Most likely you know someone who is struggling with addiction but don’t know how to help or where to go. Fond du Lac County has several local resources available to assist with treatment, recovery, or to lend a listening ear or helping hand. “Substance use disorders are more prevalent than heart disease, diabetes, arthritis, and migraines, yet misconceptions and stigma have left many people afraid to talk about their experiences […]
Kayla Hoff, RN, 4 South, was recently recognized with a DAISY Award for Extraordinary Nurses winner at SSM Health St. Agnes Hospital. The DAISY Award for Extraordinary Nurses® is part of The DAISY Foundation’s mission to recognize the extraordinary, compassionate nursing care they provide patients and families every day. The DAISY Foundation is a not-for-profit organization, established in memory of J. Patrick Barnes by members of his family. Patrick died […]
A Waupun man was arrested on drug charges following a traffic stop in Fond du Lac County. Last Friday evening a sheriff's deputy pulled over a vehicle on Highway 151 near Townline Road for a traffic violation. The deputy realized the driver had been involved in previous drug trafficking incidents and was currently on parole for drug related convictions. A search of the vehicle recovered crack cocaine, cocaine powder and marijuana. A search of the […]
A solar storm forecast for Thursday is expected to give skygazers in some states along the U.S.-Canada border a faint glimpse of the Northern Lights which — at their peak — produce a colorful sky show when solar wind hits the atmosphere. Northern Lights, also known as aurora borealis, are most often seen in Alaska, Canada and Scandinavia, but an 11-year solar cycle that’s expected to peak in 2024 has the […]
Tuesday was a majestic day for Wisconsin Mega Millions players. A $1,000,000 Mega Millions winning ticket was sold at Pick N Save on 2643 Eastern Ave. in Plymouth. The winning ticket matched five of five numbers (10-31-45-46-49) but not the Mega Ball (5) from the Tuesday, July 11 drawing. It is the second time in 2023 that the Plymouth Pick N Save has sold a $1,000,000 winning ticket. In March, a player validated a winning $1,000,000 Rose […]
Investigators do not believe a Manitowac man involved in a high speed chase in Fond du Lac County is in the area anymore. Authorities are looking for 24 year old Nathan Holan following the Friday morning chase that started on Highway 49, and ended when the vehicle struck a utility pole and Holan fled on foot. Fond du Lac County Sheriff's captain, Bill Tadych, says a search was called off after about […]
America's employers pulled back on hiring but still deliverd another month of solid gains in June, adding 209,000 jobs. Retired Ripon College economist Paul Schoofs says its a sign that the economy's resilience is confounding the Federal Reserve's drive to slow growth and inflation. The latest evidence of economic strength makes it all but certain that the Fed will resume its interest rate hikes later this month. Meanwhile, the report also showed that […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin regulators have issued a wastewater permit that limits expansion plans for a factory farm in Door County. S & S Jerseyland Dairy based in Sturgeon Bay asked the state Department of Natural Resources in 2017 for permission to increase its herd from about 5,000 cows to about 10,000 cows. The DNR issued a final permit on June 30 that limits the expansion to about 7,380 […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A northern Wisconsin town has paid an American Indian tribe $24,000 to keep reservation roads open to the public through mid-August. The town of Lac Du Flambeau’s easements on 1.25 miles of Lac Du Flambeau Band of Lake Superior Chippewa’s reservation roads expired about a decade ago. Negotiations to renew them have failed. The tribe barricaded the roads in January, preventing non-tribal property owners from accessing […]