Month: January 2023

The Fond du Lac County Sheriff says a crisis situation this week involving a suicidal person shows how important a new social worker position in the office.   The crisis social worker was able to convince a homeless veteran who was contemplating suicide in the Eldorado Marsh to peacefully surrender.   Sheriff Ryan Waldschmidt says the social worker talked with the man for about an hour on the phone, developing a rapport […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin has announced the additions of Paul Haynes, Colin Hitschler and Greg Scruggs to new coach Luke Fickell’s defensive staff. Hayes will coach cornerbacks and Scruggs will coach defensive linemen. Hitschler will coach safeties and lead the special-teams unit. Fickell already had named Mike Tressel his defensive coordinator. Haynes coached Minnesota’s cornerbacks the last three seasons and was the Gophers’ co-defensive coordinator in 2022. Hitschler joined […]

The new year is getting off to a mild  start weatherwise and the National Weather Service says more of the same is in the forecast for the foreseeable  future.  Meteorologist, Kevin Wagner , says the long-range forecast calls for average to above average temperatures.  After blizzard-like conditions hit a couple days before Christmas, Wagner says there are no significant winter storms  on the horizon.

The January 17, 2023, meeting of the Fond du Lac County Board of Supervisors has been canceled.  The next meeting is scheduled at 6:00 p.m., on February 14, 2023.

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin Republicans are looking to again allow therapists, social workers and counselors to try to change their LGBTQ clients’ gender identities and sexual orientations, a scientifically discredited practice known as conversion therapy. A licensing board under Democratic Gov. Tony Evers' administration passed a ban on conversion therapy in 2020. The Republican-controlled Legislature's rules committee blocked it then and was poised to do so again Thursday. Implementing […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin has become the latest state to ban the use of TikTok on state phones and other devices. The move comes amid a push for a federal ban and after nearly half of the states nationwide have blocked the popular, Chinese-owned app. Democratic Gov. Tony Evers ordered the ban Thursday after he said he consulted with the FBI and emergency management officials. He cited potential risks […]

OSHKOSH, Wis. (AP) — Several adults and one juvenile have been taken into custody following a fight at a mid-Wisconsin middle school. Oshkosh police say that after a fight between two students earlier in the day Wednesday at Merrill Middle School, family members and acquaintances of one of the students forced their way into the school around 2:15 p.m. and started a disturbance. School staff and the school’s resource officer […]

A missing elderly man has been found safe in Fond du Lac County.  The 82 year old man was reported missing shortly after noon Wednesday after walking away from his town of Calumet home.  The Fond du Lac County Sheriff’s K-9 team and two unmanned aerial drones assisted in the search.  Shortly before 2:30pm the Sheriff's Office learned the man had been given a ride to a Fond du Lac residence and was safe.  The […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A Democratic member of the Wisconsin Elections Commission is calling for a Republican member who bragged about GOP efforts to suppress votes in Milwaukee to resign from the bipartisan panel. Commissioner Robert Spindell’s comments sent in an email to Republicans in the 4th Congressional District were first reported on Tuesday by Urban Milwaukee. On Wednesday, fellow Commissioner Mark Thomsen, a Democratic attorney, said Spindell should step […]