when rookie Christian Watson broke wide open and dropped what would have been a 75-yard touchdown pass. The Vikings beat the Packers 23-7. Rodgers went 22 for 34 for 195 yards, one interception and one lost fumble. […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Democratic Gov. Tony Evers and Republican challenger Tim Michels have agreed to debate just one time ahead of the Nov. 8 election. The debate will be Oct. 14, hosted by the Wisconsin Broadcasters Association, held in Madison and broadcast statewide. Both campaigns put out a joint statement announcing the agreement on Monday. In 2018, Evers debated then-Gov. Scott Walker twice in October. Michels, co-owner of construction […]

UW Oshkosh has decided not to outsource the university's custodial and grounds services.  Chancellor Andrew Leavitt made the announcement Monday in an email to employees and students.     Leavitt said the decision is in the best interest of the university and follows a meeting with impacted employees, discussions with faculty, staff and students.  The outsourcing proposal to sign up with a Tennessee-based company for those services  resulted in a protest last week on campus involving […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Nakia Watson scored two touchdowns against his former team as Washington State beat No. 19 Wisconsin 17-14 on Saturday. Watson scored on a 2-yard run in the second quarter and put the Cougars ahead for good by turning a short completion into a 31-yard score with 5:12 left in the third quarter. Watson rushed for 522 yards and five touchdowns at Wisconsin from 2019-20 before transferring. […]

Nobody was injured after a car rear-ended a Fond du Lac Police squad parked on the side of the street.  Shortly before 4am Sunday a car struck the unoccupied squad car parked in front of the Fond du Lac County Communications Center on Western Avenue.  The driver, a 27 year old North Fond du Lac man, was arrested for OWI first offense.   Both vehicles  received damage that required them to be towed from the […]

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GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — The government has renamed more than two dozen lakes and other sites on federal land in Wisconsin to remove a racist term for a Native American woman. The changes announced Thursday capped a nearly yearlong process that began when Interior Secretary Deb Haaland, an American Indian, took office in 2021 and worked to remove the offensive word from the names of nearly 650 peaks, lakes, […]