MADISON, Wis. (AP) — State and local governments in Wisconsin would not be allowed to ban gas-powered vehicles, snow blowers, lawnmowers and other machines under a pair of bills passed by the Republican-controlled Assembly along party lines on Tuesday. The bills’ Republican sponsors hope to outlaw measures similar to a law passed in California last year requiring that all new cars, trucks and SUVs sold in the state run on […]
Mercury Marine has announced the company's first electric outboard motor is being shipped to global customers. The Avator 7.5e is the first of five Avator electric propulsion systems to be announced this year. During the 2023 Consumer Electronics Show in January, the company officially launched the 7.5e and displayed concepts of Avator 20e and 35e, both of which will be released later in 2023. Two additional electrification product announcements from Mercury will be made before the […]
Fond du Lac, Wisconsin — The Republican Party of Fond du Lac County is deeply disappointed to announce that despite a recent decision by the National Historic Landmark Program and the National Register of Historic Places Program, the Ripon Chamber of Commerce plans to relocate the Little White Schoolhouse — which is the birthplace of the Republican Party in Ripon, Wisconsin — at 9 am on Monday April 17th, 2023. […]
The Little White Schoolhouse has now moved six times. It was first located on the triangle of Blackburn, Thorne, and East Fond du Lac Streets, where it served as a schoolhouse until 1860. When the school outgrew the building it was moved and remodeled to be a private home. In 1908 it was moved to Ripon College, where it occupied three different locations. The building then moved to Blackburn Street […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The defrocked Roman Catholic cardinal who became the face of the church’s clergy sex abuse crisis has been charged in Wisconsin with sexually assaulting an 18-year-old man more than 45 years ago. Theodore McCarrick is accused of fondling a man in 1977 while staying at a cabin on Geneva Lake, according to court documents filed Friday. The alleged victim, who is not named, told investigators that […]
Bucks coach Mike Budenholzer expressed cautious optimism regarding the status of Giannis Antetokounmpo after the two-time MVP left Milwaukee’s Eastern Conference playoff opener with a bruised lower back. Antetokounmpo isn’t the only prominent player already dealing with a health issue after the first weekend of the playoffs. Injuries to some of the NBA’s top stars have dimmed the start of the postseason, with title hopes possibly fading just as quickly depending […]
North Fond du Lac Police continue to investigate a report that gun shots were fired in the Lighthouse Point Mobile Home Community Sunday afternoon. Shortly after 1pm Sunday police received several 911 calls reporting 7-12 gunshots fired in rapid succession. Responding officers located 9mm shell casings in the roadway on Swan Drive west of Prospect Avenue. Officers did not locate property damage or receive any reports of injuries from the gunfire. A resident supplied […]
A motorcycle crash in North Fond du Lac has claimed the life of a town of Friendship man. North Fond du Lac police say early Saturday morning a motorcycle was southbound on North Pioneer Road, failed to negotiate a curve near Winnebago Street, skidded across the road and struck a guardrail. The 33 year old operator was pronounced dead at St. Agnes Hospital in Fond du Lac. According to police, […]
The Dodge County Sheriff's Office has identified the victim of a fatal motorcycle crash in Dodge County. According to the Sheriff's Office 58 year old James Jansen of Beaver Dam was killed Friday evening when a Volvo Pay Loader pulled from a driveway onto state Highway 33 near Noble Road into the path of Jansen's motorcycle. Jansen was ejected and pronounced dead at the scene. The driver of the truck, a 74 year […]