Nearly all AAA Car Guide category winners this year are electric vehicles. ate AAA spokesman Nick Jarmusz says consumers responded to soaring gas prices last year by purchasing more than 760,000 electric vehicles, a 65 percent increase from 2021. Jarmusz says seven of the ten winners in the AAA Car Guide categories are pure electric vehicles, two were hybrids and only one vehicle was gasoline powered.
Northern Lights over Fond du Lac Sunday night. Photo by Tom Otte Imaging was taken at the FdL Yacht Club at 11:50pm. Strong Northern lights were very visible to the naked eye with flashing and pulsing. Tom is pictured here in a self portrait. Residents living in more than a dozen U.S. states had a chance to see the northern lights Sunday thanks to recent activity on the Sun. A […]
The Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation recognized the best downtown revitalization projects of 2022 at the 32nd Wisconsin Main Street Awards ceremony held Friday at the La Crosse Center in downtown La Crosse. “Powered by dedicated business people, volunteers and government officials, Wisconsin’s Main Street and Connect Communities are working hard to make our downtowns more vibrant and prosperous places,” said Missy Hughes, secretary and CEO of WEDC. “These thriving communities […]
MILWAUKEE (AP) — Milwaukee Brewers rookie center fielder Garrett Mitchell is at risk of missing the rest of the season after an MRI revealed significant damage to his left shoulder. Brewers manager Craig Counsell said Friday that Mitchell is getting a second opinion. Counsell said surgery would “definitely put the rest of the season in jeopardy.” Mitchell said he will visit Dr. Neal ElAttrache in Los Angeles on Monday for […]
This summer, Arch Solar will be on the Holiday Automotive campus to begin work on a 469 kW solar installation; the largest solar power system that any Wisconsin auto dealer has installed to date. “As we add more electric vehicle charging stations at Holiday, we feel it’s important to offset a significant portion of the electricity that we use as a company,” stated Thor Gilbertson , CEO of Holiday Automotive. […]
MIAMI (AP) — Jimmy Butler scored 30 points before leaving with a sore glute following a hard fall, and the eighth-seeded Miami Heat beat the top-seeded Milwaukee Bucks 121-99 on Saturday night for a 2-1 lead in their Eastern Conference first-round playoff series. Duncan Robinson scored 20 points on his 29th birthday for Miami, while Kyle Lowry scored 15 for the Heat. The Bucks were without Giannis Antetokounmpo for a […]
The Fond du Lac Public Library has renamed its east-side branch in honor of the late county executive Allen Buechel. Library director Jon Mark Bolthouse says the branch, located near the Festival Foods plaza off East Johnson Street and Country Lane, has been renamed the Allen J. Buechel branch. Bolthouse says throughout his years as county executive Buechel helped the public library thrive through his steadfast support. In 2014 Buechel received the […]
BRUSSELS (AP) — Belgian customs have destroyed more than 2,000 cans of Miller High Life, advertised as the ″Champagne of Beers,” at the request of houses and growers of the bubbly beverage. The Comité Champagne — the body protecting the Champagne designation — asked for the destruction of a shipment of 2,352 cans on the grounds that the term infringes the protected designation of origin “Champagne.” The consignment was intercepted […]
Almost every home has one — that cabinet or drawer filled with prescriptions and other medications. And if yours is like most, it probably contains a few things you didn’t know you had, or no longer need. And that can have serious consequences. More than 2.9 million opioid prescriptions are written every year in Wisconsin. And when unused and expired medications start to pile up, it’s easy for them to […]