Month: October 2022

After fall weather settled in a couple weeks ago summer-like weather is returning to Wisconsin this weekend.  National  Weather Service meteorologist Aidan Kuroski says high temps this weekend are forecast in the low 70s, and possibly close to 80 degrees in southern Wisconsin.  Strong winds are also in the forecast with wind gusts in excess of 30 miles an hour at times.

The community is invited to a ribbon cutting ceremony for a new Hope on the Block cabinet at the Fond du Lac Public Library.   Library director Jon Mark Bolthouse says the cabinet provides essential supplies to help an individual get through the night when other agencies have closed for the day and  the community's homeless shelter is full.  Supplies available include sleeping bags, blankets, hygiene kits, COVID tests and more.  As of […]

CHICAGO (AP) — The personal health information of up to 3 million patients in Illinois and Wisconsin may have been exposed to outside companies through tracking technology used on a large hospital system’s electronic health records website. Advocate Aurora Health, which operates 27 hospitals, said in a statement Thursday that the breach may have exposed information including patients’ medical provider, type of appointment or medical procedure, dates and locations of […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett has rejected an appeal from a Wisconsin taxpayers group seeking to stop the Biden administration’s student debt cancellation program. Barrett did not comment Thursday in turning away the appeal from the Brown County Taxpayers Association, which also has lost rounds in lower federal courts. The group wrote in its Supreme Court filing that it needed an emergency order to put the […]

LANDOVER, Md. (AP) — Aaron Rodgers and the Green Bay Packers are looking to get back on track against the Washington Commanders with new starting quarterback Taylor Heinicke. The Packers have lost consecutive games in the same season for the first time since Matt LaFleur took over as coach in 2019. Green Bay is favored to end the skid at Washington. The Commanders turn to Heinicke after Carson Wentz broke […]

Dairy producers can now enroll for 2023 coverage through the Dairy Margin Coverage program.  Fond du Lac County Dairy and Livestock extension agent Tina Kohlman says it's an important safety net program from the U.S. Department of Agriculture that helps producers manage changes in milk and feed prices.   Last year USDA's Farm Service Agency took steps to improve coverage, especially for  small and medium sized dairies, including offering  a new Supplemental DMC program, and […]

TOWN OF MAPLE GROVE, Wis. (AP) — Four people remain hospitalized in Wisconsin burn centers with injuries from a bonfire explosion last week during a party in the Town of Maple Grove. The Shawano County Sheriff’s Office says the explosion happened late Friday when a 55-gallon drum that was a quarter full of a mixture of gas and diesel fuel was placed on the fire. The sheriff’s office says some […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A Wisconsin man accused of killing six people and injuring dozens of others when he allegedly drove his SUV through a Christmas parade last year gave a tearful opening statement as he defends himself at trial. Darrell Brooks faces 76 charges in the Nov. 21 tragedy in Waukesha. He dismissed his attorneys days before his trial began earlier this month, electing to represent himself. Prosecutors rested […]