Nearly 43,000 people died in U.S. traffic crashes in 2021, the highest number in 16 years. The final numbers were released last week by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, confirming earlier estimates showing a 10.5 percent increase in deaths over 2020. Fond du Lac County Sheriff's captain Bill Tadych says traffic fatalities in Fond du Lac County were slightly lower in 2021. But Tadych says there was an increase last […]
FOX POINT, Wis. (AP) — Cardinal Stritch University, a Catholic liberal arts college, is closing, a year after celebrating its 85th anniversary in Wisconsin. President Dan Scholz says it's devastating news. But he says Stritch is facing “fiscal realities” caused by lower student enrollment, the impact of the pandemic and other challenges. The university was known as St. Clare College when it was started in Milwaukee in 1937 by the […]
MILWAUKEE (AP) — A landlord has been ordered to pay $1.35 million for a fire that killed two people in Milwaukee in 2019. A judge says Will Sherard has shown a “reckless disregard” for the condition of his properties. The fire began in wiring behind walls, killing 60-year-old Clarence Murrell Jr. and 53-year-old Patricia Colston. The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel says the lawsuit was filed by Murrell’s adult children. The newspaper […]
Attorney General Josh Kaul Tuesday announced he has joined a multistate coalition to challenge the decision issued by a district court judge in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas that could restrict medication abortion access nationwide. The amicus brief, filed in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, urges the court to stay pending appeal the district court’s ruling, which if allowed to take […]
With one week remaining to the individual income tax return filing deadline, the Wisconsin Department of Revenue (DOR) reminds everyone to file their tax returns and pay amounts due before midnight on April 18 to avoid late filing fees and interest charges. Taxpayers who already filed their returns can check current refund status with DOR's Where's My Refund tool. DOR has processed over 2.13 million tax returns so far this year, with 2.04 […]
SSM Health Waupun Memorial Hospital, 620 W. Brown Street, is inviting the public to bring personal and confidential home office papers in need of safe and secure disposal to a free drive-thru paper shredding event from 11 am - 1 pm on Wednesday, May 3. To prevent identity theft, proper disposal of documents that contain private information is important. SSM Health is partnering with Iron Mountain Information Management, LLC, to […]
Nobody was injured in a fire that destroyed a home in Fond du lac County. Shortly before 3pm Monday firefighters from ten area departments were called to a home on Valley Creek Road located in the town of Fond du Lac to find the home fully engulfed in flames. Improperly discarded smoking materials are believed to have started the fire, fueled by high winds. The Township of Fond du Lac […]
The Rosendale-Brandon School District superintendent says work will be getting underway soon to finalize the projects' plan following approval of a major building referendum in last week's election. Voters approved an operations referendum and nearly $36 million building referendum for improvements at the Rosendale Intermediate site and Laconia High School location. Superintendent Wayne Weber says the District will work with the school board, architect, and construction firm to finalize the projects' plan. Weber […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — The chairman of the House Select Committee on China says the U.S. must take seriously the threat Beijing poses to Taiwan. Chairman Mike Gallagher tells The Associated Press that he plans to lead his committee in working to shore up the island government’s defenses. The Wisconsin Republican's remarks came Saturday as China launched a military show of force around the island in the aftermath of the Taiwanese […]